Resume

Education

08.2004 – 05.2008
University of Arizona,
Journalism Graduate
Tucson, Arizona

  • Graduated Cum Laude in May 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and minor in political science
  • Journalism courses include computer assisted reporting, editing, feature writing, online journalism, photojournalism, publication design, reporting public affairs and writing for broadcast news
  • Recipient of the Department of Journalism's 2008 Excellence in Newspaper Design Award, 2007 Certificate of Merit, 2007 Hank Hubbard Memorial Scholarship and 2007 James Edward Duncan Scholarship

Experience

06.2009 – Present
Amateur Softball Association of America
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

National governing body for softball

01.1999 – Present
Figure Skaters Online,
Administrative Webmaster and Web Designer
Tucson, Arizona

Online news source and official Web site network with an average of 4.5 million monthly hits

  • Maintained daily operations of the network primarily by writing breaking news, event news releases and feature stories for the general and feature news section of the main site and posting news on the main site and official Web sites of athletes
  • Managed a seven member staff and all freelance contributors including photographers and writers

07.2008-12.2008
United States Olympic Committee
Media and Public Relations Intern
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Coordinating body for all Olympic-related athletic activity in the United States including Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

  • Attended the 1st Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia, as the manager of press and broadcast services and coordinated all press conferences for athletes, organizations and sponsors while also assisting with press releases and Web site content for the Games, an international event covered by more than 500 journalists
  • Managed athlete recruitment materials including informational postcards and Web site content for the Team for Tomorrow Fund, the national and international humanitarian relief effort of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams, while also serving as a liaison to Fund collaborator Habitat for Humanity and media outlets
  • Produced and co-edited 16 electronic issues of the USA Daily Wrapup newsletter, which included results from all rounds of competition for nearly 600 U.S. athletes, and distributed it to more than 1,500 national and international media outlets covering the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China
  • Served as content and editorial assistant for official publications including the 2008 Team USA media guide for the 2008 Olympic Games, the 2008 U.S. Olympic Committee media guide as well as the bi-monthly Olympic Beat magazine, which required compiling sponsor related news and writing feature stories
  • Other duties include assisting with media relations at Olympic Training Center events, coordinating on-complex media visits and preparing media kits for various people and organizations including current and former United States Presidents

08.2006 – 07.2008
Arizona Daily Star,
Sports News Assistant
Tucson, Arizona

Daily newspaper with an estimated 110,000 daily and 168,000 Sunday circulation

  • Reported and wrote primarily on high school and college sports including Pima Community College softball and University of Arizona women's basketball, softball, men's swimming and women's volleyball for more than 75 game and feature stories
  • Copy edited on rim and slot for more than 100 stories locally and nationally produced about Major League Baseball, the Pan American Games, the Tour de France, the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, the Women's National Basketball Association, the World Figure Skating Championships and other sporting events
  • Other duties include designing sports pages, assembling high school sports box scores for the scoreboard page, compiling high school statistics for the weekly top performers section and maintaining high school sports clip books

01.2008 – 05.2008
The Cat Scan,
Multimedia Reporter
Tucson, Arizona

Online green living magazine produced by University of Arizona journalism students Tucson, Arizona

  • Reported and wrote 17 stories about green living issues and events including accessories made with certified organic materials, shopping online for certified organic items and the University of Arizona Farmers' Market
  • Produced slideshows and videos about green living issues and events including a car care center certified as a green shop by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the eco-friendly efforts of Habitat for Humanity
  • Maintained an organic food blog Field of Greens by writing a weekly blog entry that included photos and videos

08.2007 – 12.2007
El Independiente,
Design Editor
Tucson, Arizona

Bilingual newspaper for South Tucson produced by University of Arizona journalism students

  • Oversaw the design of four 8-page newspapers primarily by working with other editors on a layout plan for each issue and creating template pages while teaching and managing a staff of two inexperienced designers
  • Designed four front pages and 20 inside pages


06.2006 – 08.2006
USA Volleyball,
Media Relations and Publications Intern
Colorado Springs, Colorado

National governing body for beach and indoor volleyball

  • Reported and wrote 20 stories about events including the Junior Beach tour, the Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees, the World Military Championships and the World Sitting Championships and updated 30 national team member biographies for the magazine, newspaper and Web site
  • Other duties include copy editing athlete journal entries, compiling event statistics and editing photos

08.2004 - Present
Freelance Designer and Writer
Various

  • Clients include CosmoGIRL!, Golden Skate, Goodfield Institute, Hamstra Heating and Cooling, Inc., Ice-Dance.com, Lesley Hawker, Naperville Sun, Project Vote Smart, RedBlue, Tucson Citizen, Tucson Green Magazine, University of Arizona Dean of Students Office, United States Figure Skating, US Athletic Foundation, USA Gymnastics and Walker Insurance

Skills

  • Functional with both Mac and PC platforms and programs includingAdobe Dreamweaver, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, Audacity, CoreFTP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, QuarkXPress, QuarkCopyDesk, Soundslides and Windows Movie Maker
  • Proficient in using audio, photo and video recording equipment

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