Peter Lee
Content Manager
Profile
Accomplished content manager with more than 15 years of writing and editing experience.
- Writing and editing
- Content management
- Usability
- Analytics
- HTML/CSS
- Drupal and WordPress content management systems
- Excellent communication skills
- Deadline oriented
- SEO
- Communications and public relations
WORK EXPERIENCE
Hooks and Harmony – Owner and Writer, March 2008-present
- Write blog posts using WordPress CMS.
- Interview musical artists and review albums and concerts.
GeorgiaGov Interactive – Account Manager, January 2016 – July 2017
- Managed 70 agency accounts, developing relationships with customers, managing sales pipeline and negotiating contracts.
- Wrote proposals and statements of work for potential customers, leading to 10 new clients in one year.
- Created information architecture and wireframes for customers, resulting in better usability sitewide
GeorgiaGov Interactive – Editorial Director, April 2008 – January 2016
- Changed focus of georgia.gov from a browsing system to a search-based site, creating 50 popular topics to help citizens find information easily.
- Directed an editorial team for writing three blogs per week.
- Edited all content for readability.
- Created business case for switching content management systems from Vignette to Drupal. The migration saved the agency $5 million over five years.
- Georgia Technology Authority – Web Content Manager, August 2004 – April 2008
- Managed content for main GTA website.
- Edited all content for readability.
- Revamped information architecture for the site, resulting in better findability overall.
- Department of Community Health – Web Content Manager – April 2000 – August 2004
- Managed content and design of the department’s website.
- Led team that created a Medicaid website which processed $100 million in claims to more than 1.5 million people.
- Directed portal planning and development for the department.
- Department of Human Services – Communications Consultant, January 1993 – April 2000
- Wrote and edited news releases, fact sheets and marketing materials on public health and social service programs.
- Managed 11 workstations, providing technical documentation and training to staff on how to use the computers.
- Served as spokesperson for the agency during crises such as meningitis and E. coli outbreaks, and child abuse deaths.
- Office of the Governor – Press Assistant, April 1991 – December 1992
- Assisted the Press Secretary in media relations activities, including writing press releases, talking points and speeches.
- Served as spokesperson for the agency during the Rodney King riots.
- Griffin Daily News – Staff Writer, April 1990 – April 1991
- Served as staff writer for city government and politics for 12,000-circulation daily.
- Created, edited and maintained the paper’s first entertainment page.
EDUCATION
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.
Masters of Arts | 4.0 GPA - Berry College, Mt. Berry, Ga.
Bachelor of Arts | Magna cum laude
CERTIFICATIONS/PUBLICATIONS
- Certificate in Technical Writing, Kennesaw State University
- Certified Usability Analyst, Human Factors International
- Spin at the State Level: An Examination of Public Relations Practices of Statewide Political Campaigns
- The Death and Life of Mal Evans: A Novel