Eilene Rogers

**** ********** ***

Spring Valley, Ca. 91977

903-***-**** or acdf2w@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications

Held editorial positions including New Media, Convergence Media

- Entertainment Editor and Feature Editor Social Networking (Twitter, F.B., M.S.

LinkedIn, Reverbnation)

Experience in conducting interviews College level television studio experience

(onsite & studio interviews)

Writing skills including but not limited T.V. face time and writing for T.V. news

to Intermediate level video shooting and

- Briefs and straight news editing

- Press releases and special interest Final Cut Pro, Windows Movie Maker

Specialties (columns, features, EFP Panasonic DVX 100, Studio media camera

editorials, Putting together video packages

Search Engine Optimization/SEO) Writing to the video clip

- Intermediate technical writing skills Video production projects include

Intermediate layout skills - 3O minute musician documentary

Adobe InDesign, College Publisher, MS - Tunes at Noon on A&M campus

Publisher - Honors Program's Colloquial Series

Photography (All types) - Eagle Television Hair Bands Segment

Specialties (landscapes & architecture) SWAT Analysis

Intermediate photo editing Press Packs/Media Kits

Photoshop, Windows Live, MS Office Beginner music recording studio (a few

Nikon D3000 (DSLR) years back so I would need refresher)

Content decisions for webpage Cubase

Creative decision making skills Writing PSAs (TV and Radio)

Entrepreneurship and management Marketing and PR Proposals

experience PR Projects include

Microsoft Office programs - PR Campaign Analysis on Jagermesiter

Communication skills both written and campaign for concert series

verbal - Rebranding and PR campaign, The Literacy

Music background and a working knowledge Council of Bowie & Miller Counties.

of music - Marketing Plan for It's Ok I'm With The

Blogging experience Word Press and Band

Blogger

Education

Texas A&M University-Texarkana

. Master of Business Administration

Honors: Honor Roll, Honors Scholarship; received 2nd year grad

student status in 1st semester; first student to graduate from

the Honors Program at this university; graduated 2013 -

considering plans for PhD.

Texas A&M University-Texarkana

. Bachelor of Mass Communications

Honors: Honors Program; Mass Communications Club: Officer

Positions- Treasurer (Fall 2010), President and Treasurer

(Spring 2011); Mass Communications Club is nominated for Club of

The Year during my term as president; Campus Activities Board

(2010-2011); A&M Honor Roll (2010-2011) ; Student of The Year

Award for Mass Communications (2010-2011), the only student in

my department to receive this award. Additional info: Performed

3 internships.

Texarkana College

. Associate of Journalism

Honors: Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society: Officer's position-

Secretary; Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges &

Universities; Award for Best Feature Story- Texas

Intercollegiate Press Association - 3rd Place; Deans List

Texarkana College

. Associate of Applied Arts & Science (focus on music)

Received two degrees at the same time - Status on both: With

Honors

Eilene Rogers

1815 Costada Court

Lemon Grove, Ca. 91945

903-***-**** or acdf2w@r.postjobfree.com

Relevant Experience

. 2008 - 2012: Owner / Writer / Photographer, It's Ok I'm With The

Band, LLC

Interviews, feature stories, concert reviews, CD reviews, video

production/editing, photography, layout, content decisions,

scheduling interviews, relationship building with PR companies,

networking and day to day operations. The .com domain was bought

out from under me. The man running it is impersonating me and is a

plagiarist and phony. IOIWTB is currently under reconstruction

using one of my other URLs. This publication was started on MySpace

as a blog and had a following of more than 4,000. Bands interviewed

include but are not limited to; Straight Line Stitch, Outlaw

Nation, Machine Head, Gwar, Negative 263, Anthrax, Sweet Cyanide,

Suicide Silence, Cary Judd and more. The domain for the site was

sold out from under me. For work samples go to

www.itsokimwiththeband.wordpress.com

. 2012: Intern / Strategic Planning and Research - Texarkana

Convention & Visitors Bureau

Developing a strategic plan for the TCVB to implement into action

for raising the interest of tourism in Texarkana. Duties included

research, an environmental analysis, putting together a report &

power point of findings and conducting a presentation of the plan.

. 2011 : Intern/Freelance Writer, TheCelebrityCafe.com

Interviews, feature stories, concert reviews and CD reviews/music

reviews. One of two summer 2011 internships being performed in New

York City while taking last two college classes online. Helped the

company out with articles here and there. Submitted the articles

via digital office online. Articles assigned by publication. This

is an online entertainment news source in digital publication only.

This site can be viewed at www.celebritycafe.com.

. 2011: Intern/Writer, PR and Video Production; The Way IN

Interviews, feature stories, concert reviews and CD reviews, PR,

video production/editing and putting together live events. 2011

internship being performed in New York City. Hired because of my

website It's Ok I'm With The Band, which was taken over by an

internet squatter. This is a social networking website for all

aspects of the music industry. This social networking site was to

help individualize each person's industry experience and assist in

brand building. The Way IN can be found at www.thewayinmusic.com

. 2011: Video Jockey / Producer, ETV - Eagle Television

A co-founding member, working on the launch of the Texas A&M-

Texarkana music video channel ETV, a channel streaming on the HD

screens all over campus and in the dorms, will eventually go to

network cable sometime next year. The channel features music

videos, campus updates and the "e-pinions" of the student body.

Projects include interviews with musicians such as Lillian Axe and

Trepid, segment on 80's hair metal bands, with me as the hostess of

the show and video production.

. 2010: Entertainment Reporter, Eagle Eye News

Musician interviews and other campus events, shooting and editing

videos, voice-overs and narrations, writing for T.V. news, putting

together packages, feature stories, face time, production, working

studio equipment such as cameras, teleprompter, switch board panel,

sound panel, concepts and ideas, directing. EEN was a campus T.V.

news program played on the local access college channel.

Eilene Rogers

1815 Costada Court

Lemon Grove, Ca. 91945

903-***-**** or acdf2w@r.postjobfree.com

. 2008-2010: Entertainment Editor and Feature Editor, TC News

Feature Stories, briefs, interviews, critical review, covering Phi

Theta Kappa beat, assuring entertainment section is covered,

intermediate photography experience and page layout for the

entertainment section. TIPA competition two years in a row,

competitions include PR Damage Control, Critical Review and Copy

Editing. Won award for Best Feature Story for interviewing indie

rocker Cary Judd at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association. TC

News is a campus print newspaper which has incorporated an online

version. To find samples of non-music related articles visit

http://www.tcnewspaper.org

. 2010: Summer Intern/Writer, Appeal Magazine

The first of two required summer internships, freelance articles

and writing editorial content for both the magazine and wedding

planner, restaurant reviews, fact gathering, artist profiles and

entertainment calendar. Appeal Magazine is a local print

publication, magazine in perfect binding.

. 2010: Freelance Feature Writer, Hidden Rock Music

Musician interviews with Negative 263 and Raging Apathy, reviews of

Restruct and Michael Valenzuela. In addition, an in-depth story on

the United We Rock Across America Tour in support of the US Troops.

HRM was a new online medium in which the CEO was designing a media

section on the website specifically for IOIWTB articles. He ran

into legal issues and the section was never completed so he posted

my articles in his blog. The site connected bands, venues, radio

stations, promoters, managers, record labels and fans together on

one platform.

Other Experience

PR experience gained at college level and many years of retail

management experience.

Side Note

Clip books, DVDs, photo portfolios and projects listed in bullet

points above are available upon request. All certificates, awards and

honors are also available for viewing.

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