Social Media Sales

Melanie Rau

Florissant, MO

************@*****.***

Phone: 314-***-****

Professional Summary

Accomplished and energetic journalist and editor with a love of talking to people. Motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities. Areas of expertise include communication, customer service and time management.

Skills

Time management Team leader

Excellent product knowledge Communication skills

Generating sales Problem solving

Experience

Assistant Sports Editor May 2019-August 2020

Columbia Missourian Columbia, Missouri

Work side by side with reporters to make small and big picture copy edits in Blox and Adobe InCopy, make editorial decisions on what pages every story will go, work with designers to make the print pages the best they can be, design inside pages on Adobe InDesign, work with the photographers to give the stories more elements, design Agate, assign stories to reporters, write social media content, fill in and write stories when needed, follow professional sports, post wire copy, keep the online website up to date and get the paper sent to the publishers on deadline.

Missouri Baseball Beat Writer January 2020-May 2020

Columbia Missourian Columbia, Missouri

Produce news stories, game and series previews, game stories and feature stories multiple times a week, come up with own ideas for stories and report them with in person and phone interviews.

Sports Copy Editor January 2019-May 2019

Columbia Missourian Columbia, Missouri

Write headlines for online stories and print stories, fact-check stories, include SEO keywords, make sure everything abides by AP style, rewrite when necessary for readers’ understanding, work collaboratively with other editors and reporters to get the paper edited by deadline and trim stories for print.

Public Life Reporter August-December 2018

Columbia Missourian Columbia, Missouri

Write 1-2 stories a week, attend city council and other local meetings, work collaboratively with other reporters, write profiles on local election candidates, write briefs and other news not in your beat, come up with story ideas, put in photography requests, interview and accuracy check with sources.

St. Louis Blues and News Contributor August 2017-present

Last Word On Sports Online

Write at least one news, game stories or analysis article a week, include sources, links, headings and SEO keywords successfully.

Community Assistant August 2017-January 2020

The Arch Columbia Columbia, Missouri

Help current residents, market to and give tours to future residents, answer the phone, leasing agent, sign a certain number of leases per month, manage and help other community assistants, clean clubhouse, plan events and marketing outings.

Intern Covering the St. Louis Blues August-October 2016

The Hockey Writers Online

Write 1-2 articles a week about the St. Louis Blues Hockey Club on the topic of my choosing, edit articles, include images, videos, sources and headings and publish them successfully.

Sales Lead-Children’s Department November 2015-June 2016

Shoe Carnival Ferguson, Missouri

Service customers, manage inventory, marketing and promoting, keep the store clean, manage and help other sales associates, visual merchandising and make room for incoming shipment.

Sales Associate-Children’s Department May 2015-November 2015

Shoe Carnival Ferguson, Missouri

Service customers, manage inventory, marketing and promoting, keep the store clean and make room for incoming shipment.

Education

Bachelor of Arts: Journalism May 2020

University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri

English Minor May 2020

University of Missouri-Columbia

High School Diploma May 2016

Marquette Catholic High School Alton, Illinois

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