Joshua Beach

Current

• Consultant to Microsoft at Aquent
• Editor, Designer, Writer & Poet at Self Employed (Self-employed)

Past

• Desk Editor at The Seattle Times
• Copy Editor at San Francisco Chronicle
• Assistant Section Editor at The Arizona Daily Star

• Assistant Section Editor at The Idaho Statesman
• Copy Editor at The Sun Herald
• Copy Editor and Writer at Tri-City Herald

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Education

• Washington State University
• Columbia Basin College

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

Joshua Beach’s Summary

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am a communications and media expert with 18 years of experience who balances the highest standards with stringent deadlines, and produces compelling deliverables that convey the importance and context of each message to its audience.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Successfully managed and executed production, on a demanding deadline schedule, of complex publications that were seen by hundreds of thousands of readers a day and won numerous awards.
• Devised and implemented strategies focusing on teamwork and production milestones to increase deadline compliance to 98 percent on-time editorial delivery from an untracked and undesirable baseline.
• Guided management of online editing project workload expansion of 150 percent after a 40 percent bandwidth reduction, all while continuing to exceed quality expectations.
• Coached editors, designers, writers and freelance contributors on practices and processes that helped improve editorial efficiency, deadline compliance and product quality.
• Improved site experience for millions of daily online users with near-zero-error copy editing despite an ever-increasing number of verticals and partners served, all while receiving excellent client feedback.
• Helped drive growth in subscriptions despite industry trends to the contrary by brainstorming and implementing consumer-focused redesigns for multiple publications.

Joshua Beach’s Specialties:

MSN CMS tools, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, AP Style

Joshua Beach’s Experience

• Consultant to Microsoft

  Aquent

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  ~Managing project workflow, assignments and communication.
  ~Coaching resources on editing processes and strategies.
  ~Creating SharePoint views to centralize tracking of metrics.
  ~Editing content for the Entertainment vertical on MSN.com.

• Editor, Designer, Writer & Poet

  Self Employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  November 1997 — Present (12 years 1 month)

  ~Writing poetry printed by Modern Haiku and The Heron's Nest.
  ~Planning and producing local Mensa group's monthly publication.
  ~Consulting on print design and writing projects.
  ~Delivering high-quality, on-time articles and opinion pieces.

• Desk Editor

  The Seattle Times

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  June 2002 — July 2007 (5 years 2 months)

  Editing copy and writing headlines; designing pages; deciding story play; generating graphics and charts; overseeing and producing annual special sections.

• Copy Editor

  San Francisco Chronicle

  (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

  September 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 4 months)

  Editing copy and writing headlines; designing pages; deciding story play; supervising quality of Sunday section.

• Assistant Section Editor

  The Arizona Daily Star

  (Newspapers industry)

  August 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 2 months)

  Managing night editing and writing staff; accountable for deadline and design; coordinating award-winning special sections; contributing to redesign and Quark installation.

• Assistant Section Editor

  The Idaho Statesman

  (Public Company; Newspapers industry)

  November 1997 — August 1999 (1 year 10 months)

• Copy Editor

  The Sun Herald

  (Newspapers industry)

  December 1996 — November 1997 (1 year )

• Copy Editor and Writer

  Tri-City Herald

  (Newspapers industry)

  February 1991 — December 1996 (5 years 11 months)

Joshua Beach’s Education

• Washington State University

  Bachelor of Arts , Humanities (Professional Writing Certificate) , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

  Inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society and on track to graduate summa cum laude.

• Columbia Basin College

  Associates of Arts and Sciences , 1991 — 1994

Additional Information

Joshua Beach’s Groups:

Haiku Society of America

•    Linked:Seattle
•    LinkEds & writers
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Aquent Network
•    The Seattle Times Alumni

Joshua Beach’s Honors:

~Best Presentation in national newsletters contest, Mensa, 2009.
~Second place in national headlines contest, ACES, 2005.
~Top 10 in special sections, APSE, 2000.
~First place for design, Arizona Press Club, 2000.

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