20 Years

Atlanta Peach, upscale lifestyle magazine (11+), Needle Pointers, bimonthly trade magazine (11+), Virtuoso Life, national travel magazine (11+), American Way, inflight mag. for American Airlines (11+), My Home Life, custom home/design magazine (11+), In: Mind, Body, Life, custom health/lifestyle mag. (6-10), HGTV.com, Home & Garden Television website (3-5), My Business Life, custom business magazine (1-2), Fort Worth Travel Guide, annual CVB book (1-2), Innovative Doctoring, book available on amazon.com (1-2), Boomers Journey, regional age-specific magazine (1-2), fitnesstravelgear.com, product review website (1-2)

AAP Custom (11+), Sunwest Publishing (11+), Zanides Public Relations (3-5), Scripps Networks (3-5), Peachtree Spine & Pain Physicians (1-2), The Carter Center (1-2)

Currently editor, Group Travel Planet (bimonthly travel magazine, circulation 16,000), 1 year

Senior editor, American Way (twice monthly inflight magazine of American Airlines, circulation 334,000), 9 years

Assistant editor, Texas Monthly (monthly regional magazine, circulation 300,000), 10 years

InDesign, QuarkXpress, Mac OS X, Microsoft Office

laptop, cellphone, audio recorder

valid U.S. passport

"Not everyone can make subjects like plumbing interesting. Jill constantly takes challenging topics and turns them into thoroughly enjoyable and interesting reads. Her writing is not only clever, but consistently clean and thoroughly dependable." — Casey Casteel, AAP Custom

"Over the course of 11 years working with Jill, I can attest to the fact that she is a vital, thinking part of our team. The understanding of the job required of her is immediate, and her final performance of the task is thorough, professional, and exact." — Lisa Bearden, Sunwest Publishing

"Jill Becker brings the keen and critical eye of a truly professional editor to her work. Her talents allowed us to achieve a far better and more readable manuscript and contributed greatly to the success of our book." — Randy Southerland, freelance writer

References' contact information available upon request.

General:
Most Improved Magazine, Association for Women in Communications, 2008

Silver Award, Publication Redesign, American Society of Business Publication Editors, 2008

Writing:
Bronze Award, Overall Headline Writing, American Society of Business Publication Editors, 2008

Best Short News Article, CTO Worldwide Travel Writer/Photographer Awards, 2003

Editing:
Personal Profile/Interview, Katie Awards/Press Club of Dallas, 2004

Personal Profile/Interview, Katie Awards/Press Club of Dallas, 2000

American Society of Business Publication Editors, Mediabistro AvantGuild

- I have participated as a speaker and/or panelist at numerous industry-related events, including two Bulldog Reporter audio panels with audiences of 200-plus.

- I have a lot of stamps in my passport (I used to work for an inflight magazine after all!), so travel is a favorite subject, but I can write on just about anything, whether it's health or high fashion, celebrities or corporate strategy. I can write in just about any style, too, although I have a particular flair for humor. I'm also a great researcher (fact-checkers love me!), and I understand the importance of meeting deadlines.

I occasionally freelance. I live near Atlanta, GA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.