Aleigh Acerni
WORDSMITH AND SOCIAL MEDIA ADVOCATE
My portfolio includes a variety of topics: women's issues, gardening, youth hostels, travel, food
and wine, the gender wage gap, relationships, public speaking,
business, health, weddings, fashion, home and interior design, event
planning, dress codes, and parenting.
As an editor: I've managed a newsroom and freelancers, contributed to the launch of a
lifestyle publication, and spent five years as the editor of Skirt! Magazine, a "national women's magazine with a local edge," where I wrote profiles and personal essays, as well
as being responsible for layout, distribution, and day-to-day
operations. Last year, I co-wrote a book with Gitmo Girl Kristine Huskey, Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights, published by Globe Pequot Press in mid-2009.
In my current role as Communications & Social Media Manager for Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont, I am responsible for developing editorial content for the agency's
website, annual report, print and electronic newsletters, social media
outlets and blog. I also manage the agency's online efforts on a daily
basis and create social marketing strategies and programs that drive
donations, sales and brand awareness, and I'm the lead person for
Goodwill's internal communications efforts.
I've been lucky to interview some amazing people, most notably Alice Waters of Chez Panisse and Eve Ensler, playwright and author of The Vagina Monologues.
As a freelance writer, I've successfully pitched and completed stories
ranging from gardening to weddings to food and wine, and have several
repeat clients. I'm a born
multi-tasker, and enjoy working both solo and in groups. I love the
brainstorming process and adore a good group idea session.
I'm
creative, hard-working, and able to handle assignments on the fly
without getting flustered. I love to learn (which is why I love to
write and edit -- every day is full of discovery), and am confident in
my ability to handle an assignment on virtually any topic, because I'm
not afraid to ask what I don't know and do the necessary research to
know what to ask.