Sam Gaines

Current

• Managing Editor at Vitality Communications, a StayWell Company

Past

• Editor, Movies/DVDs at Infuzemag.com
• Special Projects Editor at Pace Communications
• Special Projects Editor at Plants Sites & Parks magazine/Cahners Business Information

• Managing Editor at EYE magazine
• Copywriter at Greensboro News & Record

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Education

• Wake Forest University

Recommended

7 people have recommended Sam

Connections

112 connections

Industry

Publishing

Websites

• My Company
• My blog
• My Church

Sam Gaines’s Summary

I am a writer/editor and publishing project manager with nearly 25 years of combined experience in association, trade, and custom publishing, as well as newspaper and periodical journalism, copywriting, and corporate media relations. I am very comfortable crafting content in both print and online media. I am passionate about what I do!

Sam Gaines’s Specialties:

• All print publishing software on PC and Mac platforms
• Branding/brand identity shaping
• Communicating complex information to a broad range of audiences
New publication startups
Multi-tiered marketing projects

Sam Gaines’s Experience

• Managing Editor

  Vitality Communications, a StayWell Company

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

  August 2004 — Present (5 years)

  Manage all phases of publication and marketing project production for various national health care accounts
  Liaison with client to ensure satisfaction with publication at every point
  Write and edit articles
  Manage freelancers
  Work with production team to keep projects on deadline

• Editor, Movies/DVDs

  Infuzemag.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)

  Coordinated all content in movies/DVDs category for Christian cultural website:
  * Conducted, wrote, and edited interviews with filmmakers and actors
  * Wrote and edited reviews of movies and DVDs
  * Assigned articles to team of eight writers
  * Communicated regularly with publicists and publisher to plan content

• Special Projects Editor

  Pace Communications

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

  May 2001 — August 2004 (3 years 4 months)

  Edited corporate newsletter for United Services, the airline maintenance arm of United Airlines
  Created branding and marketing/advertising campaigns for United, United Services, and other United companies
  Managed content and client contact for advertorial sections for US Airways Attache and United's Hemispheres inflight magazines
  Wrote features for Teradata, United Services' Takeoff, and other client publications
  Wrote and distributed press releases for United Services, Timco, and other aviation clients

• Special Projects Editor

  Plants Sites & Parks magazine/Cahners Business Information

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  April 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  Managed publication of special advertising sections and other ancillary projects for Plants Sites & Parks, a corporate site selection/economic development trade publication

• Managing Editor

  EYE magazine

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  February 1997 — March 2000 (3 years 2 months)

  Managed all aspects of independent magazine's production and publication
  Wrote features, reviews, and briefs
  Managed freelance writers
  Supervised staff's editorial production
  Consulted with publisher on magazine marketing initiatives

• Copywriter

  Greensboro News & Record

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  1990 — 1996 (6 years)

  Wrote ad copy for external clients, as well as marketing and internal communications copy.

Sam Gaines’s Education

• Wake Forest University

  1979 — 1983

Additional Information

Sam Gaines’s Websites:

• My Company
• My blog
• My Church

Sam Gaines’s Interests:

global policy, reading, animal welfare and rescue, prison ministry, bad art, untamed music

Sam Gaines’s Groups:

Covenant Fellowship

•    Wake Forest Alumni
•    FOLIO: MediaPRO -- Magazine & eMedia Publishing Professionals
•    Linking Greensboro
•    The Publication Plan

Sam Gaines’s Honors:

Bronze Award, 2007 Ozzie Awards (Best New Association Publication)
Merit Award, 2007 Health Information Awards ("Understanding Your Heart" brochure, Mended Hearts Inc.)
Merit Award, 2007 Health Information Awards (Healthy Children magazine, Fall 2006, American Academy of Pediatrics)
Bronze Award, 2003 Newspaper Association of American Athena Awards (Flow Lexus)

Sam Gaines’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch