Nikki Dobrin: Editor in Los Angeles, CA

• Assesses quality and adherence to checklists in editorial content produced in LA • Prepares and delivers feedback to editors in LA • Creates and maintains documentation on company-wide editorial standards in the Movie Pilot publishing handbook • Copy edits and curates content from non-verified creators • Attends regular editor meetings to provide feedback and gain insight into their operations • Prepares and sends to senior management periodic reports on progress of editors and their creators in terms of content quality and standards

• Daily copy editing of newspaper, website and newsletter in fast-paced newsroom • Scheduling and uploading of news and features to website via content management system • Editing content for AP Style, context and accuracy, and writing headlines and captions • Live copy editing presidential candidate debates • Responding quickly and accurately to breaking news, current affairs and politics

Worked in conjunction and collaboratively with a team of editors and designers on a culturally diverse portfolio of premium publications including glossy magazines, tabloids, newspaper supplements and native advertising. Assisted with content plan, pitching, generating and sourcing story ideas, and commissioning. Line edited, copy edited, researched and fact checked all stories. Helped manage end-to-end editorial production. USA Today titles included • Go Escape • Modern Woman • Pet Guide • Back to School • Hunt and Fish • Hispanic Living • College Guide • Special Edition tabloids — Agriculture; US Marine Corps of Engineers; Health & Human Services • USA Today weekly custom content — YES! shopping guide; Autos; Careers • Qantas native advertising campaign

• Edited all B2C and B2B international and North American marketing material including emails, membership correspondence, website content and advertising collateral • Proofread annual reports, newsletters and publication reports • Copywriting marketing collateral • Proofread American English, British English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Hebrew copy

Titles and projects included • Grind Magazine (US lifestyle magazine aimed at inspiring youth) • Foxtel Magazine (Monthly cable-TV subscription title with a focus on film, sports, music, lifestyle, reality TV and kids' entertainment and programming) • SHOP Til You Drop (Australia’s highest selling fashion magazine) • DOLLY (Popular monthly magazine aimed at teenage girls) • CLEO (Monthly light-hearted fashion, beauty and lifestyle mag aimed at women aged 18-24) • NW one-shot health, beauty and lifestyle magazines • ACP/Bauer Media advertorial and marketing • TV Week Logie Hall Of Fame submissions (Long-running annual Australian TV industry awards, similar to the Emmys. Edited submissions for this industry-voted category recognizing the outstanding contributions of individuals to local TV) • FasterLouder (Online music-focused source for news, interviews and reviews) • Drum Media (Free weekly tabloid-sized music, lifestyle and entertainment newspaper) • The Picture (Funny, irreverent, long-running men’s magazine, published weekly) • Street Machine (Monthly automotive mag featuring customized muscle cars from every era) • Australian Printer Mag (Monthly online/printed source for the print and graphics industries) • Asia-Pacific Packaging Mag (Bimonthly online and printed source for packaging industry) • Leaders In Real Estate (Full service Sydney property marketing resource)

Started at this popular weekly tabloid as a Copy Editor, was promoted to Senior Copy editor, Deputy Chief Copy Editor, then Copy Chief. In May 2014 I resigned to go freelance ahead of my US move. Because of my good relationship with Bauer, I continued at NW as a freelance Copy Editor and Chief. Responsibilities • Fact checked, edited sloppy copy and constructed polished text to ensure clarity, accuracy, sparkle, grammar and meaningful content • Checked final proofs and dyelines ahead of print deadline, filtering every page of weekly publication in the name of arduous, unrelenting quality control • Adhered to several weekly production deadlines while managing magazine workflow • Primary point of contact with Bauer’s legal team. Ensured final product was in keeping with media law standards and style guide • Managed and trained a team of four copy editors and a database of countless freelancers, establishing employees’ competency in every aspect of their jobs • Created, maintained and enforced NW style guide • Initiated new procedures of workflow to better optimize output and ensure all deadlines were met in a timely manner • Undertook other tasks as and when required. This included collaborating with Design, Picture and Writers’ departments for story conception, production, reporting, and writing news, fashion commentary, beauty, humor, lifestyle copy, and snappy heads and sells • Came up with creative angles for breaking news stories • I performed an integral role in developing and launching the new Bauer editorial workflow system. NW was one of the first three (and the first weekly) of Bauer’s 60-plus titles to transition from InDesign to the new suite of Adobe editing tools. I took the initiative to learn the new programs, collaborate with various internal and external IT consultants, communicate, and troubleshoot system glitches so that all Bauer titles following NW’s lead would benefit from a smoother transition to the new editing tools

• Events and project management; researching, hunting and gathering information • Administrative support for national advertising team • Liaised with clients and creative departments; coordinated scheduling of ads for print

Aussie magazine dedicated to four-cylinder and performance import cars. Aimed at men, also features fashion trends, lusty ladies, entertainment and gadgets slanted toward the auto community. Responsibilities • Editorial management of content; managed production calendar, commissioned freelancers • Edited one-shot specialty magazines and poster magazines; wrote and picture edited content • Pagination and magazine layout of both editorial and advertorial content • Selected models for cover and feature shoots • Location scout, editor and merchant contact for fashion and product shoots • Managed budgeting and cost-effectiveness of editorial for each issue