Danut Spataru: Content and Technical Producer: Print Publishing / Digital Media
One Cedar Street, Bronxville, NY // 917-***-**** // *************@*******.***
RESUME
CAREER OVERVIEW
Twenty years of experience in creating and managing content for print and digital media: newspapers,
magazines, books, technical/procedural manuals, business/advertising directories and web/social media.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2011-present Marbles & Marbles International, Inc. / TWELV Fashion Magazine, New York, NY
Business Advisor to the Publisher (consulting assignment)
TWELV is a New York City-based fashion, arts and culture magazine produced by styling/editorial talents
nurtured at Condé Nast, Vogue Italia and Paris Vogue. My role at TWELV is to:
• advise the CEO, the Editor-in-Chief and the Production Manager with publishing issues
• liaise with, and manage the magazine’s international contractors and distributors (USA, Europe, Japan)
• create and manage digital content for the magazine’s newsletters and press releases
• manage the magazine’s online operations (domain/webmail accounts, hosting and FTP setup/maintenance)
1999-2010 Pacific Webcard / Directory, Vancouver, Canada
Ad Content Producer, Web Marketing Analyst, Business Consultant
A corporate communications service specialized in creating/repurposing content for the digital markets and
online marketing campaigns which were executed on a business directory and a real estate private listing service.
My responsibilities there were to:
• create business content for online publishing by breaking down complex information
• develop web marketing plans which focused on the translation of business goals into advertising content
• manage advertising content and online ad campaigns and report their performance to clients
• maintain the ads databases (display ads, business listings, editorials, images, rich media)
• recruit and coordinate the activities of consultants and participate in some clients’ operations
• provide publishing, design and business consulting services to privately-owned enterprises (publishing,
finance and investments, software and technology, education, import/export, cosmetics and
pharmaceuticals, real estate).
1989-1998 Purple Pages Publications and Trader Media Publications, Edmonton, Canada
Newsprint Production Designer, Special Projects Developer, IT Coordinator.
Annual business directory and weekly display & classifieds publications where I:
• setup the publications' first computer networks and maintained their operating systems (Mac)
• coordinated the development, maintenance and training of the publication’s electronic pagination system
• coordinated IT contractors most of whom were geographically dispersed (Canada/USA/Europe)
• designed advertisements and corporate identities, setup layout grids for newsprint, magazines, books
1987-1996 Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, AB, Canada (annual fixed-term contracts)
Library and IT Assistant, Outreach Instructor.
• assisted faculty staff with technical support (computer systems, audio-visual equipment, IT)
• assisted students with research (business, advertising, public relations and journalism programs)
• taught fundamentals of computer graphics and desktop publishing (outreach programs, four years)
EDUCATION
• Digital Technologies International, Provo, Utah. Business Publishing, Computer Graphics Certificate.
• Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Visual Communications Diploma. Major: Graphics Design.
• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Microcomputer Technologies Certificate.
• Grade 12 High School Baccalaureate Diploma. Major: Mathematics & Physics. Predeal, Romania.