Aimee LaPlant

Résumé

+ Experience

Online Development Editor at The Maneater

December 2010 – December 2011 • Columbia, Missouri • themaneater.com
Developed and designed web features for the award-winning student newspaper website. Maintained several domains using Django and LAMP technologies and provided technical support in the newsroom. Budgeted web hosting funds and created Google Analytics and Adsense reports to garner revenue and traffic.

Intern at The State Journal-Register

August 2009 – August 2010 • Springfield, Illinois • sj-r.com/voice
Wrote and pitched stories for The Voice, the daily newspaper’s teen section, and worked with professional editors. Organized meetings, posted web content, conceptualized the redesign of The Voice’s in-progress website and established a social media presence for the section. Wrote a column for PBS NewsHour at the end of my tenure. 50,000+ daily circulation.

Clerical Assistant at the Columbia Missourian

August 2010 – December 2010 • Columbia, Missouri • columbiamisssourian.com
Designed a Twitter background for the Missourian’s Twitter accounts and filed confidential documents related to the university’s journalism school.

Freelance Web Designer & Developer at Self

May 2008 – December 2010 • aimeelaplant
Experienced in WordPress design and development. Created websites for the Cape Girardeau Roller Girls and Braille T-Shirts. Implemented social media and strong SEO practices.

+ References

References are available upon request to preserve the privacy of email addresses and phone numbers.

+ Awards

Online Pacemaker Finalist

2012

Finalist for best newspaper website (themaneater.com) with university enrollment of more than 20,000 by the Associated Collegiate Press.

MCMA Award

2012

Third-place award by the Missouri Press Association for my time as the web developer editor (themaneater.com).

Youth Content Award

2011

Won two third-place awards from the Newspaper Association of America Foundation for a first-person column and news feature.

Mary Moy Quan Ing Memorial Scholarship

2010-11

Awarded by the Asian American Journalists Association for my achievements and commitment to diversity in journalism.

Best Column

2010

Received Darn Good Job of the Year from The Voice of The State Journal-Register for my column about diversity.

Outstanding Staffer Award

2009-10

Honored for my hard work and achievements at The State Journal-Register internship.

+ Skills

News and feature writing, AP Style, social media, SEO, SEO copywriting, HTML/CSS, WordPress, Django, Python, SSH, Photoshop, Google Analytics and Adsense, Apple products, APIs.