UBJ
On the Move
Journal Family Keeps Growing Community Journals is happy to be seeing some new faces around the office lately – and some familiar faces taking on exciting new challenges.
Promoted
Promoted
hired
hired
hired
h ired
Susan Clary Simmons
Jerry Salley
Richie Swann
Andrew Huang
Whitney Fincannon
Laura Linen
Promoted to executive editor of Community Journals’ three weekly publications: Upstate Business Journal, the Greenville Journal and the Spartanburg Journal. Before her promotion, Simmons was editor of the Greenville and Spartanburg Journals, and began her eight-year tenure with the company in 2005 as Community Journals’ opinion writer. As executive editor, Simmons is responsible for the day-to-day editorial direction and planning of all content in the three publications and continues as the editorial opinion voice for the Journals community. A Savannah, Ga., native, Simmons has more than 30 years’ journalism experience, 18 of those as a reporter and opinion writer for the Greenville News.
Promoted to managing editor of Community Journals’ three weekly publications. Working with the executive editor, Salley is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all aspects of editorial production for the Upstate Business Journal, the Greenville Journal and the Spartanburg Journal. A native of Asheville, N.C., Salley joined Community Journals as assistant editor and staff writer in March 2012, prior to which he worked as a freelance writer and editor.
Joins Community Journals as art director of the Upstate Business Journal. Originally from Georgetown, S.C., Richie Swann accepted an offer from Community Journals to come back home from a two-year stint at Southern Living in Birmingham, Alabama. Richie will be bringing a fresh new approach to the design of UBJ. Aside from Southern Living, he has previously designed for Garden & Gun and DPS Sporting Club Development Company, a luxury real estate developer. Richie is a Clemson alumnus (class of 2004) with a degree in graphic communications, so he should feel right at home here in the Upstate.
Hired as the assistant editor at TOWN Magazine, an Upstate lifestyle publication. Huang is a graduate of Furman University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. A native of Columbia, S.C., he returned to Greenville after spending six months abroad in Taiwan. He enjoys writing, photography and weightlifting, and considers himself a “blossoming foodie.”
Hired as a graphic artist and member of the creative services team. Fincannon came to Community Journals after working as Graphic Designer at Swoozie’s. She received a BFA in graphic design from East Carolina University. While a student, she had the opportunity to take an internship with the historic Hatch Show Print in Nashville, Tenn., letterpress-printing posters in their iconic design style. After graduating in 2009, she worked as a freelance designer and later a boutique manager, using design skills to help in their rebranding campaign. She has lived in Greenville since 2011.
Joins Community Journals as sponsorships and events coordinator. Merging her media, creative and fashion backgrounds from Atlanta, New York, Chicago, and Paris, Laura has found Greenville and the Journal publications the perfect place to share this experience and learn even more. Apart from working on events, you will also see her in the roles of contributor, stylist, wife and mother.
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