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Work Experience

August 2014-Present

Kitchology New York, NY
Contributor

Job Description
Brainstorm and covered different article topics for households with family members with different dietary restrictions. Test and reviewed different food products, recipes, and cooking techniques. Do photography to create compelling images to accompany blog posts.
November 2012-March 2014

Lion Brand Yarn New York, NY
Marketing Media Coordinator

Job Description
Manage the Facebook, Twitter and Ravelry accounts for corporate and the two retail stores. Manage the corporate Instagram and Youtube accounts. Script and star in promotional videos for the Youtube channel which are also used by our major retailers such as JoAnns. Write 6 ‐ 7 blog posts a week for the corporate and retail websites. Code a weekly newsletter for one of the retail stores.

Take and edit photos for the websites, newsletters, and social media accounts. Create graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator for various marketing campaigns. Meet weekly with the rest of the marketing team to assess the effectiveness of current strategies and innovate new approaches.

Key Accomplishments

Conceived a branded animated series using Flash, the first episode of which received over 8,000 views in the first week (see the episode here). Increased the engagement of the corporate Facebook page by an average of 2% and reached a record high of 40% engagement.

September 2012 - February 2013

Fashion 360 Magazine New York, NY
Fashion Editor

Job Description
Helped to cover the spring 2013 and fall 2013 shows and events for Fashion Week in New York City. Interviewed designers such as Angel Sanchez, Dennis Basso, and Farah Angsana. Interviewed industry professionals such as Celebrity Stylist Phillip Bloch and Celebrity Hair Stylist Cesar Ramirez. Was required to write reviews at the end of the day on all of the events that I attended and edited photos for some of the articles.
August 2011 - October 2012

Jia Collection New York, NY
Writer and Social Media Marketer

Job Description
Managed the blog. Came up with article topics for which I took and edited photos, conducted interviews, wrote, and did some light coding to design the formatting. Coded HTML emails for the company newsletter. Continually built relationships with other industry members in order to drive more traffic to the site.

Proposed ideas for promotions, designed ads and other promotional materials. Updated the Facebook, Twitter, and Instaragram accounts. Regularly assessed the effectiveness of marketing plans, devised and implemented inventive strategies for improvement

Key Accomplishments

Organized a Facebook ad campaign and designed the corresponding graphic which resulted in the Facebook following more than doubling.

Letter of Recommendation

Publications

SOHO Publishing 60 Quick Luxury Knits
Vogue Knitting Crochet Issue
Vogue Knitting Winter Issue
SOHO Publishing VK Ultimate Hat Book
SOHO Publishing 60 More Quick Baby Knits
Glitter Magazine September Issue
Vogue Knitting Fall Issue
Fall 2013
May 2013
Winter 2012
Winter 2012
Spring 2012
Sept 2011
Sept 2011

Devin Cole

2400 Hunter Ave Apt 13B, Bronx, NY
347.684.4629
djc.existence@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise

Photoshop Illustrator Flash
Office HTML CSS

Education

Pratt Institue Fashion Design Brooklyn, NY
May 2010