Andrew Whitacre

Current

Founder at Readsfeed (independent project)
Communications Manager at MIT
Fiction Editor at Identity Theory

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Past

Communications Specialist, Feinstein International Center at Tufts University
Marketing Associate at Houghton Mifflin
Internship in International Rights Marketing and Sales at Perseus Books Group

Academic Writing Tutor at Wake Forest University and Emerson College Writing Centers
Summer Staff Writer at Health24News

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Education

Emerson College
Wake Forest University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

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Andrew Whitacre’s Summary

Nearly a decade of experience managing web and print projects, staff, and partnerships in higher education and related industries.

Other work includes fiction editing; author promotion; and the design, management, and marketing of websites.

Andrew Whitacre’s Specialties:

Web communications, print communications, university communications, news reporting, publicity, editorial management, project management, surveys, copyright law, communications law, event promotion, copyediting, typography.

Adobe CS4 (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash), WordPress, MovableType, Drupal, FinalCut Pro, and Confluence

(X)HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Yahoo Pipes, and SQL

Andrew Whitacre’s Experience

Founder

Readsfeed (independent project)

(Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

Founder of Readsfeed.com, the definitive literary RSS feed. Currently in public beta and happy to receive feedback.
Communications Manager

MIT

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Communications Manager for both the Comparative Media Studies program (cms.mit.edu) and the Center for Future Civic Media (civic.mit.edu).

I present these to the community and media with innovative websites, social media, presentations, newsletters, podcasts, video production, and photography. I plan our long-term communications efforts and, in addition to events, publicize our research and outstanding student work. I also consult on individual research projects and manage extensive press relationships to identify new communications opportunities in a fast-paced, diverse educational environment.

For the Center for Future Civic Media specifically, I also manage conference staff, write for the Center's blog, and develop civic media projects and tools with MIT staff and outside organizations.
Fiction Editor

Identity Theory

(Online Media industry)

May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

Manage and promote the fiction section of this long-running, critically-praised Web magazine; direct the work of four assistant editors, together soliciting and editing ~50 submissions/month; develop working relationships with writers, outside editors, and heads of writing programs.
Communications Specialist, Feinstein International Center

Tufts University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Sole developer and manager of all publications for the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University's humanitarianism research center with faculty in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Designed and managed Center's websites at http://fic.tufts.edu and http://www.jha.ac, articles, and book-length reports; created visual identity and related promotional material; managed media relations; created and maintain wiki-based intranet; digitally archived records and photography; researched new technologies.
Marketing Associate

Houghton Mifflin

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

May 2004 — May 2006 (2 years 1 month)

In the Houghton Mifflin College Division, authored sales material and copy; developed/executed marketing plans; oversaw group’s print and web design, including contracting with vendors; maintained media contacts for advertising and book review placement.

Promoted for taking on higher-ordered projects and for introducing print and web design into the Marketing Associate position; created discipline’s first web-based promotional survey; aided three catalogs’ redesigns; attended, and managed event planning for, dozens of professional conferences; advertised and executed six highly-attended web seminars; devised new sales and marketing research strategies.
Internship in International Rights Marketing and Sales

Perseus Books Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)

Wrote pitch letters, sold book licenses, evaluated markets, managed contracts and royalties.
Academic Writing Tutor

Wake Forest University and Emerson College Writing Centers

(Higher Education industry)

September 2001 — August 2003 (2 years )

Work/study position, tutored graduates and undergraduates.
Summer Staff Writer

Health24News

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

Wrote 90 news articles and maintained daily sports medicine column; went on assignments such as FDA press conferences and university medical center events.

Andrew Whitacre’s Education

Emerson College

MFA , Creative Writing , 2002 — 2004

Coursework in web design, magazine design, fiction and non-fiction writing
Wake Forest University

BA , Communication , 1998 — 2002

Honors in Communication, minor in Humanities. Wrote honors paper evaluating satellite radio against the backdrop of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Activities and Societies:

Philomathesian Journal
WAKE Radio

Additional Information

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Andrew Whitacre’s Interests:

Book design, Boston terriers, Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, copyright law, copywriting, CSS, fiction, Flickr, GIS, Google betas, James Brown, Jesuits, Mint.com, Nick Cave, Planxty, Pogues, radio, Red Sox, Remember the Milk, satellite radio, Scribd, Ted Leo, telecommunications law, usability, XML