Alicia Kraig

San Francisco, CA 94118 Phone: (415) 531-6314 ! Email: alkraig@gmail.com ! http://alicialkraig.weebly.com

Objective
Versatile and seasoned writer, editor, and researcher with web content and development skills seeks a challenging and rewarding writing and editorial career.

Experience
Freelance Blogger, Advise Media Group , Las Vegas, NV

M ay 2013 Present

Write blogs, landing pages, hubs, and mini-blogs for a variety of Las Vegas-area businesses for a leading SEO firm. Incorporate keywords, SEO titles, Meta descriptions, tags, photos, tweets, and videos using WordPress and Storify. Sept. 2011

Quality of Care Coordinator, American Academy of Ophthalmology , San Francisco, CA Feb. 2013

Wrote clinical questions and answers on controversial topics in ophthalmology by reviewing literature and working closely with expert volunteer ophthalmologists for the nations largest member-based association of eye MDs. Created the clinical questions and answers webpage using CMS; created and designed the articles layout; and posted and maintained the articles online. Staff person for the Committee for Practice Improvement, a group of volunteer ophthalmologists who devise online educational courses and other resources to help ophthalmologists improve the efficiency of their practices. Developed new Practice Improvement Continuing Medical Education courses on informed consent and practice efficiency by working closely with staff and expert physicians, and managed existing courses. Updated and maintained the Academys 50 clinical statements online. Scheduled and held committee meetings and staffed the Academys annual meeting of more than 15,000 national and international ophthalmologists each fall. July 2010 February 2011

Freelance W riter, TrulyNet.com , San Francisco, CA

Wrote reviews on a wide array of consumer goods, electronics, concerts, and movies for a Bay Area website. July 2010 February 2011

Freelance W riter, Tree.com , Charlotte, NC

Researched and wrote general guidance articles and article sets that incorporated SEO keywords. Article sets were on a wide range of topics, such as teaching as a second career, hiking, and home improvement projects. September 2006 June 2010

Staff W riter and Editor, ECRI Institute , Plymouth M eeting, PA

Researched and wrote dozens of 5,000-10,000 word academic risk analyses on hospital-based health care topics for the Risk Management Publications department of a nationally respected nonprofit healthcare agency located in suburban Philadelphia. Topics ranged from infant abductions, to anesthesia risks and complications, to government regulations. Identified and interviewed industry experts on current health care topics and health care environmental safety topics. Wrote newsletter lead articles from these interviews for four newsletters. Researched and co-wrote a weekly e-newsletter on the weeks health care news and legislation that was sent to over 4,000 subscribers. Wrote, formatted, and distributed an environmental health and safety e-newsletter. Editor of two newsletters. Chose content, formatted newsletters, and tracked them through editorial production.

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Alicia Kraig
San Francisco, CA 94118 Phone: (415) 531-6314 ! E-Mail: alkraig@gmail.com ! http://alicialkraig.weebly.com

Wrote education and training manuals; wrote self-assessment questionnaires; reported on conferences and webinars; wrote abstracts on articles and studies from leading medical journals; identified topics of editorial interest by analyzing journal articles and industry news; reviewed, proofread, and edited coworkers work. January 2004 July 2005

Editorial Assistant, Daily Local News , W est Chester, PA

Staff writer for the Special Sections department. Wrote using AP style. Performed layout pagination for the Special Sections department of a daily local newspaper. Wrote headlines, cut line, and pull quotes for articles. Formatted texts, pictures, headlines, cut lines, bylines, and pull quotes using Quark.

Education
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY Bachelor of Arts Degree in English M ay 2004

Writing Portfolio
Please visit my online writing portfolio at http://alicialkraig.weebly.com to view some of my past written work.

Skills
Innate ability to write clearly and knowledgeably about any topic, including unfamiliar topics; experienced in independently researching complex medical, health care, and regulatory topics and writing extensive research papers on subjects in these areas; possess excellent technical skills and have significant experience with web publishing, website design and maintenance, email newsletters and news blasts, and CMS; excellent researcher, interview, and reporter; possess an advanced command of the English language and write in an engaging and clear style; seasoned editor and proofreader; well-versed in newsletter editing and production; pay superb attention to detail; skilled at juggling a variety of deadlines; varied administrative support experience; dedicated worker who gladly takes on complex assignments or increased responsibilities with a smile.

Computer Skills

MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) CMS created, edited, and modified various web pages and documents HTML have taken courses on HTML and worked with it in creating web pages CRM wrote content, created, and distributed e-newsletters and e-news blasts WordPress write blog posts using the program Storify write hub pages using the program Personify Salesforce SharePoint ExactTarget Quark

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Alicia Kraig
San Francisco, CA 94118 Phone: (415) 531-6314 ! E-Mail: alkraig@gmail.com ! http://alicialkraig.weebly.com

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