Charles Hodgkins

Travel Author / Contributor

Rough Guides (London, U.K.)

Researcher and writer for the U.K.'s largest and best-selling guidebook series.

• Contributor to The Rough Guide to the USA, 10th Edition, publishing 2011.
• Contributor to The Rough Guide to the USA, 9th Edition, published April 2009.
• Co-author of The Rough Guide to San Francisco & the Bay Area, 8th Edition, published January 2009.

Food Writer / Content Editor

ChefsBest (San Francisco, CA)

Technical food writing specialist for food-judging Web site.

• Write and edit 400-word "quality definitions" for an array of everyday, best-in-class grocery foods — over 150 to date.
• Edit feature articles written by chefs and other culinary experts.
• Perform QA and HTML coding on numerous Web pages leading up to site launch.

Assistant Managing Editor

iVillage (San Francisco, CA)

Editor and content producer for NBC Universal-owned Web site.

• Maintain editorial calendar up to three months in advance.
• Manage work of over 15 freelance writers and editors.
• Edit and produce feature articles, short pieces, marketing copy, newsletters, and other regular editorial/marketing e-mailings.

Founder / Editor-in-Chief

Burritoeater.com (San Francisco, CA)

Creator, producer, and sole author of "San Francisco's top resource for taquerias and mustaches."

• Maintain comprehensive directory of data about all San Francisco taquerias.
• Review 8-10 taquerias each month for inclusion in Intestinal Apocalypse newsletter.
• Write articles for select publications (San Francisco Bay Guardian, Synthesis).
• Featured in San Francisco Chronicle Magazine (4/2/2006), San Francisco Examiner (8/21/2007), Gelf Magazine (2/22/2006), and on numerous blogs. Quoted in The New York Times (11/14/2005) and The Los Angeles Times (1/4/2006).

Writer / Editor / Producer

Exploding Head Trick Productions (San Francisco, CA)

Oddly named vehicle for editorial contract/freelance work.

• Write, edit, and/or produce creative projects — speeches, marketing copy, feature articles, blurbs — for a dizzying array of clients: KGO-TV (2009), Sputnik (2007), San Francisco Bay Guardian (2005), All Music Guide (2002), Noise Pop (2002), Artemis Records (2002), Lafayette School District (2001), Devil in the Woods (1999), and Charles Krug Winery (1996).

Contributing Writer

SFist.com (San Francisco, CA)

Author of Blocker series for high-traffic, award-winning news and culture site.

• Conceived original idea for observational series, which explores San Francisco through the lens of individual city blocks.
• Field-research, photograph, outline, write, edit, and produce 500- to 800-word pieces regularly.

Project Analyst (Assistant Managing Editor)

University of California (San Francisco, CA)

Key member of UCSF-based staff responsible for publishing two respected medical Web sites.

• Wrote, edited, and fact-checked annotations and citations for PSNet (Patient Safety Network), a weekly collection of studies, journal articles, and news pieces on patient safety.
• Edited case studies, commentaries, and interviews for monthly patient safety journal WebM&M (Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Web).

Associate Music Editor

MP3.com / CNET Networks (San Francisco, CA)

Created and managed content for high-profile music Web site.

• Pitched, researched, wrote, edited, and produced feature stories, artist profiles, and album reviews.
• Performed daily quality assurance on staging site's front page.

Media Permissions Editor

Wadsworth Publishing (Belmont, CA)

Established a new position at higher education publishing house.

• Devised, implemented, and executed workflow to secure asset licenses/clearances for all media (non-print) projects.
• Acted as liaison between production, editorial, and media departments.
• Managed freelancers' work.

Senior Music Editor

Listen.com (San Francisco, CA)

Excelled as editorial department leader at online music company.

• Managed staff of writers.
• Edited and wrote capsule artist reviews and weekly feature pieces.
• Helped supervise growth from less than ten editors and writers to 30 in less than a year.
• Contributed weekly column, Hodge's Corner, to e-mail newsletter.

Business Manager

Atomic Music Group (Sausalito, CA)

Coordinated day-to-day affairs of small artist management firm / booking agency.

• Managed company finances.
• Oversaw advance work and post-tour accounting for main client, Reverend Horton Heat.
• Negotiated synchronization licenses with advertisers, TV producers, and record labels.
• Acted as liaison between clients and recording studios, promoters, film / television music supervisors, and merchandising companies.

Label / Retail Manager

Nordic Records (Napa, CA)

Concurrently managed online music label and physical record store.

• Hired, trained, advised, and coordinated field representatives.
• Signed independent artists and labels to digital distribution agreements.
• Managed store inventory and purchased all product.

B.A., English

University of California (Berkeley, CA)

Emphases: Twentieth century and popular culture literature.

Thesis: The Crazy Quilt: The Language of Music and Musicality of Language in the Works of Toni Morrison.