Sean Carroll
Features Editor/Managing Editor
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About
A team player with years of experience in high-pressure situations. Past duties have included writing features and news, developing story ideas, delivering copy on deadline, collaborating with designers, and developing coverage areas for magazines and websites. Now seeking non-writing positions that allow me to engage other skills while I pursue my own personal writing projects in my time off.
Experience
Features Editor/Managing Editor - PC Magazine
Bi-weekly industry-leading technology magazine, audience of more than 6,000,000
- Pitched, packaged, assigned, budgeted, and edited feature stories.
- Collaborated with art department on story design.
- Wrote features and reviews.
- Covered hardware and special projects, including development of new topics.
Associate Editor - PC Magazine
Bi-weekly industry-leading technology magazine, audience of more than 6,000,000
- Pitched, packaged, assigned, budgeted, and edited features stories and stand-alone reviews.
- Collaborated with art department on story design.
- Wrote features and reviews.
- Covered (from 1999-2003): Internet services--everything from antivirus to Website reviews.
- Covered (from 2003-2004): digital cameras. Founding editor of digital cameras team.
- Contributed frequently to www.pcmag.com, Website with 10,000,000 monthly views
Senior Editor - The Journal of Electronic Defense
Monthly publication serving the electronic-warfare community, circulation of 17,000
- Generated, assigned, budgeted, edited, and copy-edited all content.
- Dummied the magazine and scheduled and managed the flow of copy to the printers.
- Collaborated with art director to create and maintain style of entire magazine.
- Wrote features and reported hard news.
- Developed and maintained contacts in the military and defense communities.
- Managed staff and international pool of writers.
- Managed the journal’s Website (www.jed.com) for community of 35,000 paid users.
Editor - The Far East Traveler
Tokyo-based monthly executive-class travel magazine, circulation of 50,000
- Generated, assigned, budgeted, edited, and copy-edited all stories.
- Managed a pool of 60-70 international freelance writers and photographers.
- Dummied the magazine and collaborated with art director on its design.
- Generated and wrote features, reviews, corporate profiles, and departments.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English - University of New Hampshire
