• Melissa Breau

    • home 32-73 48th St. Apt 1L Astoria, NY 11103

  • Experience

    • Macfadden Communications Group
      New York, NY
      May 2008 – Present
      Associate/Web Editor
      • Edit and proofread Pet Business Magazine, Grooming Business Magazine and The Pet Elite
      • Write 15-25 news stories per month for Pet Business Magazine
      • Manage web content and writers for The Pet Elite website
      • Write cover stories and various articles ranging from 600-1200 words
      • Conduct and transcribe interviews
      • Create blurbs on 20-40 new products per month for Pet Business
      • Oversee product collection and captioning for The Pet Elite Photo shoots
    • Columbia University Press
      New York City, NY
      Fall 2007
      Intern
      • Made copy editing corrections to manuscripts
      • Drafted interdepartmental memos
      • Attended editorial memos
      • Contacted authors and reviewers
      • Found experts to provide blurbs
      • Wrote and edited jacket copy
      • Trained Spring Interns
    • Manhattanville College
      Purchase, NY
      2008 – 2008
      Marketing Office Manager
      • Track invoices and process payments
      • Maintain scheduling
      • Copy edit ads
      • Proofread honorary citations

  • Published Works

    • Jargon Writer (my blog)

      • www.jargonwriter.wordpress.com

    • Lindsey Pollak's Blog on Gen Y

      • 5 Questions I didn't know to ask (and the answers I've found)
      • http://www.lindseypollak.com/archives/guest-student-expert-5-questions-i-didn%E2%80%99t-know-to-ask-and-the-answers-i%E2%80%99ve-found

    • Ezine Articles

      • Personal Branding - Improve Your Google-Ability
      • www.ezinearticles.com/?id=3666750

    • Pet Business Magazine

      • Multiple. See website.
      • www.petbusiness.com

    • Student Pulse

      • The Ethical Dilemma of When to Publish News
      • www.studentpulse.com/articles/45/the-ethical-dilema-of-when-to-publish-news

  • Education

    • Pace University
      2007 – 2009
      New York, NY
      MS Publishing
      • Final GPA: 3.51
    • Manhattanville College
      2005 – 2007
      Purchase, NY
      BA English Writing Concentration
      • Graduated a 4-year program of study in 3 years
      • Final GPA: 3.82

  • Coursework

    • Professional Magazine Editing
    • Desktop Publishing / Graphic Design
    • Magazine Production and Design
    • Thesis: Digital Magazines

  • Skills

    • Computer skills: Adobe Creating Suite (including Indesign), QuarkXpress, Final Cut Pro (video editing), Microsoft Office Suite, Mac OSX, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox
    • Writing web copy, including optimizing for SEO
    • Proofreading according to either the Chicago Manual of Style or the AP Style Guide
    • Social Media: twitter, blogging (wordpress), Facebook, Brazencareerist