Sarah Blair Shonbrun

P.O. Box 650• Stow, MA 01775

Phone:508-380-4493 • E-mail sarah@shonbrun.com

PUBLICATIONS SPECIALIST

Editor, writer, publisher, and webmaster.
EXPERIENCE
 

1996 - Present New England Wild Flower Society Framingham, MA

Webmaster (2000-Present)

  • Design and mMaintain 200+ page web site for plant conservation organization and botanic garden. Write and edit new web-exclusive features.
Publications Manager & Editor (1996 – 2001)
  • Produced Society’s first color magazine New England Wild Flower. Edited, designed, wrote original copy, and handled all aspects of production for two 40-page publications and one special edition per year, as well as newsletters, brochures, print advertisements, flyers, posters, and announcements.
  • Wrote press releases and helped publicize and organize events as a member of the public information department. Served as staff photographer.
  • As technical consultant, purchased and installed computers and software, and set up the Society’s first e-mail system.
1993 - 1995 Eaton Publishing Natick, MA Desktop Publisher
  • Desktop publishing specialist for scientific publishing company.
1986 - 1993 Sarah Blair Associates Hopedale, MA Editor, Publisher & Publishing Consultant
  • Independent editor, publisher, and publicist for specialty periodicals, including One Person’s Impact, a nationally recognized, award-winning environmental newsletter.
1985 - 1987 Milford Daily News Milford, MA Columnist
OTHER PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS:

  • Founding Editor/Publisher: Spirit of Change, Basements & Backstage
  • Contributing Editor/Columnist: Middlesex News (later Middlesex Daily News)
  • Co-editor/Publisher: Golden Vanity Press, Literary Vanity Press
  • Assistant Features Editor (later Poetry Editor): Cosmopolitan Magazine

TOOLS & PROFICIENCIES

Software: Quark, Photoshop, MSWord, Illustrator, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Access, Excel Imaging equipment: slide and flatbed scanners, digital cameras

PRINTABLE RESUME - MS WORD FORMAT