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Dawn Madeline QuinnEmail:dawnmquinn@gmail.com Website: dawnmquinn.com Twitter: @yellowdresses, @veganmoxie

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCEzulily, Seattle, Wash.June 2012-presentEmail Marketing/Product Copywriter + Twitter Coordinator

Produce creative and engaging product copy and content for over 6 million readers in a high-production startupenvironment daily, mastering the zulily voice

Write content for zulily's daily email, reaching up to 8.6 million members and driving 80% of site traffic for aninternational flash sale site geared toward moms

Manage own workload and deadlines

Work with merchant teams to accurately and effectively communicate product information, facilitating researchwhen necessary

Maintain product pages, making adjustments and corrections as needed, quickly and efficiently

Compose and contribute tweets for the@zulilyTwitter account, which has over 18,000 followers

veganmoxie.comMarch 2011-presentBlogger/Creator

Created Vegan Moxie to document 20-somethings journey in a rich and healthful life

Highlight how to eat and live well on a vegan, sustainable, organic diet/lifestyle in Seattle, WA

Represented the blog at Food Camp(253) conference on the topic of vegan food/lifestyle in Tacoma, WA, (April2011) and on the intersections of blogging and journalism for the The Accidental Journalist panel at theinaugural Vida Vegan Bloggers Conference in Portland Ore., (Aug. 2011)

Presenting on the topic of next-level social media at the Vida Vegan Con Tech Seminar Series on November 3,2012 in Seattle, WA and at Vida Vegan Con in May 2013 in Portland, OR

Implemented and manage online community of subscribers, Twitter and Facebook followers; administer ongoingSEO improvements

Wrote a post everyday for the month of October as a part of Vegan Month of Food, (Vegan MoFo) 2011

January 2011-presentFreelance Social Media Consultant

Help non-profit organizations, government agencies, businesses and more grow online communities and sociamedia platforms, generate compelling content and facilitate successful engagement strategies with their usersPast clients include: theTacoma Food Co-Opand theTacoma Arts Commission

Available and always seeking new social media consulting projects and collaborations

January 2011-presentFreelance Writer/Journalist/Web Producer

Past freelance work includes contributions towww.KOMONews.com, theSouth Sound User's Guide and

Lakewood Patch Available for freelance writing, blogging and editing projects in the areas of arts & entertainment, culture, social

media, feminism, writing and vegan food/lifestyle

The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma, Wash.February 2011-March 2012Development/Communications Assistant

Collaborated with development and marketing directors in the creation, editing and distribution of yearlycampaign materials, articles, press releases, profiles, blog posts, and copy for e-newsletters and promotionalinformation about the Foundation and its events including the sold out Be the Spark event with ArchbishopDesmond Tutu, (May 2011) which drew 15,000 visitors to Tacoma

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Communicated fund policies with donors, prospective donors, professional advisors, volunteers and board ofdirectors

Administered fund development, database management, customer service, website, communications and eventplanning support

Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, Wash.September 2008-January 2011

Arts & Entertainment Editor/Staff Writer

Generated and edited more than 500 news articles; identified compelling story ideas under tight deadlines Built relationships with key figures in the community

Cultivated, motivated and supervised staff writers, freelance writers and photographers to peak performance

Developed the concept of daily group blog for newspapers website, nearly doubling weekday web traffic accordingto Google Analytics

Helped launch and maintain newspapers social media presence on Facebook, Twitter

Contributed accurate, time-sensitive information to daily group blog

Worked to complete several long-term research projects for 47,000 circulation readership

EDUCATIONMaster of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM),University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012-2014(expected)

Bachelor of Arts in English Writing,Loyola Marymount University, LA, CA, 2006

SKILLS

Digital and social media

Effective communication (digital and traditional), writing, and editing

HTML, CSS and content management systems

WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr and other blogging platforms

Google Analytics and other social media monitoring tools

AP Style

Microsoft Office Suite

Digital photography and Adobe Photoshop

Mac and PC operating systems

AWARDS

Winner, first place, best blog for the Tacoma WeeklysDaily Mash-Upand second place, best business storyfor the article Cheers to 1022 South, printed in the Tacoma Weekly, (Washington Newspaper Publishers

Association, 2011)

Award recipient, Hispanic Scholarship Fund College Scholarship 2004

Deans List, Loyola Marymount University 2003-2004

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSCurrent:

Member, Society of Professional Journalists 2010-current

Member, Greater Seattle Area Alumnae chapter of Delta Zeta Sorority April 2012-currentPast:

Member, Board of Directors, Tacoma Food Co-op September 2011-October 2012

Member, Board of Directors, Social Media Club Tacoma September 2011-June 2012

Commissioner, Tacoma Arts Commission January 2012-June 2012

http://www.tacomaweekly.com/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/http://mcdm.washington.edu/https://www.washington.edu/https://www.washington.edu/http://www.lmu.edu/http://www.lmu.edu/http://www.lmu.edu/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/dailymashup/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/dailymashup/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/dailymashup/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/http://mcdm.washington.edu/https://www.washington.edu/http://www.lmu.edu/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/dailymashup/