NancyR10
Full-time online marketing specialist for University Housing & Dining Services, Oregon State University.
Community Education marketing specialist for Linn-Benton Community College.
Local freelance journalist.
Former reporter and online editor at Gazette-Times.
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- Even with time and thoughtful planning to determine language and imagery, user testing can still surprise. Build in time to test! #wvpdx
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- @awainman Welcome to Oregon State and UHDS!May 13, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- RT @CallOnColin: If you're the manager behind branded social accounts and you're posting random stuff right now, you're doing it wrong. ...
- @jill_childress Thanks Jill, I was so glad to see you at the unconference!
- Love for our MU/UHDS designer too! She is SAtech famous now RT @Kmagura Thanks for liking our #roomselection campaign @edcabellon #SATechOR
- @AlanCalvert Any one email that comes from someone that don't want to hear from. lol
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- Online marketing specialist at University Housing & Dining Services (Oregon State University) and freelance journalist.Writing and Editing | Corvallis, Oregon Area, USSummary
Editing and design: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Copydesk,
Video and sound: Final Cut, iMovie, Flip, Splice, Ustream, Real and Audacity.
Web/CMS: drupal, Blox, HTML, Wordpress, Tumblr, Google Analytics.
Languages: French (8 years of study), Spanish (1 year)Experience- Sept 2011 - PresentOnline Marketing Specialist / Oregon State University
I upkeep, update and track analytics for University Housing & Dining Services website and associated blogs, media and calendars: www.oregonstate.edu/uhds.
I co-administer social media for the department (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, YouTube and Flickr).
I create a bi-weekly newsletter called Campus Living that goes to about 4,000 students living on campus. I use Mail Chimp to pull that together.
I work with designers from the UHDS/Memorial Union design studio on publications and videos.
I'm usually working with a couple of CAMP Scholar interns, that I keep busy with web and social media projects and thinking about design and communication.
I also write and take photos/video for some department events and programs.
- Oct 2010 - Sept 2011Online Editor, Reporter / Corvallis Gazette-Times
• Daily beat reporting covering city government and business. Contributor to InBusiness magazine, Oregon Outdoors section and business and arts blogs.
• Since starting beat, have written more than 150 feature articles and 35 blog posts, created six news videos (including one that has more than 9,500 hits on YouTube), four podcasts, ran a liveblog of election night coverage and provided streaming video and Twitter updates from various public meetings.
• Coordinated the 2010 “Top of the Valley” Readers' Choice Awards. Included creating online balloting to tabulate votes in more than 100 categories and coordinating content for 16-page special section.
• Compiled a nonprofit holiday wishlist for more than 80 local charities.
• Daily upkeep of Mid-Valley Newspapers websites, blogs and social networks. - Oct 2008 - Aug 2010Arts and Entertainment Editor / Corvallis Gazette-Times
• Edited and designed 100 weekly editions of The Entertainer
while coordinating assignments for reporters, photographers and calendars and writing more than 350 stories for the section.
• Helped create and maintain the Mid-Valley Newspapers’ social networks including Facebook,Twitter, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, CoverItLive (liveblogging events), Foursquare and Ustream.
• Recorded and edited more than 65 short videos for mid-valley papers. Recorded and edited more than 25 podcasts. - Oct 2006 - Oct 2008Copy Editor, Reporter / Corvallis Gazette-Times
• Designed more than 800 news pages for the paper, including 80 front pages.
• Reported and wrote more than 120 feature and news stories for paper. - Mar 2007 - Jun 2007Managing Editor, Contributor / Flux Magazine, University of Oregon
• Co-managed story selection, editor assignments and communication for a staff of about 60 journalism students.
• Wrote story about training for and competing in an Ironman triathlon. - Mar 2006 - Jun 2006Fisheries Biologist / Frank Orth and Associates, NOAA Fisheries, NW Marine Fisheries
Located at Science Center Fish Disease Lab, Newport.
• Managed fish husbandry activities for 6,000 Spring chinook salmon smolts.
• Maintained filtration systems, performed necropsies and transported salmon from Bonneville Lock and Dam on the Columbia River to the Fish Disease Lab. - Jun 2005 - Sept 2005Biological Science Lab Technician / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab, Corvallis.
• Led crew on week-long field trips to collect fisheries habitat data at West Fork Smith River and Winchester Creek in southwest Oregon.
• Trained interns to perform physical habitat surveys, snorkel surveys,electro-fishing surveys and fish-tagging surgeries. - Jun 2002 - Jun 2005Field Work Specialist-Intern / Center for Water & Environmental Sustainability
Placed at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Health and Environmental Effects Research Lab, Corvallis.
• Performed various field work duties including habitat surveys, snorkel surveys, electro-fishing and fish tagging.
• Designed a study and presented data for an Oregon State University Honors College thesis project focused on cold refuge use by juvenile coho salmon.
• Deciphered and entered historic salmon spawning survey data into databases.
Education-
2006 - 2007University of OregonMaster of Arts, August 2007 in School of Journalism and Communication Professional Masters Magazine Program
Activities: Flux Magazine Interests: News editing and environmental/adventure writing -
2001 - 2005Oregon State UniversityHonors Bachelor of Science, 2005 in Fisheries major, French minor. Specialization: Fisheries science and management
Activities: Oregon State University Rowing Team (Varsity 2002-2005) Oregon State University Concert Band (2001-2005) -
1998 - 2001Corvallis High SchoolDiploma and CIM, 2001
Activities: National Honor Society Co-President, Student Body Vice-President, Soccer, Swimming, Track, Band.
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Honors:- Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards, 3rd place in Arts Reporting, Corvallis Gazette-Times, 2009. - Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association: Co-winner in several 1st place staff awards including general excellence, best online coverage of breaking news and best special section, 2009. - Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association: 1st place Feature Page Design, 2nd place Page One Design and 3rd place for Feature Story: General, Corvallis Gazette-Times, 2008. - Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association: 1st place Page One Design, Corvallis Gazette-Times, 2007. - Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Award, Flux Magazine, 2008. - Associated Collegiate Press National Magazine Pacemaker Award, Flux Magazine, 2007. - Oregon State University Waldo-Cummings Outstanding Student Award, 2005. - Oregon State University Fisheries Wildlife Department Most Outstanding Senior, 2005. - Pacific-10 Rowing Championships, Gold Medal 2002, Bronze Medal 2004.
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Interests:Paddle boarder, swimmer, runner, triathlete, photographer, night owl.
