Stephanie Wood7 Michael Drive | Blauvelt, NY 10913 | 845-893-6198 | stephaniewood845@gmail.com

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE | Senior level consumer magazine editor • Experienced in creating an editorial concept and covers with maximum newsstand impact• Creative at packaging editorial content: coverlines, headlines, decks, captions, table of contents• Seasoned line editor with a penchant for investigative reporting as well as service content• Experienced in developing multi-platform editorial concepts that work for digital, print, marketing• Produced features and series nominated for MIN editorial awards and National Magazine Awards• Outstanding reputation for managing editorial staffs, nurturing writers, and developing talent

PARENTS and AMERICAN BABY | Contributing Features Editor | July 2013 to present• Assign and edit features and columns on children’s and women’s health • Top edit junior staff • Write coverlines • Assist in developing issue lineups • Fill in for AB executive editor in her absence

PARENTING | Executive Editor | Early Years and School Years editions Feb 2011 to May 2013• Work directly with editor-in-chief to plan all issue themes and content• Manage daily editorial operations and staff; assign and edit content on children’s health and development, education, women’s health, food, nutrition, lifestyle, and travel; collaborate with art and photo • Strategize with digital team and create content for Parenting.com, mobile apps, social media, and video• Collaborate with sales and marketing on integrated programs

PARENTING | Deputy Editor | Early Years and School Years editions May 2009 to Feb 2011• Assign and edit features and columns • Top edit junior staff • Write coverlines• Manage feature inventory and put together feature line-ups for each issue

BABYTALK | Executive Editor June 2008 to May 2009• Responsible for day-to-day editorial management, assigning features, top editing • Worked closely with editor in chief to develop lineups, coverlines, and editorial calendar• Served as acting editor in chief during maternity leave, August 2008 to December 2008

FREELANCE WRITER | EDITOR | CONSULTANT August 1995 to May 2008

• Seasoned magazine writer: Published in many major consumer titles, including Redbook, Woman’s Day, Parenting, Parents, Child, Family Life, Working Mother, Babytalk, American Health, Walking, Success• Book author: The Babytalk Insider’s Guide to Your Baby’s First Year (February 2008, Grand Central Publishing) and The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resulting Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children with Robert Shaw, M.D. (September 2003, Regan Books)• New magazine launch: Reader’s Digest’s Your Family Developed editorial concept; managed budget; hired art team, freelance writers, research and copy editors; directed photography, layouts, cover design

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENTBRIDAL GUIDE | Editor in chief Oct 1993 to August 1995CHILD | Executive Editor | Senior Editor August 1988 to September 1993BRIDE'S | Senior Associate Editor February 1987 to July 1988HOME MECHANIX | Associate Editor August 1984 to February 1987

EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV Major: Journalism | Minor: Political Science