Project Manager Sales

David Roberts

**** * **** **.

# *** **********, **

85251

Phone 602-***-**** E-mail:

********@*****.***

To Whom It May Concern:

Here is how I can help your company - what I bring to your table:

. A successful career in journalism, one in which I followed the family

footsteps, including managing the family newspaper operation when my father

was President of the National Newspaper Association, and while he was a

Visiting Professor of Journalism.

. I served as Editor in Chief for a magazine/newspaper group in Chicago and

suburbs. I bring that experience to help your company get the news, or it's

message, out every day, every hour, every segment.

. Perhaps the best example of my skills is the recent Arizona Wallow Fire,

during which even fire officials pointed to our Website as the most

accurate and up to date.

. I took our publications to desktop publishing in 1987, and onto the Web

as early as 1999, so I have a fine appreciation for, and experience in,

that communication form. I have always pushed staff towards more tech-savvy

information gathering.

. We write and edit for the Web every hour of every working day.

With my family grown and living in other states, I am free to work whatever

hours are required in the office. I work best under tight deadlines.

I am available to interview at your convenience, and would like to show you

how I will contribute to your company's goals.

I thank you in advance for your help and await your reply.

Sincerely,

David Roberts

Editor

White Mountain Independent

David Roberts

3314 N 68th St., #214

Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Phone 602-***-**** E-mail:

********@*****.***

Experienced EDITOR / PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST / PHOTOGRAPHER

Publishing / Marketing / Crisis Management / Electronic Media

PROFILE: An experienced editorial executive with unparalleled success in

all areas of group communications, public relations, political reportage

and digital media editing. Analytical, intelligent, and self motivated

professional with more than 20 years of experience creating and developing

effective stories and leads. World traveler with some foreign language

skills; adaptable, comfortable in many situations. Strong interpersonal

communication skills, with the ability to work independently, as well as

collaborating with a team specializing in story / publication production as

well as advocacy. Concise writing is a specialty.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Supervises research and writing . Timely news production . Multi

media platform experience

. Coordination, scheduling . Image Communications . Reporter,

editor collaboration

. Client Communication Skills . Team Player and Leader . Story

Identification and execution

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Awarded the state's Best Illustrative Photography three times in six years.

Award is for using photography to best illustrate accompanying news story.

Won nation's spot news photography.

Collaborated with departments to produce both regularly scheduled and

special subject periodicals.

Identified ways to simplify and explain complex issues. Political science

background allows identification of sophisticated situations in countries

with different laws and customs.

Recruited for and identified the proper candidates and ultimate employees

that brought sales and editorial skills to the company. Trained the

editorial staff, reformatted the magazine to attract more clients, adjusted

the circulation to help the clients. Impact: Doubled the company's gross

receipts within five years, and tripled the net profit and doubled the

gross income within five years.

Led the company into the 21st century with a web presence as far back as

1991, created a training situation for staff members who then became our IT

professionals. Impact: By getting in early, the company was able to secure

the company's name as a URL by training staff in IT, we saved on outside

contractors.

Redesigned and stretched a two page area with no advertising into a 10 page

section that became 75% advertising. Freed up a valuable area that one

advertiser bought for the next 20 years, increased interest in the magazine

in general. Impact: Increased advertising revenue.

Researched and located unused residential space in an area of Chicago that

could be converted to commercial use, and negotiated the purchase of this

space for the company. Moved dollars previously used for company

headquarters off the expense side of the balance sheet and onto the asset

list. Impact: This asset appreciated roughly 300% over the ensuing decade.

Interacted with Senior Corporate Officials to further company goals.

TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS

Excel, Word, Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe InCopy, Adobe News Edit,

Adobe Dreamweaver Web editor, Quark Express, Appleworks 6, Microsoft

Office, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Professional, iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband,

Logic Express, Skype, PowerPoint Keynote, Pages

David Roberts

3314 N 68th St., # 214 Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Phone 602-***-**** E-mail:

********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging position utilizing problem solving,

communication and leadership skills to provide an immediate impact in the

area of communication as a Public Affairs Director.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

White Mountain Publishing, Inc Show Low, AZ 2010 - Present Editor

Two twice-weekly newspapers serving Northeast Arizona with a winter

population of 100,000 which doubles in the summer because of tourist

influx. The web edition has 200,000 unique visitors and over 1 million page

hits monthly, while the print edition get in front of 60,000 eyes each week

Manage a staff of eight writers to produce and edit 100 pages of editorial

product each week plus late breaking news for the web edition.

Serve as the political writer and editorial page manager.

Increased circulation within two months, after two years of flat to

declining circulation

Raised the Company's profile among advertisers and local and state civic

leaders

Devised a sales strategy to increase large advertiser's budget by a factor

of 10.

Illinois Entertainer Magazine Group Chicago, IL 1984 - 2006 Editor

in Chief

Led a team of department heads that increased the size and profitability of

the magazine and led it through its most profitable period in history

Led group communication and in charge of promoting the organization both

internally and externally through brand awareness, public relations, media

and developed collateral material

Led a team in operational, analytical, and reporting tasks for key clients

Applied cooperative teaming and project budget analysis to determine

avoidable costs

Managed and streamlined work streams, schedules, and resources for

successful and most profitable completion of project goals

Created policies and procedures for effective management and business

development

Daily review of internal communication and the dissemination to the press

of any valid news stories. Monitored various projects in the pipeline;

planning, organization and delivery

Wrote news releases as appropriate

Provided strategic planning that resulted in 27% increase in sales the

first year, and 100% increase within five years, budget development, cash

flow management, production management

Star Sentinel Newspaper Group Melrose Park, IL 1987 - 1996 Editor

in Chief

In charge of the overall editorial product management and operations

Responsible for the transformation of the publications from local to

regional in scope

Provided greater communication and collaboration with clients to increase

satisfaction

Developed and implemented business practices improving and reducing

operating expenses

Collaborated with the QA team to prioritize for zero errors

Designed and implemented operational data flow diagrams to streamline

business practices

Communicated with the internal team and client to monitor progress,

setbacks and milestones

Green Street Acquisitions, LLC Chicago, IL 2002 - 2010 Managing

Partner

Led the analysis of target properties for improvement into habitation for

working class families in Chicago, negotiated all loans, lines of credit

and contracts, acquisition of properties

Monitored lines of credit and sub-contractor performance, negotiated

property sales

Established continuous process improvement at all levels in organization

Communicated with Clients, P.M.'s, Superintendents, and Corporate Officials

on status and changes to projects

Created SOPs, collaborated with managers to create action plans, developed

training programs, collaborated with contractors to create customized

remodels, developed operating system modifications, developed quality

standards for the refurbishing of properties

Project manager for construction teams tasked with conversions, managed

materials acquisition

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