With an entrepreneurial spirit and a creative itch to scratch, Adam Turner founded Cherrymoon Media in September 2016.
Born in northern Virginia in the early 90s, Turner grew up with an obsessive fascination with the arts, from literature and writing, to music and the history of cinema. He found outlets for these passions at Johnson Central High School in Paintsville, Kentucky, where he was a Valedictorian and varsity baseball pitcher (a southpaw), and Eastern Kentucky University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the communications department and honors program. Here he studied broadcasting, electronic media, English, and served as an award-winning Features Editor of the student newspaper, the Eastern Progress. Over the years, he held a number of odd jobs as a small town historic theatre manager, a lifeguard, a bourbon distillery assistant, a pizza maker, an appliance salesman, a corporate copywriter, and an editor-in-chief of an online music magazine.
Following his time at EKU, Turner accepted a job offer directing a small Kentucky book publisher named RRP International. The company was owned by Don McNay, an expert in lotteries and a larger-than-life local media personality, whom Turner worked with to grow into a successful book and digital media business. McNay passed away unexpectedly in mid-2016, and Turner took what he learned from his dearly departed mentor and friend and applied it to a new venture: Cherrymoon Media.
Turner lives in Lexington, Kentucky with his wife Amanda and their beloved dogs Wilco and Lola. In his free time, he enjoys writing, running, brewing, and growing his record collection. He also serves as Marketing Administrator for a local non-profit KY Helping Hands, providing financial assistance and comprehensive support to those in desperate need of help in Kentucky, and Marketing Director for Morrin Law Office out of Richmond, KY.
ADAM TURNER
COMMUNICATIONS/MEDIA PROFESSIONAL
(859) 397-9821
Marketing Director | Morrin Law Office
Richmond, KY
August 2019 - present
Marketing Director | KY Helping Hands
Richmond, KY
December 2017 - present
Founder | Cherrymoon Media
Lexington, KY
September 2016 - present
Marketing Copywriter | Sleep Outfitters
Lexington, KY
2016 - 2017
Director | RRP International Publishing & Digital Media
Lexington, KY
2013 – 2016
Tour Operations Assistant | Woodford Reserve
Versailles, KY
2016
Sales Associate | Sears Hometown Store
Lexington, KY
2016
Founder/Editor in Chief | Revelry Magazine
Lexington, KY
2014 – 2015
Editor and Multimedia Expert | McNay Consulting
Richmond, KY
2012 – 2013
Features Editor | Eastern Progress
Richmond, KY
2010 – 2013
Lifeguard | EKU Pools/Louisa City Pool
Richmond, KY/Louisa, KY
2012 – 2013
Copy Writer | Milestone Yearbook
Richmond, KY
2010 – 2011
Map-Works Desk Worker | EKU Housing
Richmond, KY
2010 – 2011
Student Mentor | Gear-Up Academy/EKU Nerd Herd
Richmond, KY
2010 – 2011
Cook | Little Caesars
Paintsville, KY
2008 – 2011
Manager | The Historic Sipp Theatre
Paintsville, KY
2006-2008
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Board Member | Project Read KY
Richmond, KY
2014 – present
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts - Communication
Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond, KY - May 2013
Major: Broadcasting and Electronic Media
Minor: English
Member of EKU Honors Program
3.97 GPA – Summa Cum Laude
ACHIEVEMENTS
Kentucky Press Association (KPA)
First Place for Best Headline: 2011, 2012
First Place for Best Lifestyle Page: 2012, 2013
Third Place for Best Feature Story: 2012
Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association (KIPA)
First Place for Best Headline: 2011
First Place for Best Lifestyle Page: 2012
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
2011 $1000 Bluegrass Pro Chapter Scholarship recipient
Kappa Tau Alpha, the Honors Society for Journalism and Mass Communication
2013 Top Scholar and Vice President
Eastern Kentucky University
2013 Distinguished Senior for Broadcasting Electronic Media
2011 Madonna Marsden Scholarship for Best Writing at the Undergraduate Level
Johnson Central High School
2009 Valedictorian