JOSHUA R. MARKS
(323) 309-1579 315 S. Detroit St., Apt. 207 Los Angeles, CA 90036 jmarks09@hotmail.com www.geocities.com/joshm1209
EXPERIENCE
VARIETY (Editorial) Features Editor at Variety.com Aug. 07 - Present
* Responsible for packaging features for online before print date. Duties include writing headlines, adding photos, placing specials in different areas of Variety.com.
· Also perform site maintenance for Award Central and Festival Central mini-sites.
· Create and post daily polls on Web site
· Initiated online book section called Weekend Read
· Editorial point person for Variety Mobile
Production Editor at Variety.com Los Angeles, CA March 06 - Aug. 07
* Edit and post print and web-only articles and reviews live on website
* Edit photos and post to web
* Categorize and order articles and reviews
* Add headlines, deks and cutlines
Oscar Season Assistant in Special Reports Nov. 05 * March 06
* Interviewed filmmakers and wrote articles for Eye on the Oscars features
* Researched, gathered data and created statistical/factual charts and festival calendars for publication
* Proofed pages including hard copies and in QuarkXpress
* Research and gathered stock photos/artwork for articles
* Evaluated targeted ads in special reports and gathered back issues for evaluation
* Daily office duties: reorganized back issues, filed new issues, transcribed interviews, maintained flow of incoming faxes, maintained company listings for upcoming market issues, referenced editorial calendar frequently
BEACHCOMBER (community newspaper) News Reporter/Columnist Long Beach, CA Oct. 02 - Present
* Reviewed movies, covered local sports, interviewed small business owners, reported on events
* Secured credentials to press screenings and media kits from major studios
* Occasional general assignment photojournalism
* Given column about what to do and see in Los Angeles
* Promoted from unpaid intern to paid news reporter
JEWISH BIG BROTHERS OF L.A. Marketing and Recruitment Coordinator Los Angeles, CA Jan. 05 - Nov. 05
* Wrote and edited copy for promotional materials and submission to print publications and email bulletins
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Company Description:
Josh Marks is originally from suburban Washington, DC . He has been living in Southern California since the summer of 2002. Josh’s full-time gig is in entertainment journalism as an online production editor for the Hollywood trade paper Variety. He has also been published in community newspapers throughout greater Los Angeles. Prior to working in journalism full time Josh was an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow for a literacy organization and studied print journalism at UCLA Extension. Before moving to California he graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, about 20 miles west of the White House.
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