1. Michelle McCleary-Siss
33 Wysteria Court (203) 560-8709
Communications • Public Relations • Marketing
Torrington, CT 06790 michellesiss@yahoo.com
SUMMARY
OBJECTIVE: To apply my skills in media, communications, public relations, or
marketing to contribute to business success in an environment where hard work and
accountability are rewarded.
SKILL SETS & INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
  Feature Story Writer
Editing
  Fact Checking
Feature front design
  Staff Trainer
Layout & Proofreading
 Maintaining relationships with other media outlets and the public
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AP Style Editing LexisNexis
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Quark Xpress SaxoPress
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DBEdit, FoxPro Licensed Realtor
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Adobe Photoshop MS Office Suite/Windows
EXPERIENCE OVERVIEW
Editing and Layout: 10 years. Writing: 4 years.
Trainer: 3 years. Production Manager: 3 years.
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2004 – 2008
Republican-American, Layout Editor
2002 – 2004
United Media, Assistant Editor
2000 – 2001
Journal Inquirer, Associate Editor
1997 – 2000
The Daily Campus, News Editor
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Society for News Design seminar, Waterbury, CT 2008
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 2001
Bachelor of Arts: Journalism & History
View my design portfolio: http://michellemcclearysiss.com/

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EXPERIENCE DETAIL
Layout Editor
Republican-American, Waterbury, CT: 2004 – 2008
 Design of 5-8 broadsheet feature fronts daily and inside pages for 55,000-circulation daily newspaper
 Illustrations and photo cutouts, and photo toning to pre-press standards using Photoshop
 Content selection for Travel and Food sections, and art coordinator for bimonthly theater magazine
 Web design team consultant, food blog writer and uploading of features stories to the Web
 Column line-editing
 Assistant: overall redesign of newspaper
Assistant Editor
United Media, New York, NY: 2002 – 2004
 Fact checked and edited business, financial advice and political columns for media company that
syndicates 150 features worldwide
Laid out and edited puzzles and World of Wonder children’s features
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 Provided administrative support for managing editor and executive editor
 Maintained talent databases, send rejection letters
Proofreader (Temporary Position)
Scholastic Inc, New York, NY: 2002 – 2002
Proofread error lists, teacher’s guides and other final drafts of publications
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Associate Editor
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, CT: 2000 – 2001
 Edited articles and designed six tabloid pages a day for daily newspaper with 50,000 circulation
Redesigned newspaper’s Living section
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 Wrote feature stories for News and Living sections
Trained staff members in the Living section on Quark Xpress during newspaper’s change from paste-
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up format to full electronic pagination
News Editor
The Daily Campus, Storrs, CT: 1997 – 2000
 Assigned articles and trained staff of 10 reporters and photographers at daily student newspaper with
10,000 circulation at the University of Connecticut
 Edited articles and managed production for news and entertainment sections
AWARDS
New England Associated Press News Executives Association
Features Page Design Award 2005-07
Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists
Features Page Design Award: 2004-07
University of Connecticut Journalism Department
“Excellence in News Reporting” 1999
Golden Key National Honor Society, 1999