Amanda Lucci

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 sites social media marketing strategy using Twitter and email as promotional tools Worked on projects independently and gave updates during weekly conference calls

All Things Digitals D Conference : Production Assistant, 2009-2010 Los Angeles, Calif.
Worked backstage at and live tweeted from The Wall Street Journals 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