Drew Guarini

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I am ambitious and resourceful with a dynamic and diverse range of skills and interests, looking for work within the publishing (online/print) or entertainment industries. With experience across the editorial, marketing and new media fields, I am also personable with very strong writing, researching and editing skills. Combined with a comprehensive, exhaustive knowledge of current events and popular culture I am a multifaceted candidate who can conform and excel in many different positions.

Freelance Reporter at Patch.com

August 2011 - January 2012

• Going out on assignments for the hyperlocal Patch blog network. • Conducting interviews and writing on local people, places and stories of interest. • Taking and editing photographs for blog posts. • Submitting, categorizing and optimizing blog posts in the submission queue for the website.

Intern and Contributing Writer at New York Observer

February 2011 - June 2011

• Wrote profile pieces and articles on a variety of subjects for publications under the Observer Media Group umbrella. • Articles published in: NYO Magazine, Observer Philanthropy, Educated Observer and more. • Fact checking, interviewing, transcribing, proof reading and further research for my own articles as well as those written by fellow interns and head editors.

Spotlighted Writer at RottenTomatoes

January 2006 - January 2010

• Voted Best User Journal in 2007 by a pool of 515,000 Rotten Tomatoes members. • Blog spotlighted on the front page of RottenTomatoes.com, picked by moderators and owners of the site for weekly rotation with other outstanding journals.

Production Assistant/Intern at Eyepatch Productions at Ogilvy & Mather

June 2009 - August 2009

• Researched and logged information for the company, both physical and digital. • Assistance and work on major television commercial shoots. • Aided with communication between different production companies through stages of production.

Small Business Writer at The Huffington Post

March 2012

Associate Editor/Social Media Manager at The Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance

July 2011

• Managing not for profit’s social media presence on Facebook and Twitter among others. • Helped build platform from ground-up that has garnered over 1,500 “likes” on Facebook. • Reaching out to major diabetes bloggers and advocates for interviews and exposure to our message. • Managing budgets and creating content for Facebook ad campaign from traditional advertisements to Sponsored Stories. • Writing blog posts on diabetes news, experiences and interacting with Alliance members.

New York University

2007 – 2011

BA

South Side High School

2003 – 2007