Mandy Rogers

Current

• Freelancer at Self employed
• Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator at Williamson Medical Center

Past

• Copy Editor at Favorite Recipes Press
• Editor, Student Publications at Austin Peay State University
• Stringer at Associated Press

• Graduate Assistant for Sports Information at Austin Peay State University
• Copy Editor at The Leaf-Chronicle
• Sports Intern at WSMV

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Education

• Austin Peay State University
• Austin Peay State University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Mandy

Connections

47 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company

Mandy Rogers’s Summary

Marketing and PR Coordinator with extensive background in copy editing and page design.

Mandy Rogers’s Specialties:

Associated Press Style Manual, The Chicago Manual of Style, copy editing, layout & design, Quark, InDesign, news writing, sports writing, feature writing

Mandy Rogers’s Experience

• Freelancer

  Self employed

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  I freelance copy editing, copy writing and design.

• Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator

  Williamson Medical Center

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  I create and maintain internal communications, including newsletters (ECHO, Medical Staff News, Foundation Quarterly), fliers and brochures.

• Copy Editor

  Favorite Recipes Press

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  May 2007 — April 2008 (1 year )

  Edit books, primarily cookbooks, on deadline for grammatical and style errors, as well as for content
  
  Interact closely with project leaders and managers to produce high-quality books
  
  Research people, places, economy and various other items for inclusion and maintenance in Volume Libraries and Student Handbooks

• Editor, Student Publications

  Austin Peay State University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 10 months)

• Stringer

  Associated Press

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  September 2006 — November 2006 (3 months)

  Attend APSU home football games and write 300-word recap stories
  
  E-mail breaking stories to the AP within 30 minutes of game’s end

• Graduate Assistant for Sports Information

  Austin Peay State University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)

  Interviewed coaches
  
  Wrote press releases
  
  Designed and wrote media guides
  
  Updated and maintained athletics Web site
  
  Took statistics and announced sporting events
  
  Served as tennis, softball and track & field contact
  
  Assisted in press conferences

• Copy Editor

  The Leaf-Chronicle

  (Newspapers industry)

  November 2005 — April 2006 (6 months)

  Designed Local page-one layout for Clarksville’s daily Gannett newspaper
  
  Wrote headlines and cutlines
  
  Met daily deadlines, many times with late-breaking news
  
  Contributed to budget meetings concerning page content
  
  Updated newspaper’s Web site (http://www.theleafchronicle.com)

• Sports Intern

  WSMV

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

  Worked as a reporter covering, among other things, the Tennessee Titans training camp
  
  Contributed to the daily sportscast
  
  Edited packages
  
  Logged tapes
  
  Wrote scripts

Mandy Rogers’s Education

• Austin Peay State University

  Master of Arts , Coporate Communication , 2006 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Student Publications, Sports Information

• Austin Peay State University

  Bachelor of Science , Corporate Communication , 2002 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Student Publications, Omicron Delta Kappa, OVC Volleyball, Intramurals, Sports Information, Govs Ambassadors, Alpha Lambda Delta

Additional Information

Mandy Rogers’s Websites:

• My Company

Mandy Rogers’s Interests:

Cooking, scrapbooking, reading, tennis, Scrabble

Mandy Rogers’s Groups:

Austin Peay State University Alumni, Wilson County Convention and Visitors Bureau

•    Green
•    Austin Peay State University Alumni
•    The All State

Mandy Rogers’s Honors:

Best Page Designer on-site competition, Southeast Journalism Conference, 2007
Graduation with honors, APSU, 2007
Top-10 Sports Writer, Southeast Journalism Conference, 2006
Suma Cum Laude, APSU, 2005

Mandy Rogers’s Contact Settings

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