Melissa Bykofsky MJBYK892@gmail.com www.melissabykofsky.com @mbykofsky

MEDIA EXPERIENCE Marie Claire

Editorial Assistant December 2012 to Present • Directly assist the Features/Special Projects Director with administrative tasks including scheduling meetings

and events, handling expenses and arranging travel. • Contribute idea and articles to the features well, front of book, MC@Work, Filter, MC@Play sections, and

marieclaire.com. • Edit the letters to the editor page, interview celebrities for the back page, "20 Questions," manage social media

promotion for Marie Claire @Work. • Maintain a books list and culture list for the lifestyle editor. • Handle all contracts and payment for freelance writers. • Hire features interns and manage the semester-long internship programs including scheduling inter-

department intern learning sessions. Features Intern May to August 2012

• Directly assisted lifestyles editor and books editor • Pitched ideas and researched stories for the features section of the magazine • Wrote for front of book “What I Love About September” page and October travel section, tweeted daily for

Marie Claire at Work • Sat in for editorial assistant and provided administrative support with calendars, phones, expenses and travel • Cataloged book submissions and organized monthly book lists

O, The Oprah Magazine August to December 2012

Editorial Intern • Research stories for the lifestyle, health and features sections of the magazine • Assist editors by creating source lists for stories and transcribing interviews • Write book reviews for Oprah.com

Pipe Dream August 2007 to May 2011 Editor-In-Chief, promoted from News Editor

• Managed the content and production and oversaw the entire staff including photo editors, business managers, section editors and copy chiefs • Developed story ideas, created a beat system for news writers, wrote and edited headlines, deks, news and feature articles and blogs for the website

Newsday June to August 2010 Editorial Intern, Explore Long Island

• Pitched, researched and wrote feature stories for the arts and entertainment section • Participated with editors in budget meetings and department meetings

EDUCATION City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism M.A. December 2012 Arts and Culture Concentration Binghamton University, State University of New York B.A. May 2011 English, General Literature and Rhetoric

Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa SKILLS Internet/Writing: LexisNexis, HTML, CSS, SEO, Tumult Hype, WordPress, Tumblr, advanced knowledge of social media as it relates to deep search, outreach and analytics Software: Final Cut Pro, Reaper, Photoshop, InDesign, Aperture, Microsoft XCEL Hardware: Marantz PMD660 & PMD620, JVC HM100U, Canon DSLR: Rebel T2i, XSi, Canon G12 series