Megan R. Combs 1249 Schocalog Road, Akron

330.575.5794

Rozsa.Megan@gmail.com

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Communications Experience

Vendome Healthcare Media — Associate Editor of Reader Engagement

Cleveland, Ohio

September 2013 to Present

Responsibilities include promoting editorial and marketing content on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for seven B2B

healthcare publications. I also track engagement and growth on each platform using Google Analytics weekly and

monthly. I also attend company conferences and cover them live using Twitter.

Patch.com — Community Editor Circulation: 20,000+ new users/month/site

Northeast Ohio

February 2013 to August 2013

Responsibilities include managing social media for 17 Patch.com sites, recruiting bloggers for all 17 sites, updating

Facebook and Twitter using Tweetdeck and teaching people how to use the Patch.com platform.

Patch.com — Editor for Fairlawn-Bath Patch and Stow Patch Circulation: 20,000/month/site

Northeast Ohio

January 2012 to February 2013

Responsibilities include editorial coverage of happenings in Fairlawn, Bath Township and Stow. This includes covering

and writing about meetings, events and businesses. Responsibilities also include social media promotion for both sites

on Facebook and Twitter, taking/editing photos and videos.

Patch.com — Associate Local Editor

Northeast Ohio

March 2011 to January 2012

Responsibilities included working for eight different Patch sites on a full-time basis as needed —this included covering

vacations for other Patch editors, covering meetings, events, new businesses, writing stories, taking/editing video and

taking/editing photos. Responsibilities also included social media promotion for Patch stories on Facebook and Twitter.

The Morning Journal — Police & Education reporter Circulation: 23,000

1657 Broadway, Lorain, OH 44052

June 2009 to March 2011

Responsibilities included covering the crime and school districts in Lorain, Erie and Huron counties; taking photos and

taking/editing video.

The Chautauquan Daily — Copyeditor Circulation: 35,000

Chautauqua Institution

PO Box 28, Chautauqua, NY 14722

Summer 2008

Responsibilities included reading raw drafts of stories and checking spelling, grammar and facts.

Megan R. Combs

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Education Kent State University

Kent, OH 44240

2004-2008 3.5 GPA

School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Major: News with a magazine concentration

Graduated in December 2008 with Bachelor’s of Science

Green High School

1474 Boettler Road

Uniontown, OH 44685

2000-2004 4.0 GPA

Graduated June 2004

Other Skills Proficient in Hootsuite, Adobe InDesign, Final Cut Pro, NewsEditPro, AP Style, iMovie, inCopy, Microsoft Word, Google

Analytics, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter

Accomplishments • Awarded Best Blog by the Associated Press Society of Ohio in 2010 for a career blog I co-author with a co-worker.

• Awarded Mark of Excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists for Breaking News Coverage

• Awarded Mark of Excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists for Best Affiliated Website the Cyburr (KSU

campus magazine)

• Awarded Honorable Mention from Suburban Newspapers of America for Best Arts and Entertainment Writing Feature

References available upon request