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MEET

ADAM

TURNER

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.

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ADAM TURNER

COMMUNICATIONS/MEDIA PROFESSIONAL

info@cherrymoonmedia.com

(859) 397-9821

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Marketing Director | Morrin Law Office

Richmond, KY

August 2019 - present

 

Marketing Director | KY Helping Hands 

Richmond, KY

December 2017 - present

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Founder | Cherrymoon Media 

Lexington, KY

September 2016 - present

 

Marketing Copywriter | Sleep Outfitters

Lexington, KY

2016 - 2017

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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

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Lifeguard | EKU Pools/Louisa City Pool

Richmond, KY/Louisa, KY

2012 – 2013

 

Copy Writer | Milestone Yearbook

Richmond, KY
2010 – 2011

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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

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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

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Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association (KIPA)

First Place for Best Headline: 2011

First Place for Best Lifestyle Page: 2012

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Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

2011 $1000 Bluegrass Pro Chapter Scholarship recipient

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Kappa Tau Alpha, the Honors Society for Journalism and Mass Communication

2013 Top Scholar and Vice President

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Eastern Kentucky University

2013 Distinguished Senior for Broadcasting Electronic Media

2011 Madonna Marsden Scholarship for Best Writing at the Undergraduate Level

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Johnson Central High School

2009 Valedictorian

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