VOICE Newsletter
I am the editor and designer for my company's tri-annual newsletter, the VOICE. I manage all aspects of the production from the very beginning (scheduling timelines and deadlines, brainstorming article ideas) to the very end (producing digital marketing content to announce that it's published).
The newsletter is also a fusion of my graphic design and editing/writing skills. For design, I improved the already established template by giving it a grid. I also recommended that the section that lists how to donate should be moved from the back page since the back is often what our readers first see. I explained that we need to pull in our readers with a small uplifting story about the work we do to draw them in. My boss was very happy with this observation and I implemented the change in that very issue.
Since taking over, timelines are met faster and donations have increased.
In addition, I write my own articles and edit all the materials from our contributors, including our President and CEO. If you need someone to come up with clever titles or shave an article in half, I'm your go-to person.
And speaking of our President and CEO, he received a kind email from a fellow leader of a nonprofit who thought our newsletter was informative and professionally made.