| Desired Industry: Business/Management |
SpiderID: 18917 |
| Desired Job Location: Little Rock, Arkansas |
Date Posted: 2/11/2008 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 02/15/2008 |
| Desired Wage: 40,000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: No |
Objective:
Seven years’ experience as a writing and editing professional with experience and knowledge of all aspects of writing, editing, customer service, administration, sales, sales management and project management. Previously employed by the State of Arkansas, proofreading bills and amendments before reviewed by the House of Representatives and Senate. Demonstrate initiative, leadership skills, and ability to manage projects and departments of increased complexity. Excellent communication, leadership, management, and organizational skills.
Experience:
Writing Experience
Temporary Proofer, Bureau of Legislative Research, Statutory and Regulatory Review, Little Rock, AR, 12/06-07/07
Proofread bills and amendments to be put before the House of Representatives and the Senate; researched proper names of institutions, agencies, departments, divisions, funds, fund accounts, programs, and official positions of the federal government, state and local governments, and the names of other entities; marked-up hardcopy; line/technical editing; correct grammar, syntax, parallelisms, punctuation, and outline style according to Arkansas Code; when bills were engrossed, proofread and edited acts to be codified.
Business Owner, CEO, Strategic Solutions, Inc., Little Rock, AR, 01/00-12/06
Editing and writing company, incorporated in 2001. Edited technical documents (including scientific papers, manuals, brochures, and website content) and manuscripts (non-fiction and fiction); ghostwrote autobiographies (seven autobiographies in seven years) and other non-fiction books and papers; researched and wrote for scientific white papers; strengths in writing, line/technical editing, proofreading, and style/critique; heavy client contact via phone and e-mail: intrastate, interstate, global; occasional traveling; maintained files; wrote contracts; expedited billing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and banking.
Sales/Sales Management Experience
Owner, Kara Kard Co., Little Rock, AR, 04/88-12/88
Designed, created, and marketed specialty greeting cards, sold via telemarketing; hired and trained personnel by utilizing positive motivational techniques and by example; monitored and viewed all sales orders.
Sales Manager, Rainmaker Accessories, Little Rock, AR, 08/87-04/88
Jewelry sales. Generated and cultivated sales with one hundred new clients in first six months; promoted to sales manager; hired and trained new personnel.
Customer Service Representative, Hessey Printing, Nashville, TN, 09/79-05/80
Company troubleshooter; carried out personal and phone contact with customers; worked with design department and coordinated with paper estimation.
Employment Counselor, Exclusively Women, Inc., Nashville, TN, 08/78-09/79
Maintained heavy client contact via phone; initiated occasional business luncheons with clients; interviewed, tested, and placed clerical, key-punch, secretarial, bookkeeping and administrative assistant applicants; kept up-to-date with standing work orders for Hospital Corporation of America, Corroon and Black Insurance, Hospital Affiliates, Red Kap Industries, and major Tennessee Banking Institutions; typed placement bills and logged in fees received.
Educational Experience
Substitute Teacher, Pulaski County Special School District, Little Rock, AR, 08/88-06/90
Followed lesson plans of classroom teacher.
Teacher, Seventh and Eighth Grade, Cheatham County Schools, Pleasant View, TN, 08/77-06/78
Taught Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, Advanced Mathematics, Spelling, and Health; wrote lesson plans; calculated grades earned; conducted Parent/Teacher conferences; attended school functions; recognized students' achievements; carried out disciplinary action when necessary; sponsored Cheerleading Team.
Teacher, Sixth Grade, Tower Hill Elementary School, Tower Hill, IL, 08/76-06/77
Self-contained classroom. Taught all required sixth-grade level courses; carried out same duties as with Cheatham County Schools; sponsored Cheerleading Team.
Substitute Teacher, On-Call/Full-Time Teacher’s Aide, Shelby County School District, Shelby County, IL, 08/74-06/76
Followed lesson plans of classroom teacher.
Education:
Education
1999
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Expository and Technical Writing
1974
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Bachelor of Science in Education
Major: English
Minor: Biological Sciences
Skills:
Skills and Abilities
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe, project management, journal submissions, portfolios, scientific papers, statistical research, technical manuals, protocols, case studies, business plans, website content, autobiographies, surveys, letters, technical writing, creative writing, persuasive writing, line editing, technical editing.
Additional Information:
Achievements
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Technical Writing: Group project chosen for inclusion in presentation at Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention in Minneapolis, MN
Persuasive Writing: Group project chosen for on-campus publication
Expository Writing: Earned A+ on 29-page individual Oral History project chosen for on-campus publication
4.0 GPA. Earned admission to Master of Arts in Technical and Expository Writing Program.
Illinois Teaching Certificate #2124888, expires 07/01/2008
Illinois Teachers’ Scholarship upon graduation from Oakland High School
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