Miguel G. Utley
Junior Web Content Producer, Regional news
Sacramento, CA · (916) 555 0139 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/miguelgutley
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Two years producing web content for a daily news site.
INDUSTRIES
Regional news, digital publishing.
SPECIALTIES
Story publishing, headline writing, photo selection, homepage curation.
SYSTEMS
WordPress, Chartbeat, Google Analytics, Adobe Photoshop, Slack.
CREDENTIALS
Google Analytics certification, 2024.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, California State University, Sacramento.
Executive Summary
Junior web content producer at a regional news site, two years in. Publishes roughly 30 stories a week, writes headlines that hold up in search, and handles the morning update before most of the newsroom arrives. Comfortable being the person who notices a wrong caption at dawn.
Signature Achievements
- Published about 1,500 stories in two years with three corrections traced to production error.
- Rewrote headlines on 200 archive stories, lifting their search traffic by 41 percent.
- Took over the early morning homepage refresh and cut average publish time by nine minutes.
- Built a photo caption checklist the newsroom adopted after two credit mistakes.
Professional Experience
Web Content Producer
Capitol Valley Dispatch, Sacramento, CA 2024 to present
Digital desk of four at a regional news site with 900,000 monthly readers.
- Publishes reporter copy, adds photos and writes the search headline for every story.
- Curates the homepage through the morning and updates breaking stories as they develop.
- Watches Chartbeat and flags stories worth promoting on social channels.
Editorial Intern
Delta Current Weekly, Stockton, CA 2023 to 2024
Community weekly of nine staff covering city government and schools.
- Posted the weekly print edition to the website and tagged archive stories.
- Wrote short community items and event listings each week.
- Helped rebuild the events calendar page on WordPress.
Licensure and Certification
Google Analytics certification, 2024
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, California State University, Sacramento
Core Skills
Web publishing · Headline writing · Photo editing · Homepage curation · Search basics · Copy editing · Breaking news updates · Social posting