Sarah Lloyd

Seattle, WA USA
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Professional Experience

My work spans from wonky, local news coverage to daily deal copy for luxury goods. Among my super-stylish hat collection: Local journalism, event photography, concert reviews, album reviews, travel writing, food writing, bar reviews, photo editing, film features, and entertainment writing. I'm also well-versed at HTML and literate in CSS. Give me your project!

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
4 Years
Editor
5 Years
Writer
5 Years

Specialty

Entertainment
3 Years
Government
4 Years
Fiction
4 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
1 Year
Broadcasting - News - Radio (Local)
2 Years
Online/new media
4 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

7 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Seattle Weekly (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Gilt City (1-2)

Other Work History

Only light freelance work in the past two years. Currently hold staff position as Associate Editor at Wetpaint Entertainment (1.5 years) and serve as Co-Founding Editor at Seattlish (1.5 years)

Technical Skills

Audio editing, Audition, Audacity, Audio Recording, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Wordpress, Movable Type, Tumblr

Computer Skills

HTML, CSS, Word, Excel, InDesign, Google Documents, Open Office

Equipment

Four thirds camera, MacBook Air

Showcase

Ad/Corporate

Seattleite Presents Offer
(Gilt City 12/7/2024)
Daily deal copy for a sponsored tasting event.
Define Fitness Studio Offer
(Gilt City 12/7/2024)
Daily deal copy for a fitness studio.
Brown Paper Tickets Services
(Brown Paper Tickets 12/7/2024)
Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Offer
(Gilt City 12/7/2024)
Daily deal copy for an LGBTQ film festival.

Drink

Cocktail or Salad? An Old-Fashioned Fruit Fight
(Seattle Weekly 9/5/2012)
Coming to the defense of a fruit-free Old Fashioned cocktail.

News

Why Don't Rich Eastside Developers Want Light Rail in Downtown Bellevue?
(The Stranger 1/28/2010)
Examining wealthy interests seeking to reroute planned light rail.
Streetcar Smackdown
(The Stranger 12/17/2009)
Who has a stake in a planned streetcar route, and what's the best option for everyone?
Minimum wage referendum: PROBABLY NOT HAPPENING.
(Seattlish 7/15/2014)
News coverage of Seattle's $15 minimum wage ordinance.

Entertainment

Dave Coulier Gets Engaged, Denies "You Oughta Know" Rumors
(Wetpaint Entertainment 6/10/2014)
Very punny coverage of Dave "Uncle Joey" Coulier's love life.
Janet Hubert, the First Aunt Viv From Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Where Is She Now?
(Wetpaint Entertainment 7/1/2014)
One of many then/now pieces for Wetpaint Entertainment.

Film

Defining the Most Beautiful: Women in the Films of Kurosawa, 1940-1970
(Popmatters 10/18/2010)
Feature on the films of Kurosawa as part of a PopMatters retrospective.

Fun

Last-Minute Gift Ideas at the Goodwill Outlet
(The Stranger 12/24/2009)
Tongue-in-cheek gift guide for holiday filler content.