Victoria Clayton

Westlake Village, CA 91361 USA
Website: http://www.victoriaclaytonwrites.com
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Professional Experience

I have an extensive background writing about social trends, health, insurance, beauty, fitness, pregnancy, parenting and more. I love research and I have no aversion to academic journals! I'm open to all varieties of writing --journalistic, corporate content, marketing material, etc.

Expertise

Book Author
10 Years
Reporter
20 Years
Writer
20 Years

Specialty

Family, Children & Teenagers
10 Years
Lifestyle
20 Years
Health
20 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
20 Years
PR (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients
5 Years
Online/new media
10 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

20 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

VIV magazine (10+), Lifescript.com (10+), Fit Pregnancy (6-10), Orange County Register (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Murad Skin Research Labs (10+), Physician's Formula Cosmetics (10+), Rene Furterer Hair Care (10+)

Other Work History

columnist for MSNBC.com, have contributed to LA Times and many magazines and websites. Have written newsletters, press releases and marketing material in the past.

Foreign Language Skills

some Spanish (minored in it in college and lived in Spain for a couple of months)

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress

Equipment

laptop, audio recorder

References

References available upon request.

Awards

First Place, Kieth L.Ware competition-- for writing about state-side activated troops during Desert Storm.

Associations

American Society of Journalists and Authors, Writers Guild, Association of Health Care Journalists

Showcase

General

The OC Reg version of NYT Vows section
Health section story about dental spas
A story for the Beauty RX column on the latest cellulite busters
Cover feature on the proliferation -- and meaning behind-- storage space
Latest breakthroughs in diabetes research and treatment
part of a series on prescription drugs written for a women's health website
Story with tips on selecting a health care provider for pregnancy/child birth.
Profile of a wildly popular charity event that takes place each year in Cabo San Lucas