High School Real Estate

FRANK DiCESARE

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Lake Charles, LA 70611

337-***-**** (Home)

781-***-**** (Cell)

abhvr3@r.postjobfree.com

http://frankdicesare.wordpress.com

SUMMARY: Experienced editor and award-winning writer and publisher

with solid editing,

writing, photography, and management skills.

EXPERIENCE: FREELANCE EDITORIAL AND PHOTOGRAPHY, Various locations

2/09 - Present Writer, Editor, and Photographer

. Contribute articles and photography to National

Geographic Traveler's

blog, Intelligent Travel, Washington, D.C.

. Contribute articles and photography to Acadiana

Profile Magazine, Lafayette, LA.

. Contribute business articles and profiles to The Patriot

Ledger, Quincy, MA.

. Edit non-fiction book galleys for Acadiana House

Publishing, Lafayette, LA.

5/04 - 9/09 DiCESARE PUBLISHING CO., LLC, Quincy, MA

Editor and Publisher

. Won bid to publish WAVES, the official publication of

the South Shore

Chamber of Commerce, one of the largest of its kind in

New England.

Duties included revamping the magazine's template and

interfacing with

the client throughout the publishing process.

. Hired and supervised a team of freelance writers,

copy editors, photographers,

and graphic designers. Duties included assigning stories

to writers, editing all

final copy and photos, and supervising design and layout.

. Interfaced with advertising sales rep to develop

advertising leads

and assisted in managing ad traffic.

. Interfaced with printer to edit WAVES' final pages prior

to print.

. Developed strategic relationships with local media

officials.

. Wrote and pitched press releases to media officials.

. Wrote and oversaw the development of my company's

website.

1/01-5/04 THE WARREN GROUP, Boston, MA

Editor - Custom Publications

. Managed the start-to-finish production of eight

quarterly banking, building

and real estate trade magazines and two bimonthly trade

newspapers. Duties

included generating and assigning stories to freelance

writers, interfacing with

clients throughout the publishing process, mapping all

publications for editorial

and ad space prior to production, and collaborating with

art director throughout

the design process.

. Edited stories and final proofs for content, spelling,

grammar, and AP style.

. Wrote headlines and photo captions.

. Managed an overlapping schedule of publications in

various stages of production.

. Developed and oversaw an annual magazine budget.

. Wrote editorials for Banker & Tradesman.

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10/99-1/01 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA

Writer/Editor - Office of Marketing and Communications

. Sought out, reported and wrote news, features and

research articles

for the university's faculty and staff newspaper, The

Northeastern Voice.

. Assisted in writing The Voice's headlines and photo

captions.

. Edited The Voice's final galleys for content, grammar,

and spelling.

. Assisted the production staff with layout ideas.

. Sought out, reported and wrote news, features, and

research articles

on a daily basis for The Voice's website.

. Wrote the Northeastern University Magazine's "Husky

Tracks" articles.

7/98-10/99 THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER CO., Marshfield, MA

Staff Writer- The Scituate Mariner

. Wrote eight to 10 news and feature articles each week

for more

than 10,000 readers in Scituate, Massachusetts.

. Articles were syndicated in The Melrose Free Press,

The Weymouth News, The Wellesley Townsman, and Mariner

newspapers across the South Shore.

8/95-6/98 SILVER LAKE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, Kingston, MA

English Instructor

. Taught and developed lesson plans for ninth and eleventh

grade

English classes at the college prep, standard, and basic

levels.

FREELANCE

WRITING: The Boston Globe, Rhode Island Monthly

AWARDS/ APEX award - Publication Excellence - 2007

HONORS: New England Press Association award - 1999

M.A.T. Scholarship - Boston University

Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society - Boston University

Dean's List - Stonehill College

COMPUTER Proficient in Adobe InDesign CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5,

SKILLS: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Premiere, Silver Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro,

Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Also proficient in PC and

Mac computers, CMS, Wordpress, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

EDUCATION: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA, 1995

Master of Arts in Teaching

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, South Orange, NJ, 1993

Master of Arts in English

STONEHILL COLLEGE, North Easton, MA, 1991

Bachelor of Arts in English

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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