Chantelle Cowher

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Bloomingdale, Georgia 31302

443-***-****

acsmht@r.postjobfree.com

Work Experience

U.S. Army Reserve, Pittsburgh, PA

Psychological Operations Sergeant, Aug 2005 – present

●Managed team consisting of 7-10 people on average to analyze information, plan, develop, design and produce products.

●Products included flyers, handbills, radio program scripts, billboards, leaflets, interview points, and training materials for conducting classes.

●Assist in refreshment training for multimedia illustrators using various Microsoft and Adobe Design Programs.

●Coordinate with requesting party to clarify goals and ensure satisfaction with products.

●Revision, proofreading, and editing of products for errors and to ensure clear and professional communication.

Internship at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

Editor / Web Designer, Jan 2012 – May 2012

●Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.

●Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories.

●Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.

●Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.

●Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.

●Write, design, or edit web page content, or direct others producing content.

●Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.

●Identify problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback, and correct problems or refer problems to appropriate personnel for correction.

Camelot Lanes, Boardman, OH

After School Program / Data Entry / Front Counter, September 2009 – December 2012

●Supervision of 100+ Elementary school- age children during pickup from school until released to parents after 3 hours.

●Assisted customers with bowling packages, shoe rental, and other programs or league needs.

●Entered and updated contact information from all customers who volunteered information into database for special promotions, coupons, and reminders.

●Assisted customers with reservations, program restrictions, helped plan special events.

Further employment history available if desired.

Education

Defense Language Institute / Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, CA

●Graduated September 2015 with 3.82 cumulative GPA

●Achieved score of 3/3 on the Defense Language Proficiency Test in Listening and Reading, and a 1+ on the Oral Proficiency Interview

●Obtained Associate's (AA) Degree in Persian-Farsi and Military Linguist Certification

●Course focuses primarily in Written and Aural comprehension as well as some speaking the Persian-Farsi language.

●Additional focus is on cultural and historical background studies, and presenting information in Persian Farsi, either written, spoken, or a combination of the two.

Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

●Bachelor's Degree in English with minor in Professional and Technical Writing and Editing

●Graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2014

●Other areas of focus included some Journalism, Proposal Writing, News Writing, Psychology courses, and Web Design/ Layout courses.

●Extracurricular activities included membership in the Student Literary Arts Association, and Youngstown Women’s Rugby Club, as well as serving in the Army Reserve, and part-time customer service work.

US Military Training, Fort Hunter Liggett, CA

●Reclassification to Psychological Operations for military MOS, completed course in 2010

●Included classes on research and analysis methods and methods to influence a foreign population in support of a variety of goals.

●Training that covered how to operate and maintain equipment such as: loudspeaker systems, analog and digital recording and playback devices and communication systems.

Minot High School, Minot, ND

●Graduated with High School Diploma - GPA 3.65 - 2005.

●Followed regular curriculum with exception of AP English courses.

●Elective studies focused on other literary and editing courses, as well as photography/ layout & design classes.

●Extracurricular activities included band, Key Club, Cross Country, Track and Field, and part-time customer service work.

Defense Information School, Fort Meade, MD

●October 2005- February 2006

●40 hours per week for 16 weeks

●Completed certification

●Course curriculum included a Manual Arts block, Design Basics for both printed and electronic media, Adobe Photoshop and CS Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, InDesign, and brief overview of Adobe Flash.

Additional Information

●Holds SECRET level security clearance granted by US Army in 2008.

●Experience in editing and formatting using various Adobe and Microsoft Programs.

●Mostly experienced writing and editing in MLA format with a working knowledge of APA, and Chicago writing style.

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