Beth LeipholtzContact 898 Hansack Ave

Buffalo, MN 55313

612.532.9200

EL9292@gmail.com

EducationBuffalo High School: Buffalo, MN June 2011 Honors GraduateGPA: 11.2/12.0Class rank: 26/456

College of Saint Benedict: St. Joseph, MNMay 2015 graduate, Bachelor of ArtsMajor in CommunicationMinor in Hispanic Studies (Spanish)GPA: 3.61/4.0

Skills-Speak intermediate/advanced Spanish-Sufficient in Word, Excel-AP Style writing knowledge-Sufficient in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop-Experienced with all social media platforms

Achievements-Developed national media strategy for the College of Saint Benedict-Second Place for News Story at ACP Best of Midwest Conference-Dean’s List spring 2014-Editor-in-Chief of award winning newspaper-Academic Excellence four consecutive years -Presidential Scholarship-Studied abroad in Chile for five months Relevant

Experience

Student Employee, Communications and Marketing Services | 8/30/11 – 5/9/1537 South College Ave | St. Joseph, MN 56374-Wrote event releases for website-Wrote student interest stories for the college website and area newspapers

Editor-in-Chief of The Record (college newspaper)2850 Abbey Plaza | Collegeville, MN 56321Sports - 8/30/12 – 5/10/13News - 1/15/14-5/10/14Editor-in-Chief - 5/10/14 - 5/9/15-Wrote sports/news coverage -Edited pages after editors have designed them-Managed staff of 100 people (writers and editors)

ObjectiveTo obtain a position with an organization that will allow me to develop and refine my communication and writing skills, as well as lead to a lasting relationship in the field of communication.

Freelance Blogger for Huffington Post, Thought Catalog, Elite Daily | 1/30/14 – Present-Submit material on a weekly basis- Read and respond to reader engagement

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Editorial Intern at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine 5/18/15 – Present220 S. 6th Street #500 | Minneapolis, MN 56402-Edit and factcheck all work during pre-press week- Write “Real Weddings” sections- Pitch story ideas to editors

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OtherExperience

Little Saints Academy | 11/10/14 – 4-31-15124 1st Ave SE | St. Joseph, MN 56374-Cared for school age children (pre-k – 5th grade) before and after school -Helped supervisor with lesson plans and daily activi-ties

College Rugby:-Member of the team for four years-Learned to be patient when learning something new

High School Newspaper: -Sports Editor of award-winning high school newspa-per, The Hoofprint -Wrote for other sections of the paper-First place in state for Sports Writing in 2010-Lettered four years

High School Yearbook: -Became a member junior year as a writer-Promoted to Editor-in-Chief senior year-Managed staff of 40 writers and editors -Lettered two years

References*Available upon request

Social Media and Public Relations Director, Women’s Rugby Team | 1/30/13 – 9/1/1437 South College Ave | St. Joseph, MN 56374-Designed promotional material-Ran Twitter and Facebook feeds

Admin, Humans of CSB/SJU | 2/24/13-5/1/15-Started the Facebook page based off of Humans of New York-Garnered 800 likes in less than a week, still growing-Posted content daily, consists of photo and short interview with source

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Freelancer/Reporter St. Cloud Times | 1/16/14 – 9/30/14Wright County Journal Press | 3/1/10 - PresentMonticello Times | 6/1/15 - Present-Write feature stories for the sports section-Report scores for area high school and college games