Matthew Margolin

matt [at] mattmargolin.com - 510.653.0441 - http://www.mattmargolin.com

OBJECTIVE

To use my editorial and Internet experience to build better websites and offline materials and make digital media interaction useful, pleasant, and successful.

RELEVANT SKILLS

• Fifteen years experience as a professional writer and editor.

• Ability to create and implement editorial guidelines, style guides, and work flow processes.

• Fluency with the Associated Press Stylebook and the Chicago Manual of Style.

• ProTools, Reason, Garageband, experience with audio-enforcement equipment.

• HTML, cascading style sheets, JavaScript, Photoshop image processing, Web editing, and content management software.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Winter 2005 – Present

Consultant, San Francisco Bay Area A technical and development editor, content manager, user experience consultant, digital music expert, and writer. Recent clients include Wal-Mart, Gracenote (Sony Music), Chronicle Books, and California Magazine. Managed content for Wal-Mart's consumer electronics online re-design, managed editorial tasks for Gracenote's corporate site, wrote travel copy for Chronicle Books title, consulted stealth start-up for their user experience, contributed to the UC Berkeley alumni magazine.

FULLTIME EMPLOYMENT

Fall 2003 – Winter 2005

Content Manager, eBay Inc., Campbell, California Member of eBay's User Experience and Design Group responsible for helping to write engaging content for eBay products. Created user-centered content, worked with cross-functional, international teams to create the best Web content for each product or feature on the site. Helped to define eBay's content strategy to support business goals. Helped re-launch eBay's help section in 22 countries.

Fall 2002 – Fall 2003

Marketing Communications Manager, Sentius Corporation, Palo Alto, California Responsible for all forms of corporate communication for the Web application software company. Helped redefine corporate market positioning and strategy. Edited W3C white papers authored by the W3C's Semantic Web group and other usability industry experts. Managed redesign of corporate Web presence. Defined and managed the internal creative process between engineering and marketing departments.

Spring 2000 – Fall 2002

Executive Editor, Angry Coffee, San Francisco, California Responsible for all editorial content at AngryCoffee.com, an Internet music distribution company. Helped develop and manage a variety of content initiatives for the company. Hired, edited, managed a crew of freelance writers to deliver content, and acted as chief departmental liaison to company's top management. Developed the site's voice, and found and created appropriate partnerships for the brand.

Summer 1995 – Summer 1997; Spring 1998 – Spring 2000

Senior Editor, Wired Digital, San Francisco, California Developed and managed programming channels for the world's first commercial website. Programs included from Wired Digital's sports Web site, Adrenaline, to a database of website reviews, Net Surf Central, and the award-winning and profitable how-to site, Webmonkey. Contributing Editor, Wired Digital, San Francisco, CaliforniaCovered Web standards issues and new content areas on Wired Digital's Webmonkey and Wired News. Launched an online employment channel. Other duties included tracking metrics and maintaining alignment with the advertising sales department.

Summer 1997 – Winter 1998

Creative Supervisor, Martin/Williams Advertising, Minneapolis, Minnesota Hired and managed creative talent for day-to-day Web production for Omnicom Network, Inc., advertising agency. Helped articulate Internet strategies and creative concepts for agency's clients and developed business and editorial plans for the department. Reported directly to top management. Had direct creative responsibility for large and diverse clients, including Target, 3M, and the World Trade Organization.

FELLOWSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Society of Professional Journalists, Silicon Valley Chapter, Palo Alto, California, 2004-present Member of the nation's most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior

Non-resident Fellow, Stanford Center for the Internet and Society, Palo Alto, CaliforniaCo-edited the "Podcasting Legal Guide" in conjunction with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Participated in seminars about intellectual property.

Committee of Concerned Journalists Signatory to a global committee of journalists charged to maintain an independent press.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UC Berkeley Extension Guest Lecturer, multimedia department, San Francisco, California Guest lecturer in the Extension's Web Building classes explaining the fundamentals of designing websites that were accessible to people with physical disabilities according to W3C standards.

Co-founder, Humboldt Institute of Technology Studies Five years of advising and teaching as a founding board member at the Humboldt Institute of Technological Studies. HITS was incorporated into the curriculum of the Southern Humboldt Unified School District.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English, UC Berkeley, 1988.