If you’re looking for a writer with an international perspective, with experience editing lifestyle/women’s interest/fashion blogs, and with a flair for geek culture, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a brief recap of my latest career moves.

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Denise Ngo
Singapore 455221
Email: ngodenise@gmail.com

Summary Profile
Writer/Editor, Digital Strategist, Website Publisher 

Seasoned editor, community manager, and content strategist with proven ability to combine fresh writing and website promotion to nurture a publication’s presence online.

Professional Experience

Xanga.com | New York, NY & Taichung, Taiwan | 12/2010 – 9/2011
Managing Editor, Lovelyish.com

• Wrote, assigned, and promoted content for Lovelyish.com, a pop culture and fashion website popular with the 18 – 24 demographic.
• Efforts directly enabled growth from 200k unique monthly unique visitors to half a million per month; boosted traffic from 1.3 million to 2 million unique visits during my 10 month tenure.
• Supervised team of 10 – 15 writers and interns.

Freelance Writer | New York, NY & Taichung, Taiwan | 10/2010 – Present

• Regular contributor to PopSci.com and YourTango.com.
• Published in Fox News, MSNBC, and Yahoo.
• Articles cited in The Atlantic Wire, The Frisky, Gizmodo, and io9, among others.

Freelance Social Media Outreach Manager | New York, NY & Taichung, Taiwan | 3/2011 – 6/2011

• Managed and created apps for YourTango.com’s Facebook page using an advertising platform created by Buddy Media, which Business Insider ranked as the 38th Most Valuable Startup in the World.

Education

Fordham University, New York
Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in English, 2009. Major: English, Communication and Media Studies. Top 15% of class.

Technical Proficiencies:

• Basic HTML
• Drupal, WordPress web publishing platforms
• Familiar with all basic content management systems
• Google Analytics
• Buddy Media Facebook platform
• Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit)
• PC and Mac proficient
• MS Office
• Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
• Quark XPress
• Jasc Paint Shop Pro