Alexis Jones

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United States

About

Experience

  • Aperture LLC (2 yrs 5 mos)
    • Case Coordinator
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Administrative Assistant
      Feb 2024 - Sep 2024 · 8 mos

  • PEOPLE Magazine | PEOPLE.com (1 yr 6 mos)
    • Writer-Reporter
      May 2023 - Nov 2023 · 7 mos

      Wrote and pitched a high volume of stories daily for the digital site, including breaking news and PEOPLE exclusives, often featured as the “Top Story” on the homepage. - Monitored news outlets to report on timely news for all brand verticals, ranging from celebrity and pop culture moments to human interest and crime stories. - Conducted exclusive interviews with high-profile talent over the phone and on the red carpet. - Covered film/TV premieres and other industry events.

    • Digital News Writer
      Mar 2023 - May 2023 · 3 mos

      - Wrote and pitched a high volume of stories daily for the digital site, including breaking news, PEOPLE exclusives and weekly TV episode recaps. - Monitored news outlets to report on timely news for all brand verticals, ranging from celebrity and pop culture moments to human interest and crime stories.

    • Editorial Intern
      Jun 2022 - Mar 2023 · 10 mos

      Wrote and pitched a high volume of stories daily for the digital site, including breaking news and PEOPLE exclusives, often featured as the “Top Story” on the homepage. - Monitored news outlets to report on timely news for all brand verticals, ranging from celebrity and pop culture moments to human interest and crime stories. - Conducted exclusive interviews with high-profile talent over the phone and on the red carpet. - Covered film/TV premieres and other industry events.

  • Daily Bruin (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Arts Editor
      Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Edited and oversaw production of every story published under the Arts section, ensuring content requirements and brand guidelines were met. - Managed the Arts section and trained staff to write in the Daily Bruin style and voice. - Maintained a productive and collaborative workforce with the EIC and other sections of the newspaper to publish daily features, special issues and long-term multimedia projects.

    • Arts Staff Writer
      Oct 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

      - Wrote and pitched stories for the Arts section of UCLA’s student-run newspaper, including features and columns for the Theater | Film | Television, Music | Fine Arts and Lifestyle beats. - Scheduled, conducted and transcribed exclusive interviews with students, faculty, alumni and entertainment industry professionals over the phone and on the red carpet.

  • Research & Programming Intern at Center for Scholars & Storytellers
    Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

    - Assembled research materials for focus groups and recorded participants’ responses as a research assistant for a project studying the portrayal of parent-teen relationships in TV. - Collected and entered data for the creation of the STARZ Annual Diversity Report. - Wrote script coverage and discussed script viability with founder Dr. Yalda Uhls. - Maintained internal contact lists.