Samantha Lile writing portfolio

Writer/Editor

Self-employed

Samantha has been published nearly 1,500 times on a variety of print and online publications and blogs. Articles have received top ranking from the Google News and Google Finance search engines. Samantha excels in creating organic content that boosts SEO factors, as well as researching complex subject matter and presenting it in an engaging and understandable manner.

Samantha is familiar with WordPress publishing and SEO techniques. She has also written and curated content for a variety of e-commerce websites, as well as managed content for teams of writers with online media companies, which included assigning topics, editing content and preparing it for online publication for clients including Malleeblue Media and Avinuity Web Properties.

Samantha's work has been published on:

Thrive Global
HuffPost
Buzzfeed
Quickbooks Small Business Center
Visme Visual Learning Center
Beautiful.ai
Motili Industry News
Wide Open Spaces
Wall Street Insanity
SAP
The Richest
Spin Sucks
and many more.

Senior Service Specialist

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Assisted credit card customers with various issues, met daily and monthly goals, demonstrated understanding of a wide variety of financial regulations and policies.

Reporter

Christian County Headliner News

Worked as a reporter for a weekly county newspaper, major beats education and religion, although cover a mix including government, arts, current events, family, local history and health. Delivered interesting, insightful articles that were well-received by community. Built close, professional relationships with sources throughout community, as well as co-workers. Kept abreast of issues affecting education through email and Internet. Conducted in-person, telephone and e-mail interviews and performed intensive research to include in articles. In addition to being charged with filling the education section weekly, also responsible for all photos in section as well as layout and design for education, family, church and planner sections of newspaper, as well as writing three to six articles each week. Edited stories of co-workers prior to publication. Met weekly deadlines.

Order Management

McLeodUSA

Processed telephone line moves, adds and changes for a telecommunications company using specialized software. Spoke
with customers over telephone to communicate changes.

Reporter/Editor

Southwest Standard

Feature section reporter and feature section editor for the Southwest Missouri State University weekly newspaper, The Standard. Responsibilities as reporter included interviewing variety of subjects, conducting research and writing articles to meet weekly deadlines. As editor responsibilities also included generating story ideas, assigning work to staff of reporters and photographers, editing staff work and assisting with section design.

BS in Mass Media

Missouri State University

BS in Journalism

Missouri State University