[ Education ]

Ohio University – E.W. Scripps School of Journalism – 9/2006 – 3/2010
GPA: 3.74 / 4.00
Major: Online Journalism   • Minor: Japanese, East Asian Studies
Chubu University (Aichi-ken, Japan) – 9/14/2008 – 3/15/2009
Intensive Japanese language and culture study. Courses taught completely in Japanese.

[ Work Experience ]

Managing Editor at Sea Technology magazine 12/2011 – present (Arlington, Va.)
Assistant Editor at Sea Technology magazine 3/2011 – 12/2011 (Arlington, Va.)
Plan the editorial budget, determine news coverage and solicit articles from scientists, researchers and engineers in the ocean industry and academia. Manage the assistant editor and other contributing editors. Research and edit feature articles related to marine business and technology for clarity, accuracy, grammar and AP style. Write content for departments, biweekly e-newsletter and social media.

Copy Editor at The Morning Journal 8/2010 – 3/2011 (Lorain, Ohio)
Edited newspaper articles for grammar and AP style. Coordinated laying out newspaper pages with copy staff using NewsEdit, Adobe InDesign and InCopy. Uploaded articles and multimedia to and assured quality in the paper’s website. Monitored, updated Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Intern at National Geographic magazine—International Editions 11/30/2009 – 1/8/2010 (Washington, D.C.)
Wrote supplementary material for overseas editions, and assisted in providing overseas translators with “backgrounders,” which explained in detail English idioms and phrases difficult for nonnative speakers. Performed administrative duties pertinent to an international publication and participated in editorial meetings.

Copywriter and Editor at Sales Concepts, Inc. 6/2010 – 8/2010 (Westlake, Ohio)
Produced content for Sales Concept’s WordPress blog, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Liaised with supervisors to develop social media strategy that would produce leads and potential prospects.

Intern at Bushu Gas Co. (Ohio Saitama Internship Program) 6/2009 – 8/2009 (Saitama, Japan)
Wrote daily research reports in Japanese. Studied Japanese business styles and ultilities. Served as only English-speaker at the company. Took one-day tours of media companies (Mainichi Daily News, Saitama Shimbun, Gas Energy Shimbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd, NACK5 Radio, Saitama Television). One of three interns accepted into the program.

Tutor at Ohio Program of Intensive English at Ohio University 4/2010 – 6/2010 (Athens, OH)
Tutored Japanese students from Chubu University in English. Helped them with their English speech-writing and pronunciation three times per week.

[ Online- and Media-related experience ]

Copy Editor and Web Manager for College Green 9/2009-8/2010
Edited for grammatical errors and AP style. Wrote headlines for the News and Science sections and ensured factual consistency in stories. Redesigned the publication’s website from a blog-format to a magazine-style layout and CMS with WordPress.

Copywriter and Editor for Soul of Athens 4/2010-6/2010
Edited copy and wrote a feature story, edition introductions and About page for the 2010 edition.

Senior Editor and Social Media Coordinator for MyGamer.com 4/2010-present
Staff Writer for MyGamer.com 8/2006-4/2010
Copyedited, wrote, managed game articles and event coverage written by staff writers via IM/e-mail. Coordinated social media accounts to develop a readership and community.
Reported from some of the world’s largest electronic entertainment trade shows (Tokyo Game Show, E3, PAX East) and established contacts in the industry.

Stringer for The Post (Ohio University student newspaper) 01/18/07-6/1/07
One article per week for the Campus Staff. Finding and pitching story ideas.

Video Game Reviewer for The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) 06/2002-8/2003
Wrote a 100-word review of a video game assigned to me every month.

[ computer skills ]

Final Cut Pro, Quark. Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, InCopy. Microsoft Access, Excel, Word. NewsEdit. XHTML, CSS. Search engine optimization. CMS. Social media.

[ Honors ]

Saitama Goodwill Ambassador, Member of the American Copy Editors Society, Bridging Scholar 2008-2009, Dean’s List 10/12 quarters.