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<b>BONNIE BURTON RESUME<p>

email:</b> bonnie@grrl.com<br>

<b>Online resume:</b><br>
http://www.grrl.com/resume.html<p>

<b>LinkedIn Profile</b>:<br>
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnieburton<p>

<b>Objectives:</b><br>
Seasoned author, journalist, vlogger/blogger and viral marketing expert with a rich background in print and online media seeks an editorial or marketing position creating original content or editing a website. Also available for freelance projects, contract assignments or media commentary. <p>

<b>What I Can Bring to the Table:</b><br>

A recent Google.com search on my name yields 
10,000 plus hits! Thanks to my Web site Grrl.com, 
which gets over 1 million hits a month, and the writing 
I have done in the last 15 years for various magazines and Web sites, 
I attract a following. My expertise addresses the growing market of women
between the ages of 18-30 and teens, as well as in transmedia storytelling and viral marketing.  <p>

As the founder of one of the first women's pop culture web sites -- Grrl.com -- I have been featured in <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> magazine, Tech TV, CNN Headline News, E! Network, <i>Online Journalism Review, Print, Fast Company</i>, BBC and Yahoo! <p>


<b>ONLINE:</b><p>

<b>Senior Editor and Online Content Developer</b>, Starwars.com<br>
 Lucasfilm, Ltd.<br>
San Francisco, Calif. (2003-current)<p>

<b>Editor</b>, Jitterfingers.com<br>
Los Angeles, Calif. (2006-current)<p>

<b>Contributing Writer</b>, Astrology.com<br>
iVillage.com/NBC Universal<br>
(2007-2009)<p>

<b>Contributing Editor,</b> Backwash.com<br>
Boston, Mass. (2002-2007)<p>

<b>Columnist,</b> Teenwire.com<br>
Planned Parenthood<br>
New York, NY (2002-2003)<p>

<b>Contributing Writer,</b> Emode.com<br>
Tickle Inc. <br>
San Francisco, Calif. (2001-2003)<p>

<b>Senior Editor,</b> Winamp.com<br>
AOL<br>
San Francisco, Calif. (Feb. 2001 - Aug. 2001)<p>

<b>Relationship columnist,</b> MissClick.com<br>
(1999-2001)<p>

<b>Columnist,</b>  AuctionRover.com<br>
(1999-2000)<p>

<b>Senior Content Editor,</b> Excite@Home<br>
Redwood City, Calif. (1996-2001)<p>

<b>Web Editor,</b> eWorld<br>
Apple Electronic Media Lab,<br>
Boulder, Colo.  (1995-1996)<p>

<b>PRINT</b>:<p>
<b>Books</b><br>
<i>Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars</i> (Klutz)<br>
<i>Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change</i> (Zest Books - Orange Avenue) <br>
<i>You Can Draw: Star Wars</i> (DK Publishing) <br>
<i>Never Threaten To Eat Your Co-Workers: Best of Blogs</i> (Apress)<p>

<b>Magazines:</b><br>
<i>Geek Monthly</i> magazine <br>

<i>Craft</i> magazine <br>
      
      <i>Star Wars Insider</i> magazine <br>

      
      <i>Lucasfilm Magazine</i><br>

     <i> Organic Gardening</i> magazine <br>

     <i> BUST</i> magazine <br>

     <i> Wired</i> magazine <br>

     <i> Yahoo! Internet Life</i> magazine<br>

     <i> The net</i> magazine <p>


<b>DESIGN:</b><p>

<b>Founder and Editor-In-Chief</b>, Grrl.com (1996-current)<p>

Created/edit a Web site devoted entirely to girl/women issues, as well as humorous 
commentary on pop culture, lifestyle, relationships and entertainment topics. 
With thousands of hits a day, this is a well-known site among most Web surfers. 

Roger Black, Chairman of Danilo Black Inc. and author of the book <i>Web Sites 
That Work</i>, has said about the site in an interview in <i>Fast Company</i> magazine, 
"Grrl.com takes you back to the days when the Web was just for fun." <p>

Grrl.com has been profiled in such magazines as <i>Entertainment Weekly, Wired, Fast Company, Print, Yahoo Internet Life, Torch, Escape, Minx</i>, and <i>Teen</i>, as well as the books <i>The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth About the Queen of the Pin-Ups</i> by Richard Foster, <i>Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Dating and Relating</i> by Joe Schwartz, <i>Net Chick: A Smart-Girl Guide to the Wired World</i> by Carla Sinclair and <i>Fierce.com: The Exclusive Book for Web Elitists</i> by Tor Hyams. <p>


<b>COMPUTER SKILLS:</b><br>

Familiar with the following software on both Mac and Window-based computer systems: 
QuarkXpress, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, digital photography, among others.
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<b>EDUCATION:  </b><br>              

B.S. in News Editorial<br>

 University of Colorado at Boulder, 
College of Journalism & Mass Communication<p>

B.A. in English Literature<br>

 University of Colorado at Boulder, 
College of Arts and Sciences<p>


<b>REFERENCES:</b><p>

(Available Upon Request)


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