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Any writing or editing position Resume
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| Desired Industry: Newspaper/Magazine |
SpiderID: 9858 |
| Desired Job Location: Lakeland, Florida |
Date Posted: 11/22/2006 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: November 30, 2006 |
| Desired Wage: $30,000.00+ |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: Yes, More Than 75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Masters |
Willing to Relocate: No Preference |
Objective:
Applying my knowledge and experience gained in both graduate school and real world situations to function as a valuable asset individually and as part of a larger organization.
Experience:
Employment
Copy Editor
[ 2006 - present ] The News Chief/Morris Communications - Winter Haven, FL
Owner/writer/editor/graphic designer
[ 2006 - present ] The Pensmiths - freelance writing, editing, and graphic design services - Lakeland, FL
General Manager
[ 2002 - 2006 ] Sunny Days Pet Resort - Lakeland, FL
Certified Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Administrator
[ 2001 - 2002 School Year ] Crystal Lake Middle School - Polk County School Board - Lakeland, FL
ESE Teacher (Self Contained Environment) - Emotionally Handicapped (EH) & Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students - Grades 6, 7, & 8
[ 2001 - 2002 School Year ] Crystal Lake Middle School - Polk County School Board - Lakeland, FL
ESE Resource Teacher - Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) students - Grades 4 & 5
[ 2000 - 2001 School Year ] Scott Lake Elementary School - Polk County School Board - Lakeland, FL
Owner/music producer/booking agent/promoter
[ 2000 - present ] Frost Heave Productions - Lakeland, FL
Education:
Walden University (2004-2006) - Master of Science in General Psychology - Thesis completion in 2006 - 3.727 GPA. Upon completion of the M.S. program, I will continue with the Ph.D. program in Health Psychology, with a projected graduation of September 2008.
Columbia College (1999-2000) - Bachelor of Arts in Individual Studies - concentration in psychology and business. - 3.79 GPA
University of South Florida (1992-1993) - Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Polk Community College (1989-1992) - Associate of Arts in Criminology
Skills:
Skills/Experience
• Worked in small classroom populations, giving individual students the required attention with their learning disabilities.
• Created and maintained lesson plans according to special needs for individual students.
• Worked with counselors to determine students’ personal goals and facilitated achieving those goals by cultivating strengths and developing weaknesses.
• Conducted weekly assessments of student progress to establish individual rates of learning.
• Used behavior modification to maintain an education-oriented environment, applying positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement within a reward system to preserve student compliance with school conduct guidelines, and increasing student motivation to perform beyond personal limitations.
• Held group activities to encourage peer support and reduce antagonistic behavior as a manifestation of frustration with personal learning disabilities.
• Instilled a sense of autonomy in students who often felt a lack of power in their lives, with the goals of (a) showing them their futures were contingent upon their own efforts, and (b) eliminating the hopeless attitudes that many ESE students possess.
• Illustrated through field trips, library visits, and guest speakers how students’ potential for vast opportunities exist if they are willing to make efforts and sacrifices for something greater than the confines of their own despondency.
• Booking shows, organizing schedules, reserving lodging/meals, guaranteeing payment, and managing promotions for touring bands from the U.S. and Europe.
• Writing band biographies, show reviews, and creating press kits for bands.
• Recording, producing, and marketing music for bands.
• Managed a staff of employees, customer service/relations, reserved grooming/boarding appointments, maintained employee schedules and payrolls, organized job descriptions, established job duties, administered medication to animals, authored operations formats, and maintained customer records in a pet boarding facility.
• Consistently producing quality services for clients, including building resumes, editing stories, creating business plans, designing business logos, designing business cards, editing articles for publication, and composing press releases.
• Reading and editing copy from Associated Press reports (local, national, international, business, entertainment) according to AP criteria, placing stories and creating news pages for daily publication, page layout and design, photographing and interviewing for feature stories, photographing crime scenes, and updating the publication’s daily Web site.
Additional Information:
Additional Information:
• Competent in conversational Spanish, with a limited understanding of French and Italian.
• Experienced with Windows (95, 98, ME and XP), Internet Explorer, Quark Express, News Edit Pro, and Site Weaver.
• Familiar with Associated Press and APA styles
• A highly motivated person with a strong sense of professionalism, self-discipline, attention to detail, ethics, leadership, and resolve. A work ethic consisting of high standards with a focus on performance and quality.
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