Julie Edgar
Oak Park,MI
Summary
Versatile communications professional with a talent for creating winning media campaigns; managing short-and long-term projects; crafting compelling content for internal and B2B audiences; rebranding through traditional and social channels.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Communications/Media Relations Specialist
Area Agency On Aging 1-B
10.2018 - Current
- Managed/produced two award-winning resource guides; manage media campaigns that result in earned digital and broadcast media spots; manage media buys; produce monthly e-newsletter, blog posts, articles for external media partners, executive communications, video scripts.
Copy Editor/Content Producer
WebMD
06.2007 - Current
- Edit core content inventory for grammar and accuracy; occasionally contribute health content, including front-page public health stories on Lyme and other vector-borne diseases, vaccine exemption zones and human longevity.
Staff Writer
Detroit Free Press
01.1998 - 01.2007
- Delivered enterprising coverage of government, courts, crime; developed award-winning aging issues beat; jumped into several long-term investigative projects; served on ad hoc committee to develop community weeklies; won national journalism fellowship in Washington, D.C.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature And Languages
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MISkills
- Content development
- Media relations
- Digital marketing
- Healthcare writing/editing
- Research
- Interviewing
- Wordpress
- Content management systems
- Microsoft Office
- AP/Chicago Style
Affiliations
Member, Oak Park City Council
Timeline
Communications/Media Relations Specialist
Area Agency On Aging 1-B
10.2018 - Current
Copy Editor/Content Producer
WebMD
06.2007 - Current
Staff Writer
Detroit Free Press
01.1998 - 01.2007
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature And Languages
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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