Jaimie
Watts
Writing
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My name is Jaimie Watts and I currently live in Tacoma, Washington.
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I have been a writer for the past five years and am passionate about what I do. My writing has been included in newspapers, magazines, and blogs.
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I have taken creative writing, journalism, and screenwriting classes to strengthen my work and to better assist clients.
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My specialties include travel, beauty, profile, business, music, lifestyle, and screenplay writing.
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Please feel free to contact me for any blogs, articles, and screenplays you would like created!
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I look forward to working with you!
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Work Experience
Freelance / Contributing Writer
2014 - Present
•Researches topics thoroughly to produce the most accurate and fact-checked articles
•Excellent grammar, punctuation, and spelling skills
•Acquires quotes and information for report writing by interviewing parties in person and over the phone
•Efficient at establishing tone and purpose within writing
•Abides by the Five Core Principles of Journalism
•Specializes in blog, creative, journalism, magazine, newsletter, profile, social media, and screenplay writing
• Creates and edits screenplays for clients
• Converts creative writing into screenplays for movies and television shows
​• Former contributing writer to Travel Dudes, D Profile Magazine, and Lititz Record Express
• Current contributing writer to The Hoth SEO
Managing Editor / Project Coordinator
2017 - 2019
• Edited and formatted manuscripts for international and domestic journals
• Assisted with the development process of quarterly and semi-annual publications
• Communicated with editors and reviewers regularly
• Enforced editorial guidelines and ensured all needs of the company, editor, and author were fulfilled
• Head Editor-in-Chief on in-house journals; duties included selecting articles, communicating with authors regularly, assigning reviewers to manuscripts, and formatting journal layout
• Thoroughly performed fact-checking and copy-editing skills
• Managed and oversaw Development Department
• Delegated tasks to team members
• Organized and led meetings
• Worked with employees daily to ensure goals were achieved weekly
• Conducted interviews for potential candidates
• Evaluated employees on a six-month basis to review their improvement and set future goals
• Assessed department processes and procedures to propose improvements to help workflow, company, and clients
Education
2017 / May
Arizona State University
Received BA in English
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Coursework included creative writing, screenwriting and journalism classes