Résumé
Josey Duncan Lee
joseyATjoseyduncanDOTcom
SKILLS
Writing and editing
Social media marketing and strategy
Publishing with content management systems (including Umbraco)
Google Analytics
EXPERIENCE
Landor Associates (a WPP company)
Marketing manager and staff writer
2008—present
- 2008 Atticus Award winner (out of all WPP staff under 30)
- Writing, editing articles and managing editorial for landor.com, including our monthly thematic homepage feature and newsletter, On Deck
- Supervising Landor blog: editing, prepping, publishing colleagues’ posts, sourcing imagery
- Promoting content, active monitoring, and engaging with fans and followers over Landor’s official social media channels (Facebook and Twitter)
- Tracking landor.com traffic with Google Analytics
- Helped develop and launch Landor’s new corporate website in December 2011, from creative concept to migrating content from the old website
- Worked on landor.com’s new brand voice
The Alcohol Enthusiast
Founder and editor-in-chief
2010—present
- Writing and editing tongue-in-cheek blog about booze, bars and the drinker’s lifestyle, including:
- Attending and reporting on classes and events
- Reporting on cocktail history and developing custom drink recipes
- Creating and editing “An Enthusiasts’ Guide to…” happy hour, weddings, camping, hangovers, etc.
- Creating, planning and executing events including happy hours and bar crawls
Quiet Lightning (literary non-profit)
Director, PR
2012
- Helping develop Twitter and other social media strategy and tweeting on organization’s behalf
- Writing and distributing calendar announcements for upcoming readings to local media
- Attending board meetings
Ode magazine
Permalancer
2008
- Wrote feature and front-of-book articles about international cultural and environmental topics. (One feature picked up by Huffington Post)
- Wrote marketing copy for new consumer shopping site
Reed alumni magazine
Assistant editor
2006—2007
- Wrote and edited copy and provided fact-checking
- Conducted interviews and reported about on- and off-campus events
Willamette Week
Freelance writer/editorial intern (music section)
2006—2007
- Reviews, previews, and profiles of local and touring acts for print and web
- Reviewed local dive bars
Culinate
Freelance writer
2005
- Wrote “Midnight Oil,” article about eating well in college for online food publication
AWARDS
Atticus Award (2008)
Winning essay published in WPP’s Atticus journal and on warc.com, a subscription-based site
The annual awards honor original thinking in communications services.
EDUCATION
Reed College
Bachelor’s Degree: English and creative writing
Graduated 2006
- Senior thesis: Collection of short fiction, “In This House Where We Were Both Outsiders”
- DJ for Reed College Radio (KRRC 97.9 fm)
References available upon request