Elizabeth Pandolfi

Greenville, SC USA
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Professional Experience

I am a meticulous, creative, and versatile writer and communications professional whose specialties include travel writing, arts reporting, web content, and social media management. I've done everything from blogging about sustainable living, to editing newsletters for one of the US's premier venture philanthropy organizations.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
3 Years
Reporter
3 Years
Writer
4 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities
3 Years
Environment & Nature
2 Years
Home & Garden
2 Years

Industries


Newspaper - Local/Regional
3 Years
Marketing (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
2 Years
Nonprofit
1 Year

Total Media Industry Experience

4 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Charleston City Paper (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

engage strategies (3-5), The Somaly Mam Foundation (3-5)

Other Work History

Venture Philanthropy Partners, Washington, DC - Communications Associate I'On Group, Charleston, SC - Marketing and PR Coordinator

Technical Skills

Content management; Adobe; ready and willing to learn any other skills required

Foreign Language Skills

Some French

Unions

None

Computer Skills

All Microsoft Office; Mac/Windows; some HTML; Drupal

Equipment

Laptop; digital camera (Casio Exilim)

Work Permits & Visas

USA

References

Alys Campaigne, engage strategies Victoria Vrana, Venture Philanthropy Partners Chris Wright, Liberated Studios

Awards

Charles E. Lloyd Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Prose, Davidson College - 2005

Associations

N/A

Showcase

Journalism

Shell Shock
(Charleston City Paper 4/18/2007)
An arts feature on sea turtle conservation as related in Mary Alice Monroe's book "Swimming Lessons."
Moments of Joy offers a hilarious and inspiring glimpse into Joy Vandervort-Cobb's life
(Charleston City Paper 5/23/2009)
A theater review of the one-woman show "Moments of Joy," which was part of Charleston's 2009 Piccolo Spoleto festival.

Communications/Marketing Work

www.somaly.org
(The Somaly Mam Foundation 7/1/2010)
Acted as online content manager for this anti-human trafficking organization's website during a CMS switch to Drupal; created new copy for section "Slavery Exists" and edited all other copy.
VPPNews
(Venture Philanthropy Partners 1/1/2010)
Sample of a monthly newsletter for a venture philanthropy nonprofit which I edited from 12/2009 through 07/2010. I also contributed at least one article per month. The intended audience was potential and current donors, other nonprofit professionals, and grantees.
The I'On Group Blog
(I'On Group 6/22/2009)
The blog of the I'On Group, a new urban development company in Mt. Pleasant, SC. I wrote and maintained all posts, which cover topics from urban sustainability and eco-friendly furniture to local real estate.
The Empowerment Store
(The Somaly Mam Foundation 8/10/2010)
Commercial copy for the retail arm of The Somaly Mam Foundation; homepage content only.

Creative Work

Regret
(anderbo.com 11/13/2010)
A creative nonfiction travel essay about Munnar, India, published in the online literary journal anderbo.