Ashley Marie Wolfgang
4402 N Ashland Ave, Apt.1 Chicago, IL 60640 651.270.4630 | ashleywolfgang@gmail.com | ashleywolfgang.com Experience Web Content Coordinator, Student Communications, Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL, June 2014 - Present • Manage the student news homepage, students.colum.edu, by assigning and editing three stories a week to a team of three student writers and two social media assistants to create unique and engaging weekly content regarding campus life, career planning, study abroad, student spotlights and college news. • Write and design two weekly newsletters focused on college events, competitions, announcements, deadlines and student spotlights for the department which informs and engages 9,000 students as the hub for all internal print and web communications. From the start of my employment, email read rates have increased by 10 percent and click rates on original content have increased by an average of 5 percent. • Work with a variety of departments within Student Affairs to improve and manage effective relevant copy for web, print and social media for their respective student audiences. • Launch Instagram and Tumblr campaigns that focus on the accomplishments and diversity of Columbia College Chicago students.
Music Editorial Intern, City Pages
Minneapolis, MN, May 2013 - August 2013 City Pages is a weekly print and online entertainment publication covering music, food and news to the Twin Cities metro area. • Pitched weekly ideas to the music editor, interviewed artists including CHVRCHES and New Politics. • Reviewed concerts and festivals including The Killers, Motion City Soundtrack and the annual Twin Cities festival, the Basilica Block Party.
Editorial Intern, The Copenhagen Post
Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2013 - May 2013 The Copenhagen Post is a newspaper serving Englsih speakers living in Copenhagen, Denmark. • Translated and wrote event listings for the InOut Entertainment guide to highlight concerts, openings and events for the English speaking community in Denmark.
Web Intern, Clear Channel Communications
St, Louis Park, MN, June 2012 - August 2012 • Pitched and wrote daily stories focusing on local, celebrity and music news for the Cities 97, KDWB and K102 radio station blogs. • Copy edited weekly newsletters for each radio station. • Edited and scheduled daily stories into appropriate social media posts.
Editorial and Web Assistant, Knox College Office of Communications
Galesburg, IL, September 2012 - June 2014 The Office of Communications is the Knox College’s news website covering academic news, student profiles and faculty and alumni accomplishments. • Wrote and researched feature stories covering student profiles, alumni accomplishments and events. • Managed social media analytics on original content using Hootsuite.
Education
Knox College, Galesburg, IL BA in English Literature with minors in Journalism and Creative Writing Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Copenhagen, Denmark Study Abroad and editorial internship for The Copenhagen Post
Skills
September 2010 – June 2014
January-May 2013
Adobe Creative Suite, AP Style, Conversational French, Hootsuite, HTML, SEO, and can adapt to any CMS.