Intrepid financial/fashion journalist with foreign language skills and a penchant for a good story. Articulate, hard-working, resourceful

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
(Confidential)	(Confidential)	7/2005 - Present
(Confidential)	(Confidential)	7/2005 - Present
Met Global	(Confidential)	2/2005 - 7/2005
www.otel.com	(Confidential)	1/2005 - 7/2005
U.S. Consulate General, Istanbul, Turkey	(Confidential)	6/2003 - 9/2003
U.S. Embassy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	(Confidential)	6/2002 - 9/2002
U.S. Senator Paul D. Wellstone	(Confidential)	6/2002 - 8/2002

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
University of Chicago	Middle Eastern Studies	2004	Master Degree
University of Chicago	linguistics/Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	2003	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

*Wrote financial analyses on the Turkish banking system, the Omani hydrocarbon sector, and Dubai real estate, and pulled for Turkish publications including Referans*Wrote profile feature on fashion designer Atil Kutoglu*Read and assessed incoming copy on political, economic, and financial climates in various emerging markets throughout southeastern Europe and the Middle East/North Africa region*Traveled to Romania to report on bird flu*Traveled to Dubai to report on Dubai World Cup horse race and on DP World port controversy

Companies I like:

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Vogue

P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership

• writing
• editing
• financial reporter
• fashion writer

In charge of editing and writing some 30,000 words per week. Report on Turkey and Central Asia.