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Content Writer

Location:
Victoria, BC, Canada
Posted:
October 15, 2014

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Ivy Mills acgd2p@r.postjobfree.com

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Incredibly Engaging Content Creator

If you are ready to leverage the power of this fast-paced age of communication, I can help your business

make money. I am a published and proven photographer and writer. My experience ranges from reporting

and photojournalism to marketing, product photography and search-engine-optimized copy-writing.

What I Can Do For You

Communicate your brand with adaptive writing styles

Conduct research to provide articles and blog content

Run plagiarism checks to ensure content originality

Write search-optimized content using natural language

Conduct photo shoots alone or in tandem with your Creative Director

Source models, locations, and sets

Create infographics or interactive presentations

Upload content directly or submit for approval

Travel anywhere in the world

I pride myself in providing a high-quality end product. Communication is key, and I can adapt to varying

degrees of artistic license.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Marketing Manager Consell Translations Telecommute Jun 2011 to Jun 2012

Created a system to expand company offerings to include transcreation - a hybrid of marketing and

translation.

Consulted with CEO and Sales Manager to create brand, brand manual, marketing strategy, logo,

tagline, and website.

Researched and wrote client proposals, search optimized blog articles, and web content.

Provided information to potential clients via conference call, managed projects working with freelance

translators and marketers from different countries around the world.

Work Published Online Independent of Company Website

A unique piece of interactive content created on the Prezi platform for Consell.

An article published on Marketing Profs for Consell.

Reporter/Photographer Black Press Chase and Salmon Arm, BC Apr 2010 to Jun 2011

Sole responsibility for running the Chase news office and providing all content for the Chase section of

the Shuswap Market News. Weekly content included: police report, council report, upcoming events,

human interest stories with photos, and feature articles with photos.

Worked to build relationships within the community and uphold the responsibility of being the

community's only source of news and event information.

Feature articles were moved to the front page of the newspaper as the feature for the entire issue.

Particularly newsworthy features were moved to the sister publication, the Salmon Arm Observer.

Provided photography for the Salmon Arm Observer.

Photographer Lakeshore News Salmon Arm, BC Jan 2010 to Nov 2010

Photographed events from the shot list and worked to find additional events to round out the week's

content. Weekly publication.

Solicited consent to publish where required, collected names, wrote cut-lines, processed and curated

images for submission.

Freelance Photographer Black Press Vernon, BC Sep 2008 to Apr 2010

Magazine Publisher Self-Employed Salmon Arm, BC Jan 2006 to Sep 2007

One-woman monthly publication targeting local business people. Created or solicited all business-

related content.

Sold advertising space, created ads, printed publication, distributed by hand delivery.

Web Designer Self-Employed Salmon Arm Mar 2005 to Sep 2007

Created branding strategies and working them into unique websites and other marketing materials for a

variety of small business clientèle.

EDUCAT ION

Mobile Application Development Certificate LiveCode University Online Jan 2014 to Apr 2014

Digital Photography Certificate Centre for Arts and Technology Kelowna, BC Sep 2007 to Oct 2008

Top of the class in all areas.

Teaching Assistant for junior class.

Curator and Event Coordinator for final exhibition.

Course covered all aspects of photography, lighting, and post-production, as well as marketing, business

communications, art history, and web development.

Small Business Management Diploma Granton Institute of Technology Sep 2003 to Jun 2004

Skills and Interests

Proficiencies Software

Writing Word

Photography Excel

PowerPoint

Marketing

Photoshop

SEO

Dreamweaver

Content Creation

PhotomatixPro Pro

Social Media

Lightroom

Self-Management

Team Management

Self Study Activities

Survival Skills Rock Climbing

Homesteading Caving

Science (Particularly Physics) Motorcycling

Business (Particularly Marketing) Camping

Psychology Hunting

Photography Boxing

Cooking Theory Swimming

Fitness Theory Trying New Things

Places Travelled Languages

China and Hong Kong Tourist French

Cuba and Mexico Tourist Mandarin

Netherlands Actively Learning Spanish

Peru

United Kingdom



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