Laurie Brekke
- Role
- Co-owner Editorial Director at Dungeon Crate
- Location
- Omaha, NE, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Laurie Brekke
I\'m the owner of Big Ink Writing Services and have 25+ years\' in marketing and 20+ in…
Experience
Co-owner Editorial Director
Dec 2015 — Present
Dungeon Crate is a global, monthly subscription box service for D&D role play gamers. In March 2020 I became involved in daily operations to develop project management workflows, create yearly editorial, marketing, and curation calendars, and to prepare company and team for scale-up. • Designed project management workflow, bringing company 3 months ahead on in-house box items• Facilitated project management workflow to organize team’s task & schedule management • Conceptualize & direct yearly editorial calendar, consisting of ~60 original written products annually• Manage freelance writers to produce content, leading to 75% increase in advanced submission rates• Instituted yearly curation calendar & collaborate with CEO, team, & vendor partners to facilitate• Improve team relationships/morale through weekly one-on-ones, team meetings, & open communication • Develop & maintain vendor relationships to curate on-brand items & stay ~20% under monthly budget • Collaborate with art director to develop style/writing guides for on-brand messaging of all content• Lead media relations activities, including story pitches, media requests, and conventions• Researched and hired niche marketing agency to grow our business through social media, email campaigns, and podcasts• Manage monthly accounting and collaborate with CEO and accountant on financials • Collaborated with CEO and art director to develop company brand, tone, and voice
Education
Zensourceful Living Reiki
Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master, Reiki
Nebraska College of Business
Associates Degree, Business
1991 — 1993
Omaha Yoga & Bodywork Center
Certified Yoga Instructor, Hatha Yoga
2003 — 2004
Nebraska College of Business
Associates, Admin. Assist, Desktop Publishing
1991 — 1993
Skills
- Training
- Newspapers
- Interviews
- Project Management
- Social Media
- Budgets
- Social Networking
- Management
- Blogging
- Editing
- Marketing Research
- Sales
- Copy Editing
- Publications
- Copywriting
- SEO
- Project Planning
- New Media
- Strategic Communications
- Newspaper
- Newsletters
- Html
- Journalism
- Research
- Advertising
- Magazines
- Marketing
- Creative Writing
- Video
- Community Outreach
- Editorial
- Web Content
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