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Experienced Communications Specialist

Plymouth, Minnesota - US

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  • Job Target: Public relations/Marketing
  • Employment Status: Unemployed - Actively Looking
  • Experience Level: Mid Level
  • Seeking: Full-Time
  • Industry: Sales/Marketing Resumes
  • Salary: 40000
  • Degree: Master's Degree (MA/MS/MBA)
  • Security Clearance: None
  • Travel: Not Specified
  • Relocate:: No

Resume Tags Reporting Editing Research Project Management Group Dynamics Media Relations Multitasking AP Style all tags

Objective

I recently moved to the Twin Cities and am looking for the next step in an award-winning writing career.

Job Target

Public relations/Marketing

Professional Experience

2007 – 2011 NDSU
Information Systems Professional
Fargo, ND

Supervise workflow of alumni newsletters, program brochures, collateral material, website related projects, press releases and reports on deadline while collaborating with department leaders, external groups, and publications team members.
Research, write and edit creative copy in AP style for a wide variety of publications directed at specific and general audiences in order to build relationships with diverse stakeholders, alumni and donors.
Develop and apply strategic marketing concepts and manage projects while increasing scope of duties over time.
Deliver consistent messaging in both print and web channels about organizational goals and successes.
Represent University Relations on the Board of Student Publications.

2004 – 2011 MSUM
Adjunct English Instructor
Moorhead, MN

Increase academic skills of large groups of students to meet and exceed university expectations.
Invent successful curriculums to increase critical thinking and composition abilities.
Teach a variety of rhetorical modes to improve student writing skills and fluency.
Manage a classroom of 25 students per semester.

2002 – 2003 The Daily Journal
Reporter/Lifestyles Editor
Fergus Falls, MN

Reported city and county government, agriculture and business news.
Generated, wrote, shot photos and designed features on art, lifestyles, family and religion for the weekend section under tight deadlines.
Formatted content for obituaries and opinion and pulled copy for food and entertainment features.
Copy edited paper according to AP style.

1998 – 2001 The Crescent
Columnist/Opinion Editor
Evansville, IN

Wrote staff editorial, personal column and cartoon on a weekly basis.
Managed a staff of writers and editorial cartoonists.
Won second place for Best Editorial/Opinion Page from Indiana Collegiate Press Association.
Copy edited all columns and letters according to AP style and designed pages.

Education

2006 MSUM
Creative Writing – Master's Degree (MA/MS/MBA)
Moorhead, MN

2001 University of Evansville
Writing – Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS)
Evansville, IN

Skills

  • Certificate in Publishing from MSUM

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Last updated on: 2011-09-26.