SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Multimedia Production; AP style experience; Web development and management; Digital Journalism; Copy Editing; Social Media; Public relations; General accounting; All phases of clerical support work; Feature writing; Scripting;  Concept art, Character concepts/building; Storyboarding; Tech support manual writing and more.

EDUCATION:

2007-present

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA; Journalism, B.S. News Editorial emphasis in 2013 (expected)

EXPERIENCE:

8/2011-9/2012 — California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo, CA  

Mustang Daily; Online Editor; website development and management, blogging, social media; CSS and HTML coding; photography; guest speaker “Managing News Websites” panel and “Interactive Publishing: It Ain’t Just Twitter and Facebook” seminar at 28th Annual ACP National College Journalism Convention

6/2011-8/2011

Mustang Daily; Summer Arts Reporter; covered Arts beat in SLO County; wrote and edited articles

1/2011-6/2011

Mustang Daily; Student Reporter; wrote and edited articles; created multimedia projects; video/audio editing

Links to Articles and Multimedia Projects available upon request.

2009 to 2011 — NovelExp, Inc. — San Luis Obispo, CA

Lead Writer/Editor; Created advertising and promotional material for trade conventions and website including web banner ads, booth displays, promotional event contests and interactive company mascot blogs. Public Relations representative to maintain social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, YouTube, blogs, etc.); wrote newsletters, wrote blog posts and moderated forums; Created and oversaw plot and character development for online visual novel games including drawing conceptual artwork; creating story bibles to establish canons for other writers; copy editing storyline scripts

2007-present — Sweigart & Associates, Inc. — San Luis Obispo, CA

General Accounting; all phases of clerical work

2006-2007 — TR Anton, Inc. — San Clemente, CA

Office Assistant; Wrote handbook to navigate EZ-HR Human Resources online training website; transcribed Harassment Hotline complaint calls and converted them into reports for unemployment insurance agencies; answered phones and e-mail; manually assembling harassment training handbooks for clients and preparing corporate memos.

2005-2007 — Line-X San Luis Obispo — San Luis Obispo, CA

All phases of clerical work; customer service; marketing at trade shows and local businesses