Thomas Smith
Blvd
Apartment ***
Mobile, AL 36609
tasmith9@comcast.n
et
Work Experience
Marketing/Web Content Manager/Customer Care
**/**** - **/**** **********.bz/Masland Carpet,
Saraland, Alabama
Worked as part of the Marketing team for Masland Carpet's
online venture, whitespace. Helped to launch the site.
Duties included web development, data entry, writing copy
for the site, developing, producing and researching site
content, writing daily "Pulse" web blog articles and
submitting products for copyright. Frequently used MS Word,
Excel, Powerpoint, Microsoft SQL Server, Dreamweaver, PHP,
HTML and DesignCom. Assisted customers via telephone, email
and online chat. Was also responsible for packing and
shipping orders.
Writing has been featured on Current, Current TV and the
Discovery Channel's Planet Green website.
Audio/Video Writer/Producer/Director/Editor
11/2007 - Present Fighting Owl Films (non-paying)
Write, produce, direct and edit short films that have been
screened in film festivals across the country.
Possess audio/video production and editing skills.
Currently in post-production on first independent feature
film.
Proficient gathering footage, editing using a variety of
programs including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Sony
Vegas. Also proficient with Photoshop and Adobe Audition.
Vox On Hold Implementation Specialist
4/2007 - 11/2007 Televox Software, Mobile, Alabama
Worked with high-end customers in the medical, dental and
business field to produce on-hold telephone messages and
schedule installation times for Music On Hold players in
their offices. Also responsible for sending messages to
recording and managing weekly recording sessions. Edited
and mixed audio with music, created audio playlists, copied
to CD and shipped to customers.
Scriptwriter / Production Assistant
5/2005 - 4/2007 Televox Software, Mobile, Alabama
Worked with high-end customers in the medical, dental and
business field to craft custom on-hold telephone messages
for their offices. Was also responsible for having messages
recorded, edited, mixed with music, copied to CD and
shipped to customers as well as performing some Quality
Assurance work for recorded messages. Additionally worked
with the corporate training department as an artist to
create training videos and graphics for handouts.
Equipment Manager
10/2004 - 5/2005 University of South Alabama
Communications Department, Mobile, AL
Responsible for maintaining the department's video
equipment, including cameras, tripods, microphones, and
computer editing suites.
Programming Manager
5/2002 - 5/2005 Jag TV, Mobile, AL
Responsible for editing and completing a compile tape of
footage and news stories for the weekly newscast, creating
a programming tape and scheduling air times for programming
Responsible for maintaining programming equipment and
organizing student produced shows. Experience using Final
Cut Pro, Avid, Live Type.
Production Assistant
9/2001 - 5/2002 Jag TV, Mobile, AL
Gathered and edited footage for weekly newscasts,
Maintained and worked with technical equipment in the
television studio, including sound boards, VTRs, and
switchers. Experience using Final Cut Pro, Avid, Live Type.
Education
8/2001 - 5/2005 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA, Mobile,
Alabama
Alumni. Majored in Communications with an emphasis on the
Film/Television/Radio field and minored in Political
Science. I am a member of two honor societies: Alpha Theta
Chi and Lambda Pi Zeta. Also, I served as the vice
president for the campus film club.
Overall GPA 3.10
Major GPA 3.77
Typing Skills
96 WPM, 91% accuracy