Darcelle Infante Kimatian
2261 26th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Email: darcelle2@earthlink.net
Home Phone (310) 392-4146 cell phone (310) 795-9345

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a growth-oriented position in communications.  I want a job that provides the opportunity to use my skills as an editor, writer, website designer and communication specialist. My last job was as an editor for The Los Angeles Times, where I worked for thirteen years.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

I am a writer-editor with more than twenty years’ experience. I also have training in graphic design and a degree in mass communications with an emphasis on public relations.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree, The University of South Florida, 5/1985

Additional course work:

  • Drawing and Composition (Otis College of Design)
  • Quark Xpress (Otis College of Design)
  • "Writing About Our Lives" (Esalen Institute workshop)
  • Fiction I (UCLA online)
  • Fiction II (UCLA online)
  • Poetry (UCLA online)
  • "How to Write about Sex and Relationships." "How to Write about Travel, the Outdoors and Adventure." "Using Poetry as a Tool for Expression." "Injecting Humor into Your Fiction, Nonfiction and Dramatic Writing." "Writing about Spirituality, Wellness and Alternative Healing for Mainstream and Niche Publications"                 (mediabistro courses).

EMPLOYMENT

1992-2005 The Los Angeles Times, editor
     I was responsible for designing appealing entertainment pages as well as generating story ideas, researching and      editing for style, content and grammar. I have also, at various times in my career, been responsible for proof      reading, writing crisp headlines, captions and decks. Many of my articles appear in major metropolitan      newspapers. Go to my website at www.poetsrite.com and look under the "Published" section to view my work.

1989-1991 Copley newspapers, editor
     I edited stories, wrote headlines, captions and copy blocks. I also scanned the news wires for breaking stories and      worked with writers to polish their work.

1983-1989 The Los Angeles Herald Examiner, editor
     I worked as an editor in the news, features and business sections of the Herald Examiner.

1980-1983 The Tampa Tribune, editor
     I was the first female editorial writer at the Tampa Tribune and also edited and designed the Op Ed pages and      letters to the editor.

HONORS

Poetry: Two awards, including "Editors' Choice," 2005, from poetry.com.
Top of the Times: I received an award for redesigning the Kids’ Reading page in 2000.
Angel Award: I won an award in 1989 for a Religion article in The Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
Fellowship: Pointer Institute for Media Studies, 1983.