Aleigh Acerni's Page

Title:

Writer/Editor/Author

Company:

Skirt! Magazine

Company Website:

http://www.skirt.com

Media Type:

Publishing

Media Realm:

Consumer Media, City & Regional, Niche/Enthusiast

Home Region:

South

I'm Looking For:

Networking, Business Partners, Jobs

Professional Background: (Resume)

I am a versatile freelance writer, editor, and author with more than six years experience in newspaper and magazine publishing and management. My feature articles, profiles, and essays frequently appear in national and regional magazines, and my most recent work, "Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights" (co-authored with Kristine Huskey), is slated for release spring 2009 from Globe Pequot Press.

Experience
Skirt! Magazine
May 2007 – Present

I manage the growth of skirt!, a "national women's magazine with a local edge," in the greater Charlotte area, including being responsible for writing monthly content including essays, profiles of local women and noteworthy women such as Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, actresses Virginia Madsen and Kristin Davis, and Leslie Blodgett, CEO of Bare Escentuals, hiring editorial staff/designers, assigning photos, setting monthly themes, managing web content (Drupal), marketing, events, and other creative tasks.

Freelance Writer and Editor
Self-employed
June 2002 – Present

I began freelancing in 2002, and left the full-time freelance life for a full-time editing position, though I do continue to freelance. My features, profiles, and personal essays have appeared in Progressive Farmer Magazine, Charleston Magazine, The Post & Courier, among others.

Editor
Skirt! Magazine
August 2005 – June 2007
Managed monthly editorial content including essays, profiles of local women, hiring/assigning photography, setting monthly themes, marketing, events, and other creative tasks. Promoted/relocated to the larger Charlotte, North Carolina market in mid-2007 with expanded responsibilities.

Assistant Editor
Charleston Regional Business Journal
May 2002 – April 2005
Execute editing process (planning, layout, editing) for entire publication; assign stories to freelancers for run of press and supplements; upload, post content to web site every issue; manage supplemental publications such as the annual Event Planning Guide, Profiles in Business, Employer’s Health and Wellness Handbook, and Success from brainstorming stages to print; write “Working” (work/life column); train, manage, oversee staff of four, including editorial assistant, staff writers, interns

Education:

Communication, Media Studies -- College of Charleston

Other Web Profile or Personal Web Site

http://www.aleighacerni.com

My LinkedIn

Relationship Status:

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