Brooke Schmidt
Activities Director (2015 – current)
Coordinate yearly events and classes for large community. Manage amenity rental program, annual pool card access system, annual activities budget. Create monthly newsletter content, weekly community emails, website content.
Editor/Writer - Freelance (2006 – current)
Projects have included Copyeditor/Assistant Editor for Lionheart Publishing’s Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, OR/MS Today, Analytics. Publishing Editor for Alpha Omegan. Other projects have included serving as the editor of Real Estate Business magazine and Building Stone Magazine (Lionheart Publishing) as well as copywriting/copyediting/proofreading for various corporate newsletter clients such as The Orchards Group. Create article ideas, manage freelance budgets, hire freelance writers. Oversee production process.
Blogger (2011-2013) for Mamas Against Drama website.
Essayist and proofreader for book Midlife Margaritas, published 2017.
Editor
Lionheart Publishing, Inc., Marietta. Manage content and production of AKFCF Quarterly, the magazine for the Association of Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchisees. Also act as Managing Editor for Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare and OR/MS Today.
Editor
Pinnacle Publishing Co., Inc., Atlanta. Manage content and production of five newsstand bridal publications distributed in Georgia, Washington D.C., Alabama, Tennessee and Ohio.
Editor
Connect Marketing Publications, Inc., Woodstock. Responsible for all content and production of seven community-based marketing magazines including Cherokee Living, Cobb Living and North Fulton Living. Also serve as project manager/editor for custom publications. Hire and oversee freelance writers; manage freelance budget; write feature articles; edit all content; write headlines, cover teasers and table of contents; compile calendars of events; consult with art director about page designs; approve galleys; brainstorm with staff on future content, article angles; proofread advertisements; provide text press releases.
Editor
Trader Publishing Co./United Parenting Publications, Inc., Atlanta. Company ceased publication of Our Kids Atlanta. Responsible for production and content of monthly parenting magazine as well as all ancillary publications. Market Our Kids Atlanta magazine at family events.
Special Sections Editor and Calendar Editor
Trader Publishing Co./United Parenting Publications, Inc., Atlanta. Coordinate production of ancillary publications and special advertising sections within several monthly magazines. Research, write and edit copy for extensive calendar of family events in Our Kids Atlanta. Write features as assigned. Promoted to Editor.
Office and Distribution Manager
Trader Publishing Co., Birmingham, Ala. Responsible for organization of office, magazine distribution, sales assistance/support, marketing and planning special projects/events, customer service. Occasional writing opportunities and copyediting.
Educational Experiences:
Staff Writer
Topics, Charlotte, NC. 1998-99. Writing and editing for educational teen magazine used in Charlotte public school system.
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Queens Chronicle. College newspaper staff. Also held positions of News Editor, Staff Reporter.
President
Kappa Delta Sorority. Work included leading meetings, public relations, problem solving and community service.
Olympic Public Relations Coordinator
CMS Holding Company, Austell, Ga. 1996. Promoted marketing plan and coordinated more than 500 customers’ visits to production facility and the Atlanta Olympics. Planned reception to promote product at Southern Living Centennial Home.