About Brian Aguilar
I'm at the Wall Street Journal, working as an Editorial Project Manager. What that means, in a nutshell, is that I help roll out new features (large and small) on WSJ.com. From section redesigns (http://wsj.com/markets) to new user enhancements, all in the hopes of getting our content out there, get more eyeballs on WSJ.com.
Education:
- University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism MJ expected May 2008
Published Stories:
- House of the Day
- The Wall Street Journal
- Redesign of our House of the Day slideshows. Allow for filtering of content based on region, type of home, and price.
- Markets / Wall Street
- The Wall Street Journal
- Redesign of our Markets page. Launch of our Wall Street page.
- In Today's Paper
- The Wall Street Journal
- Redesign of our beloved In Today's Paper section.
- Chinese Voices
- washingtonpost.com
washingtonpost.com has published a Digital TV and the World series of reports by Brian Aguilar, Laurie Burkitt, Mason Cohn, Cynthia Dizikes, Susa Lim and Jason Witmer (class of 2008). The series takes a look at Chinese living an American experience in America and those in the Pearl River Delta city of Guangzhou.
- The Working Press
- SPJ.org
Brian Aguilar, class of 2008, was web producer for this year's SPJ.org publication of "The Working Press." The website covered the 2007 SPJ Conference in Washington, D.C. from October 4-7.
- A Call to Arms
- Contra Costa Times
Brian Aguilar, class of 2008, designed and produced a Contra Costa Times web package for a four-part series on the California National Guard's upcoming deployment to Iraq.
- Hobbyists Go Full Steam Ahead; Next Stop: Holidays
- Contra Costa Times
Brian Aguilar, class of 2008, writes for the Contra Costa Times about what a model railroad society in Walnut Creek is doing to usher in the holidays.
Work Experience:
- Multimedia Intern
- Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA ( June 2007 - August 2007 )
- Multimedia Intern, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA, June 2007 - August 2007 Interned at this mid-sized newspaper serving Contra Costa County just east of San Francisco. Responsibilities included photography, video, reporting and web production with work appearing in print and online.
- Senior Content Manager
- Military.com - San Francisco CA ( April 2003 - June 2006 )
- Senior Content Manager, Military.com, San Francisco, CA, July 2003 – June 2006 Served as Sr. Content Manager for Monster-owned property, Military.com. Managed various areas of the website including homepage, entertainment channel and news channel. Chief responsibilities included improving core metrics -- page views, unique visitors, new members -- through project launches and redesigns.
- Web Manager/Account Coordinator
- Landis Communications, Inc. - San Francisco CA ( April 2002 - March 2003 )
- Web Manager/Account Coordinator, Landis Communications, Inc., San Francisco, CA, April 2002 - April 2003 Worked on various PR accounts from regional to national, for-profit to non-profit. Specifically responsible for Latin media coverage and managing company website, www.landispr.com.
- Editor/Chief Editor
- Quasi - Florence ( September 2000 - May 2001 )
- Editor/Chief Editor, Quasi, Florence, Italy, August 2000 - June 2001 Acted as editor of upstart independent, student newsletter based in Italy. Ensured that content was easy to read, valuable to American students, accurate, and of high quality.
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