John L. Hughes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Responsible for final copy editing, design and production of printed materials with the goal to create a look and feel consistent with publication design criteria.
Create artwork, both vector and bitmap, for communications projects, both web and print.
Write, edit and distribute Reconnecting America press releases utilizing Constant Contact.
Maintain ReconnectingAmerica.org website content, updating daily, writing blog posts and working with contractors to enhance and improve the website’s content management system.
Maintain Reconnecting America’s social media outreach efforts.
Design, build and maintain various other websites related to Reconnecting America work, including TCTOD.org, CTOD.org, MITOD.org, LATOD.ReconnectingAmerica.org and Moving2Work.org.
Manage dedicated web server and domain name registrations.

Edited all editorial, Op-Ed and Forum content in The Sacramento Bee.
Wrote commentaries, editorial notebooks and editorials.
Selected, edited and packaged daily letters section.
Developed web-based database to manage letters and provide automated customer service.
Tasked with exploring how to expand the opinion section’s online efforts.
Created website to test feasibility of online ideas.
Provided tech support for editorial board staff.
Edited annual California Political Almanac 1989-1996.

News copy editor, focusing on state politics and government.
Assistant city editor with responsibility for initial editing of reporters’ copy.
News editor in The Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau.

Adobe Creative Suite, including college-level and advanced online instruction in InDesign, Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator.
Website analytic evaluation and search engine optimization.