Administrative Assistant Office
Resume:
Lauren E. Jones
** **** ******* ******, ***. *** Jacksonville, FL 32202
*********@*****.***
Career Focus Writer/Editor responsibilities
Experience Experienced in writing feature articles, profiles, police
Summary beats and shooting photos.
Well versed in copyediting and proofreading, most recently as
editor for a weekly paper.
Competent researcher, interviewer and reporter.
Education B.A., Communications/track in journalism and minor
in photography, University of North Florida,
Jacksonville - 2008
Professional Administrative Assistant - World Affairs Council
Experience of Jacksonville (08/2010 - present) Part-time.
. Assist the membership director in mailing and
keeping an organized database using ACT and help
with all office needs as well as edit and create
content for members.
Freelance Writer - The Florida Times-Union,
Jacksonville, FL (06/2010 - present)
. Write for the specialty publication, Drive,
about the changing car industry and the effect the
economy has had on it.
Editor/Reporter - The Nassau News, Yulee, FL
(10/2009 - 05/2010)
. Developed story ideas and wrote stories for
front page of a weekly paper. Invented a recipe
column which readers could send in their own
recipes which I cooked and wrote about. Took in
recipes from readers and edited and published
them. Interviewed sources on the phone and in
person. Collected police reports at the sheriff's
office and wrote police beat. Wrote business
spotlights. Edited all content that goes in the
paper, including other columnists' articles.
Gathered local government meeting schedules. Put
together a calendar of events. Shot photos.
Started and maintained The Nassau News Twitter and
Facebook which developed relationships with
advertisers.
Staff Writer - La Gaceta Newspaper, Tampa, FL
(02/2009 - 09/2009)
. Wrote profile stories on local people and
interviewed them for weekly, family owned
newspaper. Wrote about events in the surrounding
Tampa Bay area. Wrote a column about what was
going on in Ybor City itself and what was
happening in the corporate sector of Tampa.
Arranged pages using Adobe InDesign. Edited
columnists' work. Shot photos and edited them.
Delivered the paper once a week.
Intern - The Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville,
FL (05/2008 - 08/2008)
. Intern position for the Lifestyles section
as a features reporter. Wrote stories about
community events and arts and entertainment.
Teacher's Assistant - UNF Child Development
Research Center: Jacksonville, FL (09/2006
-06/2008)
. I worked for the UNF daycare where I worked
with children ages two through five. As a research
facility, I was able to implement different
teaching methods and communicate with parents and
assist with daily activities such as prepare
snack, lead story time and help with transition
periods throughout the day.
Skills AP Style . Microsoft Word . InDesign . Photoshop . use of
digital camera . social media including Facebook and Twitter.
Website: laurenlikestocook.blogspot.com/
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