Melissa Bykofsky

MJBYK892@gmail.com ! www.melissabykofsky.com ! @mbykofsky

MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Marie Claire Editorial Assistant December 2012 to Present Directly assist the Features/Special Projects Director with administrative tasks including scheduling meetings and events, handling expenses and arranging travel. Contribute idea and articles to the features well, front of book, MC@Work, Filter, MC@Play sections, and marieclaire.com. Edit the letters to the editor page, interview celebrities for the back page, "20 Questions," manage social media promotion for Marie Claire @Work. Maintain a books list and culture list for the lifestyle editor. Handle all contracts and payment for freelance writers. Hire features interns and manage the semester-long internship programs including scheduling interdepartment intern learning sessions. Features Intern May to August 2012 Directly assisted lifestyles editor and books editor Pitched ideas and researched stories for the features section of the magazine Wrote for front of book What I Love About September page and October travel section, tweeted daily for Marie Claire at Work Sat in for editorial assistant and provided administrative support with calendars, phones, expenses and travel Cataloged book submissions and organized monthly book lists O, The Oprah Magazine Editorial Intern Research stories for the lifestyle, health and features sections of the magazine Assist editors by creating source lists for stories and transcribing interviews Write book reviews for Oprah.com August to December 2012

Pipe Dream August 2007 to May 2011 Editor-In-Chief, promoted from News Editor Managed the content and production and oversaw the entire staff including photo editors, business managers, section editors and copy chiefs Developed story ideas, created a beat system for news writers, wrote and edited headlines, deks, news and feature articles and blogs for the website Newsday Editorial Intern, Explore Long Island Pitched, researched and wrote feature stories for the arts and entertainment section Participated with editors in budget meetings and department meetings June to August 2010

EDUCATION
City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism Arts and Culture Concentration Binghamton University, State University of New York English, General Literature and Rhetoric Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa M.A. December 2012 B.A. May 2011

SKILLS
Internet/Writing: LexisNexis, HTML, CSS, SEO, Tumult Hype, WordPress, Tumblr, advanced knowledge of social media as it relates to deep search, outreach and analytics Software: Final Cut Pro, Reaper, Photoshop, InDesign, Aperture, Microsoft XCEL Hardware: Marantz PMD660 & PMD620, JVC HM100U, Canon DSLR: Rebel T2i, XSi, Canon G12 series