Melinda Roberts

Melinda Roberts

Summary:

Years of Exp.: 10
Location: San Jose, CA, USA

Specialties:

Online Banners, Website Design, Logos, Corporate ID/Stationery, Copywriting
PORTFOLIO
RESUME
ABOUT ME

RESUME

OBJECTIVE

Freelance web design, site setup and implementation, creative writing, humor writing, promotional materials, book covers.

SPECIALTIES

  • Online Banners
  • Website Design
  • Logos
  • Corporate ID/Stationery
  • Copywriting

EDUCATION

University of California, Davis. Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, December 1992.


WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • Web Design, Wonderbelly.com. Development and design for web, utilizing platforms such as Wordpress, Joomla!, TypePad, and Expression Engine.
  • Community Management, Blogging, and Community Involvement: Author of TheMommyBlog.net since 2002 and of a newly published memoir, Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood, Aventine Press, 2006.
  • Partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and newer social community sites include Disney.com, Johnson & Johnson; ClubMom; Mothersclick.com; RoleMommies.com and MomsofReinvention.com; Blogher.org; DesignHerGals.com and The Gal to Gal Foundation; CBS and Warner Brothers Studios, Fisher Price; hand-picked for membership in the Federated Media Parenting and Entertainment Federations (FM is an author-driven advertising federation founded by John Battelle of Wired, Industry Standard, and BoingBoing.com).
  • Longtime regular contributor to Dot-Moms.com. DotMoms is written by about 40 different women across the U.S. and around the world. Topics we write about include: Breastfeeding, Marriage & Divorce, Potty Training, Pregnancy & Birth, Raising Boys & Girls, School, Siblings, Work & Family and much more. DotMoms was chosen as one of Time.com 50 Coolest Web Sites of 2005.
  • Grants Management:  Founder and moderator of The Grants Managers Network's first community list serve and member center; Longtime user advocate for GMN and mediator between GMN user base and software providers. Founder of West Coast Regional GMN; Board member and committee lead for communications, finance, and membership committees 1996-2002; Created first ever Foundation-wide information repository, including stats and reports continuously updated and available for all to use as a sort of Wayback machine and dashboard for current and past activity
  • Database design and tracking, processing, compliance review, contract generation, and payment of outright and complex grants



ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Grants Managers Network Steering Committee, 1996-1999. Member, GMN Board of Directors, 1999-2003. Chair, Grants Management Network Membership Committee, 1999-2000 and 2001-2003. Co-Founder and Regional Chair, GMN Bay Area Regional Chapter 1998-2002.



AWARDS

Finalist for Lulu.com's Blooker Prize, 2007, for Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood.


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