Sean Douglass
Managing Editor Content Creator for Digital Media and the Arts
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The Clyde Fitch Report
Columnist and Editor (Summer 2014—Summer 2016)
Managing Editor (Summer 2016—)
●Managing Editor and writer for the online arts and politics website The Clyde Fitch Report. We have a readership of over 300,000
and cover the intersection between the arts and contemporary social issues.
●Edit articles, create digital content, plan development strategies, and work closely with the Executive Editor on the general operation
of the site
●Our articles reach a wide global audience. My work has been cited in The New York Times, Quartz, and Broadway World, among
other outlets, and syndicated internationally. It has also been distributed by numerous theaters and arts organizations, film and TV PR
teams, and The National Endowment for the Arts.
●I host The Scene, a podcast of interviews with leading figures in film, television, and theater. The show was named a “New and
Notable” podcast by Apple and guests have included Oscar-nominee James Cromwell, Grammy-winner Jason Mraz, and film director
Michael Almereyda, among many others. Notable fans of the show include Jill Soloway and the singer M.I.A.
●During my time managing the CFR’s social media, we have seen our readership double and our total social media reach grow by
500%.
Northlight Theatre
Literary Assistant (Fall 2013—Winter 2014)
●Coordinated production research and created educational materials at one of Chicago’s largest professional regional theaters
●Wrote evaluations of agent-submitted scripts and managed literary database
●Moderated post-show talkbacks, wrote playbill text, developed lobby displays, and ran community outreach events around Chicago
Chicago Dramatists
Artistic Programming Intern (Spring—Fall 2013)
Social Media Marketer (Fall 2014--Spring 2015)
●At this prominent Chicago theater workshop, served as a liaison to a national network of leading playwrights to discuss and record
their career activity, researching and tracking the history of over 200 plays
●Cast actors for classes and readings
●Organized special events and fundraisers
●Coordinated social media marketing and publicity campaigns
Cambodian School Project
English Teacher (2012)
Copywriter (2014)
●Spent several weeks as an English teacher in rural Cambodian villages, including Tampoung, Reul, and Poum Steung. I also appear
in a feature-length documentary about the experiences of these teachers and their students, currently used in CSP’s international
fundraising efforts.
●Volunteered at the local Rainbow Orphanage
●Edited and wrote copy for the organization’s new website
PEOPLE Program
English Tutor -)
●Tutored high school students in composition, reading skills, and ACT/SAT prep, through a program based in Madison, WI for
students of color or low-income backgrounds.
Additional Experiences
●Have also contributed to the arts and technology magazine Cennarium Backstage and the Washington D.C. journalism website
Rantt. My pieces for Rantt included interviews with Tavis Smiley, Sasheer Zamata, and Jill Stein, in a conversation that revealed new
information about her ties to Russia during the 2106 presidential election.
●My plays have been produced or developed around the country at UW-Madison, The Vermont College of Fine Arts, The Chicago
Fringe Festival, Luminous Theatre of Milwaukee, Something Marvelous, Chicago Dramatists, and Stagecloud.
●From- was Company Dramaturg and strategic consultant for Something Marvelous, a Chicago theater company. Known
internationally as a hub for developing magical realist work, I conducted production research, compiled educational materials,
coordinated community outreach events, and served as a general advisor on the direction of this thriving non-profit organization.
●Published a novel during high school. It was later featured at the Bologna Book Fair in Italy, the world’s largest book fair for
children’s and young adult literature.
●Founded the first digital on demand streaming service for American regional theater, Stagecloud, with a viewership in the U.S. and
South Korea. My company offered plays on demand from Hollywood, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
●Member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA in Theater and Drama, BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing (Spring 2012)
-graduated with honors, in top 20% of College of Letters and Sciences
Additional Skills
Adept in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Final Draft, Adobe Photoshop, Audacity, Mixcraft, Slack, and all
major social media platforms. Experienced in WordPress.
I am extremely skilled at social media growth; several of my articles have gone viral online, and I currently have 129,000 followers
across Facebook and Twitter. I also sell an online course, called “Social Media Is Easier Than You Think,” that teaches people how
they can quickly grow their social media accounts with real engaged followers.
References
Leonard Jacobs, Executive Editor of The Clyde Fitch-Kristin Leahey, Literary Director at Seattle-
