EXPERIENCE CBFNC, Winston-Salem, NC Communications Manager: March 2010 to present Design and edit CBFNC bi-monthly magazine. Ensure publication and distribution to 11,000 subscribers. Assess website content, compose new material and perform regular updates. Design and prepare informational and publicity material. Direct social media on all platforms. Manage $70,000 communications budget. Analyze and achieve cost-saving measures. Serve as contact for production vendors. Create and distribute weekly e-news correspondence and updates to 3,500 subscribers. Provide consistency for all communication. Address constantly evolving technology needs for most effective outreach to constituency. Southern Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture Newsletter Editor and Social Media Coordinator: Fall 1999 to present Design and edit quarterly magazine for green-industry members in seven states. Devise and implement social media plan. Member of the board of directors. Primary contact with all advertisers. North Carolina Urban Forest Council Council Coordinator: November 1998 to March 2010 Fulfill the Council’s mission, protecting trees where we live, work and play, to amplify the efforts of its statewide, green-industry members. Produce quarterly newsletters and information bro- chures in conjunction with project-related grants. Create and maintain Council website. Manage membership data base. Oversee all financial accounts and grant responsibilities. Coordinate annual conference and 10-15 workshops per year. Serve as public-relations contact. Work with 12-member Executive Committee to plan the organization’s future course. Cahners Publishing, Greensboro, NC Copy Desk Manager: January 1997 to September 1998 Design editorial layout. Liaison between production, art and editorial departments. Coordinate production schedule for three staff members for weekly furniture news publication. Copy/Layout Manager: February 1996 to January 1997 Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, NC Art Director: December 1993 to November 1995 Supervise all aspects of production department for weekly art and entertainment magazine. Responsible for both editorial and advertising design, layout and production. AlphaGraphics Printshop, Raleigh, NC Operations Manager: April 1993 to December 1993 Production Manager: February 1992 to April 1993 Printing Consultant and Graphics Specialist: February 1990 to February 1992 EDUCATION University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC BA in Radio, Television, and Motion Picture 129 N Sunset Drive Apt D-3 Winston-Salem, NC 27101 336-409-7805 [email protected] QUALIFICATIONS Editor, graphic artist and web-page designer with strong managerial background in production environment. Self-directed, creative, and postitive thinker. Knowledgeable in all phases of production: initial design process, typographical layout and production. Comfortable managing multiple projects, working within budget guidelines and seeing a project through to completion. Sarah Mitchell

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CBFNC, Winston-Salem, NCCommunications Manager: March 2010 to present Design and edit CBFNC bi-monthly magazine. Ensure publication and distribution to 11,000 subscribers. Assess website content, compose new material and perform regular updates. Design and prepare informational and publicity material. Direct social media on all platforms. Manage $70,000 communications budget. Analyze and achieve cost-saving measures. Serve as contact for production vendors. Create and distribute weekly e-news correspondence and updates to 3,500 subscribers. Provide consistency for all communication. Address constantly evolving technology needs for most effective outreach to constituency.

Southern Chapter of the International Society of ArboricultureNewsletter Editor and Social Media Coordinator: Fall 1999 to presentDesign and edit quarterly magazine for green-industry members in seven states. Devise and implement social media plan. Member of the board of directors. Primary contact with all advertisers.

North Carolina Urban Forest CouncilCouncil Coordinator: November 1998 to March 2010Fulfill the Council’s mission, protecting trees where we live, work and play, to amplify the efforts of its statewide, green-industry members. Produce quarterly newsletters and information bro-chures in conjunction with project-related grants. Create and maintain Council website. Manage membership data base. Oversee all financial accounts and grant responsibilities. Coordinate annual conference and 10-15 workshops per year. Serve as public-relations contact. Work with 12-member Executive Committee to plan the organization’s future course.

Cahners Publishing, Greensboro, NCCopy Desk Manager: January 1997 to September 1998Design editorial layout. Liaison between production, art and editorial departments. Coordinate production schedule for three staff members for weekly furniture news publication. Copy/Layout Manager: February 1996 to January 1997

Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, NCArt Director: December 1993 to November 1995Supervise all aspects of production department for weekly art and entertainment magazine. Responsible for both editorial and advertising design, layout and production.

AlphaGraphics Printshop, Raleigh, NCOperations Manager: April 1993 to December 1993Production Manager: February 1992 to April 1993Printing Consultant and Graphics Specialist: February 1990 to February 1992

E D U C AT I O N

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NCBA in Radio, Television, and Motion Picture

129 N Sunset Drive Apt D-3Winston-Salem, NC [email protected]

Q U A L I F I C AT I O N S

Editor, graphic artist and web-page designer with strong managerial background in production environment.

Self-directed, creative, and postitive thinker.

Knowledgeable in all phases of production: initial design process, typographical layout and production.

Comfortable managing multiple projects, working within budget guidelines and seeing a project through to completion.

Sarah Mitchell