RESUME
Gayle Guynup
Sarasota, FL 34237
*******@*****.***
Content Connection
Started my own company in 2019, focusing on all forms of written content - writing, editing, proofreading, writing biographies, writing copy for social media and websites, marketing and public relations, and consultation on fundraising events.
2001-2019
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Style magazine editor, social editor of Sarasota's newspaper with a daily circulation of 118,000-plus and Sunday circulation of 134,000 plus.
Style responsibilities: Four-color monthly award-winning lifestyle magazine. As editor, I am responsible for all editorial content from planning and conceptualizing to assigning photos and stories to 15-20 freelance writers and photographers, editing and proofreading.
Social editor: Cover 150-plus social philanthropic and fundraising events each year. Write stories on each event that appear in my weekly social columns (ranging from one column per week to four columns per week, depending on the time of year), and on my social blog that appears on the Herald-Tribune website on a daily basis. Coordinate all social photography coverage with freelance photographers.
Other responsibilities: Budgeting responsibilities for both Style and social products.
1991-2001
Michael's On East
Marketing Director
Marketing director for one of the largest and most successful restaurant groups on the West Coast of Florida. Oversaw A La Carte Marketing, a team of marketing professionals that handled marketing and public relations for all Klauber family businesses (Michael's on East, Michael's on East Catering, Michael's Wine Cellar, Pattigeorge's, The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, Michael's Seafood Grille, Down Under Jazz Club). Also conceptualized and handled all marketing for the first four years of the Florida Winefest and Auction (at the time, the third largest wine event in the nation), the Florida Comedy Festival and Chocolate Sundae, an event developed for the local United Cerebral Palsy.
1985-1988
Sarasota Magazine
General Manager
Responsible for overseeing production of award-winning monthly city magazine. Responsibilities included working with vendors, scheduling, budgeting, layout, proofing and distribution. Also worked as a writer on special sections and advertising sections.
Other:
Private label medical sales, ASO Corporation, Kumamoto, Japan, 1988-1990
Managing Editor, Airfare magazine, New York City, NY, 1983-1985
Assistant editor, Commuter Air magazine, Atlanta, GA, 1980-1983
Education:
B.A. Degree, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1978-1980
A.A. Degree, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL 1976-1978