Krista Firkins

Editorial Intern at Feather Magazine

Location: Greater Boston Area
Industry: Online Media

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Krista Firkins's Overview

Current

Editorial Intern at Feather Magazine

Past

Editorial Web Intern at Boston Magazine
Web Editor at Emerson College Sports Business Society
Managing Editor at Your Magazine

Design and Media Intern at Her Campus Media
Staff Writer/Columnist at The Berkeley Beacon
Art Director at Wax on Felt Records
Associate Producer at EIV News @ 9
Floor Director at EIV's Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Line Producer at EIV News
Staff Writer at emMagazine
On-Air DJ at WECB Radio

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Education

Emerson College
Millard West High School

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Connections

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Specialties

Print journalism, web journalism, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Microsoft Office, content management systems, AP style, social media platforms, public relations, HTML, javascript.

Editorial Intern

Feather Magazine

December 2011 – Present (6 months)

Pitch and write articles and create infographics for the “life” section of the website, work remotely.

Editorial Web Intern

Boston Magazine

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry

January 2012 – May 2012 (5 months) Boston, MA

Research past content, use content management system (CMS), write articles for daily blog, select and edit photos for web.

Web Editor

Emerson College Sports Business Society

September 2011 – May 2012 (9 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Correspond with writers, edit articles, create infographics, and post articles online.

Managing Editor

Your Magazine

August 2011 – May 2012 (10 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Responsible for communication between executive team and the rest of the staff, scheduled meetings and events, manage staff calendar, write staff handbook and constitution, act as secretary at all meetings, manage staff resources and documents, and act as a liaison between publication and student government.

Design and Media Intern

Her Campus Media

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry

May 2011 – December 2011 (8 months) Boston, MA

Designed and created banners, advertisements, infographics, merchandise, and other graphics for the website. Worked with other staff members as well as business partners to design banners for certain sections and sponsored parts of the site.

Staff Writer/Columnist

The Berkeley Beacon

September 2009 – December 2011 (2 years 4 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Wrote stories for monthly column. As a writer, wrote weekly for the “lifestyle” section.

Art Director

Wax on Felt Records

May 2009 – August 2011 (2 years 4 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Responsible for creating advertisements for Wax on Felt Records and their bands, created graphics for website and other promotions, produced album artwork.

Associate Producer

EIV News @ 9

January 2011 – April 2011 (4 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Compiled stories for a block of a live news show, rewrote and edited stories to put in that block, found OTS graphics for stories, and wrote lower thirds for stories.

Floor Director

EIV's Unsportsmanlike Conduct

January 2011 – April 2011 (4 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Direct talent for a sports debate show, communicate with producers and other crew members to make the show look the way they want it to.

Line Producer

EIV News

September 2010 – April 2011 (8 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Responsible for communication between producers, talent, and crew on both news at 6 and news at 9 shows, found replacements for talent and crew members, main source of information and communication to all staff members.

Staff Writer

emMagazine

September 2008 – May 2010 (1 year 9 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Wrote articles for the “looks” section for web and print versions.

On-Air DJ

WECB Radio

September 2008 – May 2009 (9 months) Emerson College, Boston, MA

Select songs to play during show, operate sound board while on-air, act as on-air talent during breaks.

Emerson College

Bachelor of Science, Print and Multimedia Journalism, Photography, Marketing

2008 – 2012 (expected)

Class 2012

Activities and Societies: Emerson Women's Lacrosse, Your Magazine, Sports Business Society, Her Campus: Emerson, Berkeley Beacon, Wax on Felt Records, EIV News, Emerson Dance Company, emMagazine.

Millard West High School

2005 – 2008

Class of 2008

Activities and Societies: Millard Women's Lacrosse (captain, 3 years), debate team (vice president), student council.

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