Jessica Galliart

1311 N. Greenview/Apt. 7, Chicago, IL 60642 316-304-2900 312-369-8959(work) ●JessicaGalliart@gmail.com

Website: JessKnowsBest.WordPress.com  Twitter: @JessicaGalliart

Career Goal
 Magazine Editor – Report on topical issues, write profile pieces, lay out and design magazine
sections, manage reporting staff and freelancers, and copy edit.
Related Experience
Editor-in-Chief—The Columbia Chronicle—Columbia College; Chicago, IL (June 2008 – present)
 Manage staff of 30-plus writers, editors, photographers, graphic designers, copy editors.
 Oversee all components of 40-plus page weekly print and online publication.
Freelance Writer—Venus Zine / VenusZine.com—Chicago, IL (Aug. 2008 – present)
 Pitch story ideas to section editors pertaining to women in the arts.
 Concentrate on music features, TV and film profiles, features, and Q&As.
Coordinator—Billboard/UWIRE College Town Tour Guide—Chicago, IL (June 2008 – Sept. 2008)
 Wrote, assigned content for all sections, wrote “Town Intro,” photographed places featured.
 Organized all content, music clips, photos, supplemental material.
Editorial Intern—Venus Zine—Chicago, Illinois (May 2008 – Aug. 2008)
 Assisted Music Features editor with copy editing, fact-checking, posting stories, web issues.
 Set up Google Doc system for assignment sheets for better communication among editors.
Features Editor—Echo Magazine—Columbia College; Chicago, IL (Jan. 2008 – May 2008)
 Wrote pieces for front-of-book section, departments, and features.
 Collaborated with writers on story pitches, edited feature pieces, fact-checked many articles.
Editor (several positions)—The Columbia Chronicle—Chicago, IL (Aug. 2007 – May 2008)
 Staff Writer, Copy Editor, Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor, A&E Editor.
 Reported on a variety of topics, copy-edited weekly 40-plus-page newspaper.
 Managed, organized, and budgeted content. Managed assistant editors and freelance writers.
Art Director – GeezerJock magazine—Euflexxa Extra—Chicago, IL (May 2007 – July 2007)
 Designed 24-page daily supplement for 10 days during 2007 National Senior Games.
 Designed advertisements; Prepared four-page feature spreads prior to Senior Games.
Copy Editing Intern—The Daily Herald—Arlington Heights, IL (May 2007 – Aug. 2007)
 Copy-edited news stories, according to The Daily Herald and AP stylebooks.
 Copy-edited all mock-up pages at drop deadline, sent pages to printer.
 Wrote and contributed headlines for news stories, features, columns, and obituaries.
Education
 Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan, Chicago, IL 60605
Bachelor of Arts: Magazine Journalism Projected graduation date: May 2009
Cumm. GPA: 3.3
Proficient in: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Xpress, Wordpress,
iMovie, Garage Band, Audacity, HTML, CSS
Awards/Honors
 Presidential Scholarship—Columbia College Chicago—2005-2008 (renewable)
 John Fischetti Scholarship—Columbia College Chicago—2007, 2008
 1st Place, Entertainment Supplement—Illinois College Press Association Convention 2009
 2nd Place, Feature Story—ICPA Convention 2009
 2nd Place, Special Supplement—ICPA Convention 2009
 1st Place, Feature Story—ICPA Convention 2008
 Third Place, Headline Writing—ICPA Convention 2008
References
 Chris Richert – Columbia Chronicle General Manager, (312) 344-8955
 Nancy Day—Columbia Journalism Department Chair, (312) 369-8989
 Amy Schroeder—Venus Zine founder, former editor, (773) 310-1144
 Noah Isackson—Contributing Editor, Chicago magazine; instructor, (773) 802-0711