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Alia Salim

Alia Salim

Opinion Page Editor, Night Editor, Copy Editor

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location of Alia SalimBerkeley, California, United States

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Content Design • Communications • Creative Operations

  • Education

    • Skip Yowell Future Leadership Academy

      2017 - 2017
      Outdoor Industry Assocation

      "The Future Leadership Academy is a six-month program to prepare, unite, and amplify the voice of future outdoor industry leaders."

    • ProInspire

      2017 - 2017
      Managing for Success

      Three-month leadership program for fellows in the social sector, focused on three areas: managing self, managing individuals, and managing in organizations.

    • University of California, Berkeley

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      B.A. Development Studies

      Activities and Societies: Cal Cycling, The Daily Californian Regional emphasis: Sub-Saharan AfricaMinor: Conservation and Resource Studies

  • Experience

    • The Daily Californian

      Aug 2005 - May 2008
      Opinion Page Editor, Night Editor, Copy Editor

      Opinion Page EditorWrote editorials on campus and city issues. Received and was impervious to regular hate mail and occasional death threats.Night EditorManaged the newsroom during production hours. Last eyes on all content. Enforced deadline, libeled no one. Once orchestrated a campus-wide manhunt for the IT guy.Copy EditorEdited news articles for grammar, style, and consistency. Wrote headlines. Perused the AP Stylebook in my dreams.

    • GreatSchools

      Feb 2009 - Jun 2009
      Editorial Intern

      Proofread and coded to support content migration to a new CMS. Reviewed instructions for more paper-mâche craft projects than anyone could possibly need.

    • The Commonwealth Club of California

      Feb 2009 - Jun 2009
      Editorial Intern

      Transcribed, fact-checked, and edited speeches for public forum’s monthly magazine. Particularly enjoyed deciphering foreign diplomats.

    • The Trust for Public Land

      Mar 2010 - Oct 2018

      One foot in "make it good" and the other in "make it happen." Steered governance and strategic messaging efforts for the organization's nascent advocacy program. Led an Agile transformation of a traditional in-house creative shop into into a collection of cross-functional scrum teams. Production management, writing, and editing for twice-yearly donor magazine. Content development and editorial support for e-mail, social media, web, and print collateral. Copyediting and other editorial support for print collateral. Managed distribution of print collateral and publications, including accounts with printers, warehouses, and mailhouses.

      • Senior Manager of Content Strategy and Operations

        Jul 2017 - Oct 2018

      • Managing Editor

        Jul 2014 - Jul 2017

      • Associate Editor

        Jul 2012 - Jul 2014

      • Editorial Assistant

        Mar 2010 - Jul 2012

    • Content Design • Creative Operations • Editorial

      Jan 2019 - now
      Independent consultant

      Projects include: • Newsroom process design, partnership content, and Airtable implementation for Bay Nature• Content design and web strategy for Mission Minded• Copywriting with Wethos freelance teams for charity : water, Repeat Roses, and All Voting is Local• Process design for the ClimateWorks Foundation

    • Ceres

      May 2019 - May 2023
      Sr. Content Strategist

      Anything with words or pictures on it at a growth-stage AI startup in sustainable agriculture: brand strategy to technical white papers, microcopy to highway billboards. Built and scaled a content marketing function; served sales enablement, product, and a high-volume demand-generation program.

    • 18F

      May 2024 - now
      Senior Content Designer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Scrum Master

      Scrum Alliance

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Alia Salim
      Best Nonprofit Publication Content Marketing Awards 2015
    • Awarded to Alia Salim
      Best Nonprofit Publication Redesign Folio Dec 2014
    • Awarded to Alia Salim
      Best Nonprofit Publication Content Marketing Awards 2014