Resume
Di Angelo Publications: Houston, TX Nov. 2020 - Present
Layout Artist
• Design and layout books and other publications using Adobe InDesign
ICIS - Reed Business: Houston, TX Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2020
Freelance Editor
• Design and layout market reports using Adobe InDesign
• Copy edit market comments for spelling and punctuation
Opportune Publishing: Houston, TX July 2017 - Dec. 2020
Freelance Editor
• Review and edit drafts of books
• Correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax
• Check and edit copy for style and readability
First Methodist Houston: Houston, TX July 2008 - Feb. 2020
Publication and Website Manager
• Collect news copy from various ministry areas
• Carefully edit and fact-check copy, write headlines, cutlines
• Edit photos submitted using Adobe Photoshop
• Layout content using Adobe InDesign
• Design transition from broadsheet newspaper to full-color magazine
• Create flyers, brochures, other informational materials for various ministries
• Update website content (HTML, CMS and WYSIWYG editors)
• Other editing, proofreading, design assignments as needed
Houston Woman Magazine: Houston, TX
Reporter March 2007 - Present
Intern Summer 2006
• Schedule and conduct interviews with featured community members
• Write personality profiles, feature stories and editorial columns
• Write copy for and design e-newsletter using Constant Contact
Outreach Magazine: Vista, CA July 2007
The Lane Report's NEXT Magazine: Lexington, KY Fall 2004 - Fall 2005 Contributing Writer
• Research assigned stories and interview sources
The Asbury Collegian: Wilmore, KY
Life Page Editor April 2005 - April 2006
Staff Writer Sept. 2004 - Dec. 2006
• Generate story ideas about campus life and assign to reporters each week
• Layout content using QuarkXPress
• Write news stories, A&E features, personality profiles and campus life articles
Education
The George Washington University: Master of Professional Studies in Publishing, Summer 2023
Asbury University: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, December 2006
Sessions College for Professional Design: Certificate in Graphic Design Foundation Program, February 2010
SKILLS INCLUDE:
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Office
• • HTML
• Quark XPress
• myEmma
• Constant Contact
• WordPress
About Kim
Kim James is a native Houstonian. She received her BA in Journalism from Asbury College in 2006. She has written for Houston Woman Magazine, Outreach Magazine, and The Lane Report's NEXT Magazine. Learning the power of storytelling from a different angle, she transitioned her focus to page layout and design. She completed the Master of Professional Studies program in Publishing from The George Washington University in summer 2023. A lover of the written word and great ideas, she devours anything she finds on compassionate living.