Catherine Wargo Roberts

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Catherine Wargo Roberts is a writer and editor working in the lifestyle, travel, and beauty space.

Viator, Senior Copywriter, 2015-present

• Copywriting and SEO optimization for products and attractions on Viator.com

• Test projects in unique content for TripAdvisor.com, Viator's parent company

• Project lead and author for Viator and TripAdvisor Attractions Style Guide and Unique Content Style Guide, distributed to all content creators

Temple University, Geography & Urban Studies Department, Editor, 2019 

• Editor for a multidisciplinary report examining the effects of green space and urban parks

• Collaborated with six academic authors and the William Penn Foundation to create a cohesive finished product

Scripted, Copyeditor, 2013​

• ​Thorough top-level copyediting of work before submitting to the client for approval in a range of topics and fields 

• ​Completing writing projects for varying clients in Lifestyle & Travel with a client satisfaction rating of 100

Daily Glow, Contributing Writer, 2013

• ​Compose and edit articles for a health and beauty web site that gets 1.5 million unique visitors per month

Switchback, Nonfiction Editor (2012)

• Oversaw all nonfiction content for the literary magazine for the MFA Program at the University of San Francisco

Beauty News LA, Contributing Writer, 2006​

• Researched and published spa reviews and reported on spa trends

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w cities.com, Writer and Translator, 2006

• Wrote and edited city guides and content for hundreds of destinations worldwide

• Translated content into Swedish and Portuguese

Skills

Excellent time management; never misses a deadline

Willingness to be edited, corrected, and switch directions

Open communicator

Propensity for high-volume projects or granular, technical assigments

Languages

Conversational Swedish

Terrible Portuguese

Can get into a conversation in Spanish but can't get out

Remembers one Italian word from studies in high school: francobolli

University of San Francisco

​Master of Fine Arts, Creative Nonfiction

2010-2012

• Completed two full years of coursework in creative nonfiction

• Composed a book-length creative nonfiction masters thesis

Bread Loaf Writers Conference

Contributor

2012

• ​Studied and workshopped writing at an advanced level with author Patricia Hampl

Middlebury College

​Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

1999-2003

• ​Graduated Cum Laude with a major in Psychology and a Special Focus in Creative Writing

• Completed an undergraduate thesis in Creative Writing, a collection of travel stories called "o sweet spontaneous"

• Studied abroad at the University of Stockholm