Elizabeth Giegerich

lizgiegerich.com 914-***-**** abqjh5@r.postjobfree.com

** ******* ***. ***, ***** Plains, NY 10605

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Editor, Rye Patch and Port Chester Patch December 2010 present

Manage two online news sites covering four municipalities in Westchester County, NY.

Use social media to promote news stories and engage readers and manage Patch brand

Produce upwards of 30 self-generated articles, and multimedia elements per week

Published on The Huffington Post and aol.com

Craft headlines and tag articles to maximize Search Engine Optimization

Shoot and edit video news clips

Proven success cultivating a loyal readership and managing political, media and community contacts

Experience covering the nuclear energy industry; military; veterans affairs, business, music, arts and

budgets, and local, community news

Repeatedly recognized for top performance and promoted from editor of one Patch site

(Peekskill.patch.com) to edit and report for larger market and two separate websites (Rye.patch.com and

Portchester.patch.com) in July, 2012.

Launched and managed Peekskill.patch.com and grew readership from 0 unique visitors to more than

40,000 monthly UVs

Director of Communications, Transport Workers Union of America

New York, NY March 2009 - August 2010

Reorganized and expanded Communications Department to improve internal and external

communications by implementing use of multimedia, social networking, and updating to current technical

programs and practices.

Managed day-to-day functions of Department and facilitated communication between TWU International

and TWU's 114 locals representing 130,000 members nation-wide.

Writer/Editor: covered TWU and the labor movement's International, national and local politics/events for

the TWU Express, award-winning bi-monthly newsletter magazine, wwww.twu.org and electronic

communications

Convention/Conference Planning

Web Producer, Westchester Magazine, Elmsford, NY Dec. 2008 Feb. 2009

Managed Westchestermagazine.com blogs, photos; videographer; researcher

ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE

NBC Universal, New York, NY: Multimedia Intern, Fall 2008

The Nation, New York, NY: Intern, Summer 2008

New York Daily News, Bronx, NY: Editorial Intern, Spring 2008

EDUCATION

New York University, New York, NY: Master of Arts, Journalism, January 2009

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA: Bachelor of Arts, Communication, Minor: Sociology, May 2007

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Content Management Systems, Final Cut, iMovie, Pro Tools, Photoshop, HTML, Knowledge of desktop publishing software

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Hurricane Sandy Relief: Organized relief efforts to help victims in Rockaway and Belle Harbor, 2012; HarlemLIVE: after-school program

teaching reporting skills to NYC students, 2009; New Orleans Outreach: taught after-school Poetry Slam class in a charter school, 2007;

Habitat for Humanity: New Orleans, La, 2006

INTERESTS

Hiking, yoga, travel, live music

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