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EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

  • Content Producer and “voice creation” for entertainment websites

  • Copywriting and Copy editing for websites/ WAP sites and presentations

  • Copywriting for movie one-sheets and other marketing materials

  • Experience in writing editorials, feature articles, blogs, television show synopses, biographies, research papers, instruction   manuals, and general creative content

  • Social media savvy

  • Worked in various capacities in the entertainment industry including marketing, promotions, and film production at NewsCorp, Paramount Pictures, Destination Films, William Morris Agency

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EMPLOYMENT:

CONVERSIFY
September 2009 to Present 
Social Media Specialist
Research, implementation, and project management for social media marketing agency

- Blog research and outreach led to relationships with evangelist niche bloggers
- A quick study: Can keep up with changes in social media best practices as they happen
- “Jack of All Trades” in social media: Can blog, comment, implement, research and maintain online (and offline) relationships

 

FREELANCE WRITER
June 2005 to Present                   

Editorial: Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis

  • Contributing writer for The Weekender edition, focusing on media-related industry trends
  • Research and track pop culture, new media and television developments daily
  • Conduct interviews with industry notables

Copywriter: Crew Creative Advertising; MTV Networks ; Famous Interactive

  • Write copy and tagline exploratory for feature films and television
  • Consultant for all creative aspects, but specifically language, for MTV websites
  • Write copy and tagline exploratory for MTV websites
  • Blogger: MediaVillage.com

  • Write synopses and commentary on television shows Entourage, Gossip Girl, Samantha Who


BOOEEP.COM
April 2008 to April 2010

Web Content Manager / Content Writer                      

  • - Manage and write websites for start-up company that creates and maintains official celebrity websites
  • - Research celebrity content, style and image, and prepare Q & A’s to create content
  • - Write content for the entire site based on the information received from celebrity and the positioning objectives of the site including SEO
  • - Maintain relationships and gather assets from studios, networks, production companies, publicists, managers and clients
  • - Work with clients and web designers with ongoing development of new content
  • - Client Relations: Function as one point of contact for client, disseminate information to technical producer and designer.


INDUSTRY NEXUS.COM
November 2006 to September 2009
Co-founder, Web Producer, Editor, Writer

  • - Co-created website geared toward young Hollywood
  • - Produce and maintain site from concept design and  information architecture to content posting and SEO
  • - Write feature articles on the entertainment industry
  • - Supervise writing staff of six, and develop ideas
  • - Facilitate community  
  • - Establish and maintain relationships with advertisers and media


ALACRE
May 2006 to April 2008     
Web & Mobile Content Producer, Senior Writer

  • - Produce websites and mobile applications for telecom, technology and entertainment industry clients; including product ideation, information architecture and concept design
  • - Produced first book published simultaneously in print, online, and mobile
  • - Write all creative content for mobile application sales presentations to CBS Interactive, Fox Interactive Media, Fox Atomic, Hyundai, Land Rover
  • - Write marketing brochures and website content for VoIP and telecom products
  • - Supervise staff of four designers and flash developers
   

HOLLYWOOD MOMENTUM.COM
June 2005 to October 2006
Managing Editor

  • - Generate stories and edit content for weekly online magazine geared to Hollywood assistants
  • - Write feature stories, interviews, reviews, “Screamer” stories
  • - Supervise all writers: assign stories, edit pieces
  • - Responsible for marketing the site, accomplished primarily by viral means. The site was featured on Variety.com, HBO.com, Eonline, W Magazine, The National Review online, as well as numerous university websites
  • - Responsible for major increase in traffic and subscriptions

   



EDUCATION:     

Syracuse University – MA, Media Studies

University of Colorado, Boulder – BA, Communications


 

About Me

I’m a freelance Web Content Manager/Project Manager/Social Media Specialist/Writer with a background in the entertainment business – both working within it and writing about it.

I spent many years in the Hollywood trenches including management, production, promotions, and creative advertising before suffering a quarterlife crisis and leaving the business to get a Master’s Degree in Media Studies.  I reinvented myself as a web producer and writer covering new media and television, as well as a writer of marketing materials and general web and mobile application copywriting.

I quickly transitioned to website producer and content manager for a company that produces official celebrity websites, where I oversee the production of the sites from start to finish, as well as write and edit the pages, monitor the forums, set up the clients on social media networks, monitor all the networks if needed, and function as the single point of contact.

I also freelance as a social media specialist and project manager at a social media marketing company where I conduct blog research and outreach (using best practices), maintain Facebook, Twitter, and Ning accounts, and generally help create and maintain the “buzz machine” for our clients.

In addition to my web, social media, and writing work, I’m the co-host of the entertainment podcast ShowbizSandbox.com.

I’m available for full time, part time, contract, or consulting work. Click here to contact me.

- Karen

Find  me on Linked In.

kjwoodward <at>gmail.com

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