Megan Mahan

Associate Editor at Virilion

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Current
Past
  • Marketing Copywriter, Global Marketing at SHRM
  • Lead Copywriter at InsureMe
Education
  • University of Iowa
Connections
78 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Megan Mahan’s Experience

  • Associate Editor

    Virilion

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    September 2008Present (1 year 3 months)

    Activities and antics including:

    Social and digital media strategy and outreach
    Digital copywriting and ghostwriting
    Crisis and reputation management
    Media monitoring
    Blogging

  • Marketing Copywriter, Global Marketing

    SHRM

    (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    May 2008August 2008 (4 months)

    My work at SHRM included:

    Creating print ads for national campaign, as seen in industry publications like HR Magazine, Workforce Management and HR Executive
    Working with marketing staff to improve email marketing, including open rates, click-throughs and conference registration
    Creating collateral for human resources conferences and events, including the National SHRM Conference attended by more than 10,000 HR professionals
    Promoting SHRM's recent rebrand through a corporate brand experience guidebook

  • Lead Copywriter

    InsureMe

    (Privately Held; Insurance industry)

    June 2005February 2008 (2 years 9 months)

    Creative marketing shenanigans included:

    Creating usable, high-converting web sites through best usability practices, usability testing and A/B testing
    Authoring sales and marketing articles to outside industry
    Blogging daily for the InsureMe sales and marketing blog
    Script writing and appearing in weekly video blog posts
    Writing and editing corporate web site and print copy
    Creating tutorial videos for clients and prospects
    publications
    B-to-B and B-to-C email communications
    Participation in corporate innovation team


Megan Mahan’s Education

  • University of Iowa

    BA , English (Creative Writing); French (Culture and Civilization) , 20002004


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Megan Mahan’s Interests:

Books, music, the arts, laughing.

Megan Mahan’s Groups:

  •    Capital Area Iowa Club
  •    Virilion

Megan Mahan’s Honors:

Lawrence Fairall Scholarship In Writing recipient, 2002-2003
Accepted student to University of Iowa Undergraduate Nonfiction Writer's Workshop, 2003


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