Women's lifestyle writer for hire! I have a strong background in online editorial, writing daily news content and evergreen pieces, interviewing and transcribing, SEO, social media, photoshop and more!

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Kelly A. Corbett
71 Summit St, Ridgefield Park
NJ, 07660
corbetk2@tcnj.edu
201-647-6614
corbettkelly.wordpress.com
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Editorial Intern at XO Group; The Bump (January 2017 - May 2017)
Pitches and writes daily news articles tailored towards
millennial/expecting mothers; conducts research and works on
department projects; edits photos on Photoshop to make them
optimized for web, builds content in the CMS.
Staff writer for TCNJ’s ​The Signal​ ​(September 2014- May 2017)​ The
Signal ​is The College of New Jersey’s student-run newspaper.
Contributes articles to either Features, Opinions, News, or Arts and
Entertainment sections. Duties consist of covering events on
campus and conducting interviews to base articles on.
Editor-in-Chief of the Odyssey Online at TCNJ (August 2016-
March 2017)​ Contributes one article each week to TCNJ’s chapter of
the Odyssey Online. Manages 15+ writers and edits their weekly
work in the CMS. Recruits new writers.
Student Journalist at The College of New Jersey’s School of Science
(February 2016- December 2016) ​Interviews and writes feature
stories on professors, alumni and current students for TCNJ’s
School of Science website.
Editorial Intern at Mommy Nearest (May 2016- August 2016)
Writes 3-4 news and/or evergreen content a week based on
kid-friendly restaurants/attractions for Mommy Nearest’s 10
national markets, added place addresses and descriptions to the
database so users could track them in the app, wrote national news
stories and service pieces, created weekly newsletters, formatted
freelancer’s pieces in the CMS.
News Editor/Staff Writer for Her Campus TCNJ (Spring 2014
-Spring 2016)​ HerCampus.com is an online magazine targeted at
the female college student demographic. Edited 1-2 articles weekly
as well as writing my own articles.
Social Media Editor for TCNJ’s ​The Signal​ (August 2015- December
2015)​ Publicized and scheduled articles through social media
platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram via Hootsuite in
order to improve the readership of the paper.
Editorial Intern at Working Mother Magazine (Summer 2015)​ A
magazine dedicated to the lifestyle of the career-committed mother.
Pitched ideas, wrote articles for the online site, created photo
galleries, and conducted phone interviews with parenting experts.
EDUCATION
The College of New Jersey (Ewing, NJ)
Bachelor of Arts: Journalism and Professional Writing;
Communications Studies
Graduation: May 2017
Cumulative GPA: ​3.7/4.0​, Cum Laude
SKILLS
Wordpress (and other
content management
systems), Photoshop,
creating newsletters,
Microsoft Office,
interviewing, social media
strategy, SEO, creating
memes, transcribing
interviews, and copy
editing
AWARDS
Lambda Pi Eta (Fall 2016) -
Inducted into the
Communications Honor
Society at The College of New
Jersey.
Tiffany Award- ​awarded to a
graduating senior who has
demonstrated exceptional
ability in expository writing,
including essays, personal
narratives, analyses or
magazine writing.
PROJECTS
Strategies of PR​-Created a
Public Relations plan for the
TCNJ Career Center in order
to rehabilitate their image.
This entailed: hosting focus
groups, strategizing their
social media, brainstorming
and sponsoring events and
speakers.
Theories of Persuasion​-
Created an eating disorder
campaign in to encourage
those struggling to seek help
from a licensed professional
through print literature and
advertisements.