Marketing Representative
Resume:
Amy Goetze
Woodstock, GA 30189
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An ambitious professional who recently received a Grant Writing Certificate from Kennesaw State University with
an expertise in the composition and editing of newspaper articles, speeches and press releases often using the
Associated Press style. Skilled in fundraising and managing political campaign contributions when working on a
volunteer basis as a Campaign Volunteer and Marketing Coordinator. An ability to scoop local media outlets by
uncovering developing stories first and posting breaking news on the papers Facebook page. Possess excellent
communication skills with a capacity to developing solid business relationships that enable leads on breaking news
and stories before the competition.
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Education
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 05/2013
Grant Writing Certificate
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI, 2008
Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Political Science
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Professional Experience
05/2013 – present
MOPS International, Woodstock, GA
Publicity Leader
• Creatively publicizes MOPS meetings and special events in the community through a variety of tools.
• Facilitates communication among MOPS moms through newsletters and other areas of communication like
social media
• Communicates information about MOPS to the Chartering Ministry through written information and
• occasional presentations.
• Serves on the Steering Team and attends meetings.
08/2011 – 08/2012
Patch, Stillwater, MN
Substitute Editor/Writer
• Generated educational related articles concerning school board meetings, budget updates and related news
in the Stillwater Area School District.
• Created a daily written record of events such as arrests for the Police Department.
• Produced news that dealt with serious topics and presented them to the editor for approval.
• Served as back-up for the local editor when absent which entailed managing the web site and blog posts,
producing web content and being the first to receive local breaking news.
• Tracked down hard news leads and generated five to ten stories a day.
03/2011 – 08/2012
Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, MN
Staff Writer
• Designed and maintained a Facebook, (social media) page for the Gazette to be more competitive in the
digital world.
• Posted breaking new stories to the Facebook page even before the competitors in the area.
• Established a solid rapport with the local Police Department to receive breaking new stories before the
competition.
• Covered the police, court and Stillwater City Council area, wrote a daily record of events at the Police
Department as well as a weekly court case listing.
• Composed a bi-weekly personal narrative column in the Valley Life Edition of the newspaper, as well as an
online (blog) version. The most popular column being the play by play experience of riding on a WWII B-
17 bomber airplane.
• Created a police record of events for the newspaper while maintaining business relationships with the local
law enforcement agencies.
• Formed political and government contacts as the city council reporter enabling story leads before
competitors.
• Uncovered developing stories that were later picked up by other local media outlets.
09/2010 – 12/2010
Andrea Kieffer, Minnesota State Representative Candidate, Woodbury, MN
Marketing Communications Specialist, Campaign Committee
• Designed campaign mailings that received positive feedback from the voters as well as experts in the
printing field.
• Composed and proofread speeches, newspaper articles, letters to the editor and press releases using AP
style which established Andrea Kieffer as a household name in Woodbury.
• Coordinated with the printing company on print orders and reviewed proofs of campaign literature within
days of the printing deadlines.
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Volunteer Experience
Office of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, Communications Intern, 01/2008 – 05/2008
Responsible for reviewing and sending response letters; assisting in media relations; fact checking written media
material, conducted legislative research.
Minnesota House Republican Campaign Committee, Marketing Communications Intern, 05/2007 – 12/2007
Planned large and small scale fundraising events; designed and wrote newsletters, logos and signs for fundraising
events that were recognized by presidential candidates, managed and processed campaign contributions.
Karen Klinzing, Minnesota State Representative, Reelection Campaign Committee, Campaign Volunteer
and Marketing Coordinator, 06/2006 – 11/2006
Wrote press releases and recruited voters; assisted in planning large scale events including a parade viewed by
58,000 constituents; composed campaign ads for the weekly local paper with a readership of 7,811 and positive
feedback by voters.
Minnesota House of Representatives, Spring Intern, 01/2004 – 06/2004
Composed form letters for constituents of Minnesota (state population 4,919,479); conducted legislative research
for bill writing, scheduled appointments using agenda software; and developed new bill filing systems that tracked
authored bills with ease.
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Volunteer Activities
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
UW-River Falls Student Voice newspaper reporter and photographer, 2007-2008
Elected Student Senator at Large for the 2007-2008 school year
Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honor Society)
Volunteer at Turning Point Women’s Shelter in River Falls, 2005
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Professional Skills
Skilled in media graphics and design; proficient in Microsoft Office, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress,
WordPress, Google Docs and SPSS software; Experienced AP writing style.
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