Resume
Jessica Galliart
1311 N. Greenview Ave./Apt. 7, Chicago, IL 60642 | 316-304-2900 | 312-369-8959(work) | JessicaGalliart@gmail.com
Career Goal
• Magazine Editor – Report on topical issues, write profile pieces, collaborate with editors and designers, manage reporting staff and freelancers, and copy edit.
Related Experience
Editor-in-Chief—The Columbia Chronicle—Columbia College; Chicago, Illinois (June 2008 – present)
• Manage staff of 30-plus writers, editors, photographers, graphic designers, copy editors.
• Edit all components of 40-plus page weekly publication.
• Manage web content, comments, etc.
• Generate story ideas for staff writers, collaborate to develop ideas and stories.
Freelance Writer—Venus Zine / VenusZine.com—Chicago, Illinois (Aug. 2008 – present)
• Pitch story ideas to section editors pertaining to women in the arts.
• Concentrate on music features, TV and film profiles, features, and Q&As.
Coordinator—Billboard/UWIRE College Town Tour Guide—Chicago, Illinois (June 2008 – Sept. 2008)
• Wrote, assigned content for all sections, wrote “Town Intro,” photographed many places featured.
• Organized all content, music clips, photos, supplemental material.
• Collaborated with UWIRE editor to edit all content.
Editorial Intern—Venus Zine—Chicago, Illinois (May 2008 – Aug. 2008)
• Pitched story ideas to section editors for print publication and web.
• Assisted Music Features editor with copy editing, fact checking, posting stories, web issues.
• Wrote several music features for VenusZine.com.
• Set up Google Doc system for assignment sheets to generate better communication among editors.
Features Editor—Echo Magazine—Columbia College; Chicago, Illinois (Jan. 2008 – May 2008)
• Wrote pieces for front-of-book section, departments, and features.
• Collaborated with staff writers on story pitches for editorial meetings; edited feature pieces.
Arts and Entertainment Editor—The Columbia Chronicle—Chicago, Illinois (Aug. 2007 – May 2008)
• Wrote one to two articles weekly pertaining to arts and entertainment.
• Managed work of assistant editors, freelance writers, etc.
• Designed four to five pages weekly.
• Copy edited articles for punctuation, grammar, clarity, ethics, and style according to The
Chronicle and Associated Press stylebooks.
Art Director – GeezerJock magazine—Euflexxa Extra—Chicago, Illinois (May 2007 – July 2007)
• Designed 24-page daily supplement for 10 days during 2007 National Senior Games.
• Designed advertisements; Prepared four-page feature spreads prior to Senior Games.
Copy Editing Intern—The Daily Herald—Arlington Heights, Illinois (May 2007 – Aug. 2007)
• Copy edited news stories, columns, and obituaries for grammar, punctuation, ethics, and
correct representation of facts, according to The Daily Herald and AP stylebooks.
• Copy edited all mock-up pages at drop deadline, sent pages to printer.
• Wrote and contributed headlines for news stories, features, columns, and obituaries.
Copy Editor—The Columbia Chronicle—Chicago, Illinois (Jan. 2007 – May 2007)
• Copy edited campus news, city beat, commentary, and arts and entertainment articles for
grammar, punctuation, clarity, ethics, and correct representation of facts.
• Copy edited all mock-up pages on the day of production for grammar, punctuation,
clarity, ethics, photo credits, captions, headlines, etc.; Contributed articles, story pitches.
Education
• Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan, Chicago, IL 60605
Bachelor of Arts: Magazine Journalism Projected graduation date: May 2009
Cumm. GPA: 3.3
Proficient in: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Xpress, WordPress, HTML, CSS, iMovie, Garage Band, Audacity, Soundslides
Awards/Honors
• Presidential Scholarship – Columbia College Chicago – 2005-2008 (renewable)
• John Fischetti Scholarship – Columbia College Chicago – 2007, 2008
• Nominated for UWIRE 100, Top Student Journalists of the Year – 2009 (results pending)
• 2nd Place, Feature Story–Illinois College Press Association Convention 2009
• 1st Place, Entertainment Supplement–ICPA Convention 2009
• 1st Place, Feature Story—ICPA Convention 2008
• 3rd Place, Headline Writing—ICPA Convention 2008
References
• Chris Richert – Columbia Chronicle General Manager, (312) 369-8955
• Nancy Day – Columbia Journalism Department Chair, (312) 369-8989
• Betsy Edgerton – Columbia Journalism Department Faculty, (312) 369-8914
• Amy Schroeder – Venus Zine Founder and Editor, (773) 310-1144
• Chris Courtney – Former Instructor, RedEye Art Director, CDCourtney@tribune.com
