Jonathan Kinghorn

Experience

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  English Heritage

  Apr 1994 - Oct 1997

  Senior Curator, South Eastern Region

  Responsible for care, development, and presentation of collections associated with 54 historic sites including Dover Castle, Walmer Castle, Battle Abbey, and Queen Victoria's Osborne House. Managed a team of three curators, a large conservation budget, and multiple conservation projects.

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  IBM Institute for Knowledge Managment

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Editorial Associate

  Supported creation of a biannual journal, a quarterly newsletter, and occasional publications. Sought contributors; developed ideas for, researched and wrote feature articles; edited content.

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  Beacon Press

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Internet Marketing Coordinator

  Created on own initiative a comprehensive cost neutral website makeover, updating and enhancing Beacon’s image at a critical time. Formatted and posted semi-annual online catalog; and posted marketing materials to major vendors’ websites, monitored them for accuracy, and working to correct problems.

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  Turley Publications

  Apr 2003 - Mar 2005

  Editor, New England Antiques Journal

  Recruited authors and planned, commissioned, created, edited and proofread content for 140-page monthly magazine. Led succesful transition to new format for publication -- subscription sales responded with 33% increase and WGBH selected subscriptions as a fundraising premium.

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  Abt Associates

  Nov 2005 - Apr 2011

  Web Content Specialist

  Active member of Corporate Communications team working on presentations, corporate emails, blog posts, the Alumni Annual, the Annual Report, and more. Created, edited, and managed content for extensive corporate website and intranet. Worked with the web production team and communications staff to enhance web-based content and implement updates. Promoted new website posts through Twitter and Facebook. Coordinated e-newsletter and searched newsfeeds for items related to company.

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  Verisk Extreme Event Solutions

  Jun 2012 - now

  Member of the Extreme Events Solutions Marketing and Communications team, with specific responsibility for managing the corporate blog InFocus. Wrote, ghost wrote, and edited almost 800 posts; wrote four of the five most visited blogs. Created, edited, and proofed long-form articles; contributed to alerts reporting on major catastrophe events as they occurred; coordinated daily internal and weekly client-facing newsletters, and other marketing materials. Worked effectively with subject matter experts, many of whom do not have English as their first language, in a wide variety of technical fields. Show less

  • Senior Technical Writer

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Senior Editor

    Jun 2012 - Jul 2022