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P R O F I L E• Highly motivated and driven professional with experience in a variety of communication roles.
• Natural leader that fosters collaboration and motivates and empowers others to act.
• Organized and detail-oriented, balanced with creativity and flexibility who is self-motivated.
• Outstanding at finding inspired solutions using constrained resources.
• Works well independently and in a team environment.
• Quick learner who seeks ways to enhance knowledge.
S K I L L S
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders that result in effective
partnerships.
• Professional and friendly approach when working with internal and external clients and partners.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• An expert at multitasking with great communication skills and a positive attitude.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and Adobe InDesign and Photoshop programs.
• Experience maintaining Web pages and social media sites.
E X P E R I E N C E
Partners Investing In Nursing’s Future 2012-Present
Writer, Technical Editor
Develop one-page written summaries for Partners Investing In Nursing’s Future (PIN) partners to be used by PIN staff, PIN partners, and Pin communications activities.
Success Stories
• Designed the template for the project using InDesign.
• Completed 30 one-page summary reports highlighting the PIN project’s collaborative work, accomplishments, and lessons learned.
Planet of Food, Pittsburg, KS 66762 2010-Present
Producer, Editor Camera Operator, Photographer
Direct, edit, and shoot episodes of the Planet of Food netcast, www.planetoffood.com. The netcast and website promotes classic and healthy food recipes with a focus toward using local ingredients.
Success Stories
• Developed the look and style of the Planet of Food netcast.
• Co-designed the logo for Planet of Food.
• Performed location scouting duties for all episodes of the netcast.
• Helped to develop story ideas for the website.
Pitsco Education, Pittsburg, KS 66762 2007-2011
Communications Assistant, Technical Editor, Photographer
Responsibilities included creating and distributing media releases; fostering relationships with the media; editing curriculum content, marketing materials, and media releases; maintaining the Pitsco YouTube channel; taking pictures and performing layout and design duties for two company publications; and working on special projects as assigned.
Success Stories
• Redesigned the company’s employee newsletter and designed anothernewsletter that is sent out to educators around the United States.
• Spearheaded the implementation of photo essays for company events.
• Created videos for internal use regarding TETRIX® Robotics that help employees have a greater understanding about the curriculum.
• Wrote a bimonthly column in the Pitsco Network magazine about online videos for educators to use in the classroom.
• Maintained the internal employee website by regularly updating the news, picture of the day, forms, HR information, and phone lists.
GateHouse Media (The Morning Sun and The Girard Press newspapers), Pittsburg, KS 66762 2006-2007
Reporter, Photographer
Responsible for covering the police, education, and business beats, general assignment stories, reporting on city council meetings, generating feature stories, performing “Man on the Street” interviews, updating all event calendars, and taking photos for all of my articles and for other reporters.
Success Stories
• Wrote an article about podcasting that was the first of its kind at The Morning Sun. The article was picked up by other news outlets.
• Covered local election night coverage from the Crawford County Courthouse where the votes were being counted.
• Had a series of articles published of a first-person account of the police department’s Citizen’s Academy program.
• Created the man on the street section of the paper interviewing area residents about local and national issues.
• Performed layout and design duties for the local high school’s section in the paper.
• Helped to increase the circulation of the newspaper through a hyper-local focus and a redesign.
Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center, Pittsburg, KS 66762 2004-2006
Health Information Management Specialist
Responsible for organizing the scanning of all medical records. Control access to computer medical records. Assist other staff in researching old records and delivering them to authorized personnel.
Success Stories
• Coordinated the safe capture of all medical records into a digital format.
• Trained other health information employees to successfully retrieve digital medical records.
• Created a timeline for the transfer of medical records into a digital format so a budget could be created for the disposal of the paper records.
E D U C A T I O N
BS, Communication with an emphasis in Journalism, Pittsburg State University – Pittsburg, Kansas
R E F E R E N C E S
Jennifer Fuller, Associate Director, Northwest Heath Foundation 971.230.1294 • jennifer@nwhf.org
Tom Farmer, Communications Manager, Pitsco Education 800.828.5787 • tfarmer@pitsco.com
Marsha Wallace, CEcD, Manager-Economic Development, Empire District Electric Company 417.850.7926 • mwallace@empiredistrict.com
