Résumé
Contact
Jim Wayne
608.347.5105
Los Angeles, California
Proficiencies
Editing, Writing, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, AVID, Interactive Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, php, Javascript, Flash.
Work Experience
Executive Editor/Web Producer, Annenberg Digital News (Los Angeles)
January 2009 – Present
Overseeing day-to-day operations for upstart digital publication and managing/training staff of 40.
Intern - The Daily Fix, Current TV (Los Angeles)
May 2008 – August 2008
Script writing, story pitching and production assistance for daily music news TV program.
Staff Writer, Online Journalism Review (Los Angeles)
September 2007 – May 2008
Covering social media, online communities, Web innovation and digital journalism in general.
Editorial Intern, The Onion (Minneapolis)
December 2006 – August 2007
Assisted editor of Minneapolis A.V. Club section with various music, arts and entertainment content.
Account Manager/New Business Coordinator, Hunt Adkins (Minneapolis)
April 2007 – August 2007
Helped manage account (Guinness Atkinson Funds), researched new business prospects and coordinated production for new business pitches.
Assistant Account Executive, Merkley + Partners (New York)
June 2005 – June 2006
Clients: William Grant & Sons (Glenfiddich and Balvenie scotch), BMW Motorcycles, Ferrero USA (Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher), PSE&G.
Assistant Account Executive, Young & Rubicam (New York)
August 2003 – June 2005
Helped manage all production, financial and miscellaneous day-to-day client requests. Contributed to all stages of strategic development, consumer testing and production of Dr Pepper/SevenUp, NFL ads (TV, radio, OOH).
Education
University of Southern California
MA, Online Journalism
2007 – 2009
University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, Journalism
1998 – 2003
New Canaan High School
New Canaan, CT
1994 – 1998
Bio
I was born in Paris, raised in Connecticut and college-educated in Madison, Wisc. before cutting my corporate teeth for three years in the New York City advertising industry. An abrupt career change, a cattle-ranch sabbatical and a few grad-school applications later, here I am in Southern California, master’s degree in hand, looking to re-enter the media world as a web content producer.
If nothing else, those three-plus years in the advertising industry armed me with a strong background in account management and project coordination (to say nothing of the invaluable exposure to corporate structures and office politics). I worked and thrived in agencies big and small, from a 500-employee corporate behemoth down to a privately owned 20-person boutique. I helped manage several big-name accounts (Dr Pepper, NFL, Tic Tac and Glenfiddich) and contributed to the development of countless television, print, radio and digital campaigns in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented setting.
But account management, while challenging and interesting, wasn’t necessarily a passion. I longed for more creativity, and after toying with the idea of moving to the creative side of the industry, decided to instead cut the cord on advertising and apply to graduate schools. I landed at USC's Annenberg Graduate School for Communication, where I earned a master’s degree in Online Journalism.
The USC curriculum provided a hands-on crash course in writing, reporting, editing and producing content for print, broadcast and new media, and as an Online major my focus turned to web production, multimedia presentation and interactive marketing. I became fluent in staple graphics and production tools (Photoshop, Flash, Soundslides, Visio, Wordpress, Movable Type, e.g.) and have produced live websites from scratch with text editors using HTML, CSS, Javascript and some PHP.
In addition to my studies I served as Executive Editor/Web Producer for a student-run digital news startup, Neon Tommy, where I managed and trained a staff of 40 and presided over all day-to-day posting operations within a customized (and finicky) CMS and a virtual newsroom powered by Google Docs. I am also an excellent copy editor and all-around grammar geek, which of course came into play, albeit thanklessly, in the Executive Editor role. Other jobs held during my time at USC included script writing for a music news show at Current TV and working as a staff writer for the Online Journalism Review (ojr.org).
My degree hot off the press, I am eager to put my digital production, editing and writing skills to work. I thrive in a team environment, and look forward to contributing to a production department at an exciting online media organization.
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