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lucci.amanda@gmail.com • http://www.amandalucci.com
EXPERIENCE
Sulia, Inc. : Intern, Sept. 2011-Present — New York, N.Y.
Researching and curating short-form content in a time-sensitive, fast-paced environment
Staying up-to-date on current and breaking entertainment, sports and political news
Recruiting influential bloggers and tweeters to participate in live events
Teeming Media : Assistant, Sept. 2011-Present — New York, N.Y.
Maintaining sales documents, organizing spreadsheets and promoting events for a B2B marketing company
eMedia Vitals : Editorial Intern, June 2011-Aug. 2011 — New York, N.Y.
Pitched, wrote and curated articles about the digital media industry, geared toward publishers
Conducted research projects involving statistics on newspaper paywalls and iPad app vendors
Southeast Ohio Magazine : Editor in Chief, Spring 2011 issue — Athens, Ohio
Hired and supervised about 25 editors, writers, photographers, designers and Web staff
Oversaw all editorial and online operations for the issue, from conception to publication
The Post : Assistant Culture Editor, June 2010-June 2011 — Athens, Ohio
Cultivated sources, consistently broke local entertainment news and secured multiple exclusive interviews
Became the first reporter to produce multimedia features for the Culture section
Edited and fact-checked content produced by a staff of 20 for the daily print edition
Previous positions include culture editor, culture senior writer and copy editor
The Athens Messenger : Stringer, Nov. 2010-Dec. 2010 — Athens, Ohio
Wrote A1 news and feature stories on deadline covering the Athens metro area, including city council
Star-News (New York Times Co.) : Features Intern, June 2010-Aug. 2010 — Wilmington, N.C.
Pitched and wrote features and briefs for the entertainment, health, local news and Sunday sections
Produced content for the local events blog daily and updated local and regional concert listings as needed
Attended New York Times Company seminars on Web graphics and public records laws
PBS MediaShift : Marketing Intern, Oct. 2009-Feb. 2010 — Telecommute
Assisted in developing the site’s social media marketing strategy using Twitter and email as promotional tools
Worked on projects independently and gave updates during weekly conference calls
All Things Digital’s D Conference : Production Assistant, 2009-2010 —
Los Angeles, Calif.
Worked backstage at and live tweeted from The Wall Street Journal’s executive tech conference for two years
EDUCATION
Ohio University : Class of 2011 — Athens, Ohio
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, cum laude, 3.61 GPA • Minors: Political Science and Psychology
SOFTWARE / WEB SKILLS
Final Cut Pro, blogging and CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Tumblr), social media (Twitter, Facebook, many others),
social media platforms (TweetDeck, CoTweet, HootSuite), basic HTML, SEO, Google Analytics, Adobe Creative
Suite, Quark XPress, Microsoft Office Suite, Mac and PC platforms