Geoffrey M. Giordano's Page

Title:

Freelance editor, writer, designer

Company:

Self-employed

Company Website:

http://npd.snd.org/profile/GeoffreyMGiordano

Media Type:

Publishing, Newspaper, Service Provider

Media Realm:

Consumer Media

Home Region:

Mid Atlantic

Past Companies & Brands

Wiley-Blackwell (Custom Ventures)
Gannett (The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y.; Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla.)
Newhouse (The Jersey Journal)
The Week magazine (Dennis Publishing)

I'm Looking For:

Networking, Business Partners, Jobs, Inspiration

Professional Background: (Resume)

GEOFFREY GIORDANO

EDITOR | ART DIRECTOR | PROJECT MANAGER | COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT | WRITER

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

July 2009-present | Freelance editor and writer. Edit industry news and notes for Plastics Engineering magazine; write monthly e-newsletter for Toronto-based music publisher Ole; proof pages and write monthly profiles of working musicians for In Tune Monthly magazine; write industry stories for the Laser Institute of America’s newsletter.

July 2008-April 2009 | Art director, The Week magazine. New York, N.Y. (500,000 nationwide circulation). Oversaw page design, templates, styles. Helped supervise two illustrators, photo editor and two copy editors. Played key role in integrating magazine’s global content manage system. Purchased 2008 AP style guides for desk and routinely corrected errors in style and grammar, as well as wrote cutlines and headlines.

April 2007-July 2008 | Editor, Wiley-Blackwell, Custom Ventures department. Hoboken, N.J. As editor of monthly news magazine The Hospitalist, assigned and edited stories tracking developments in hospital medicine. Edited highly clinical copy, including columns about medical legal issues and hospital medicine pharmaceuticals. Maintained $250,000 editorial budget and secured reduced print and online photo-use rates from vendors for all department publications. Supervised more than a dozen free-lance writers and one designer. Helped edit, evaluate other publications in new Custom Ventures department. Helped launch group’s first high-profile blog, “Wachter’s World.” Supervised group’s editorial assistant.

July 2006-April 2007 | Group editor, Dental Tribune America. New York City. Supervised editorial operations for weekly industry newspaper and four monthly specialty newspapers. Managed staff of five managing editors and a dozen-plus regular contributors. Edited, executed and redesigned weekly publication for general practitioners, coordinating with production staff in Leipzig, Germany. Managed editorial projects including on-site daily newspapers at industry events. Routinely interacted with and consulted leading figures in the dental industry, including Gordon Christensen, Sascha Jovanovic and Roger Levin.

November 2005-June 2006 | Free-lance medical editor. Performed various editing duties for New Jersey firms Medco, Bradley Pharmaceuticals and Emron. Edited PI ads, packaging material, reports and Web scripts.

February 1995-October 2005 | Assistant managing editor/news and Sundays, The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. (150,000 daily/170,000 Sunday). Helped supervise 30-person night news operation. Edited and designed front-page and wire news through five editions (and 13 editions prior to consolidation of Westchester County titles). Evaluated, mentored and scheduled design and editing staff. Worked with metro editors, reporters, photo and art staff to establish excellence in breaking news and enterprise packages. Managed technology projects as a "super user" and established and refined complex workflows. Routinely interacted with and advised senior management and influenced newsroom operations and policy.

October 1993-February 1995 | Front-page editor, The Jersey Journal. Jersey City, N.J. (60,000 daily). Chose content for, edited and designed three-zone front page and inside pages.

April 1990-September 1993 | Copy/wire editor and page designer, Florida Today. Melbourne, Fla. (70,000 daily/90,000 Sunday). Edited and designed wire and local news pages and special section fronts.

AWARDS
2008 | Bronze award, “Best Custom Publication,” The Hospitalist, American
Society of Healthcare Publication Editors.

2005 | Distinguished page design/presentation, “Making Sense of Hurricane
Katrina” special section, New York
Newspaper Publisher’s Association.

2004 | First place, design of Iraq war pages, New York Newspaper Publisher’ s Association.

2003 | First place, design of 9/11 anniversary section, Journal News Mighty Pen.

2002 | Staff first place, 9/11 coverage “A New Day of Infamy,” Deadline Club (New York chapter of SPJ).

EDUCATION
B.A., journalism, University of Central Florida, Orlando, magna cum laude; SND annual workshops, 1997, 1998, 2003; Poynter Institute’s “High-Performance Management for Mid-Level Editors”; American Press Institute’s “News Editors & Copy Desk Chiefs: Inspiring the Team, Sharpening the Package”; Wiley-Blackwell’s “Influence Without Authority”; MIN Webinar “How to Build & Monetize Community Online & Measure Audience Engagement.”

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Quark/QPS, InDesign/InCopy, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word), Mac OS X, Windows XP, Harris, SII, AP style, AMA style, Garageband.

Personal Interests

Music/guitar, chess, travel, food & wine, aviation/war history, football.

Education:

B.A. in journalism from the University of Central Florida

Other Web Profile or Personal Web Site

http://geoffgiordano.carbonmade.com/

My LinkedIn

Other Web Profile URL or Personal Web Site

http://www.naymz.com/search/geoff/giordano/2516107

Relationship Status:

Married