Paige P. - Elected Supervisor

Decatur, United States

Experience

Nov 2022 - Present

3 years 1 month

United States

Regulate development, reduce pollution, and protect DeKalb County’s streams, soils, and archeological sites.
Maintain the DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Facebook page.
NPDES 1a certified.

Dec 2020 - Present

5 years

Quickly and creatively produce long-form articles, clever captions, industry blogs, social media posts, in-depth interviews, and more.
Produce how-to manuals, grant proposals, and technical publications.
Post directly into WordPress, Drupal, and proprietary content management systems.
Content editing, copyediting, and proofreading for a variety of media.

Jan 2015 - Dec 2020

6 years

Created blogs, white papers, proposals, and other corporate communications, primarily for the business travel and healthcare industries.
Maintained social media presence for Chainsaw and our clients on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
edited presentations, PowerPoint slideshows, speeches, and marketing materials.

May 2002 - Dec 2014

12 years 8 months

Authored or co-authored 10 travel guides for Lonely Planet Publications and W. W. Norton Publishing, as well as Lowrider: History, Pride, Culture for Motorbooks International.
Wrote articles, blog posts, advertisements and marketing materials for destinations in North and South America, Vietnam, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lived in Central America for a decade, covering Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela for various publications.
Professional fluency in Spanish.

Sep 1998 - May 2002

3 years 9 months

Produced Webby Award-winning content for the world's largest travel website.
Coordinated teams of writers, editors, photographers, and cartographers, many of them remote and/or freelance, as managing guidebook editor.

Apr 1995 - Jun 1998

3 years 3 months

Wrote for and edited Lowrider magazine, the best-selling automotive publication on the newsstands.
Contributed to Lowrider Bicycle, Lowrider Arte, Street Beat, Truckin', and Minitruckin' magazines, as well as writing promotional materials for Thump Records.

Author of 12 books, mostly travel guides, and hundreds of articles and blog posts, primarily in Latin American travel, US tourism, automotive, healthcare, and conservation.
Seasoned editor, copyeditor, and proofreader.
Five years of experience in marketing, business communications and social media management.
Other interests include gardening, construction, flood control, stream maintenance, pollinator gardens, native plants, pop psychology, science fiction and horror.