Patrice Cochran

***** ******* **

Jacksonville, FL 32226

C: 404-***-****

abkfx9@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications Summary

Media and Communications: AP style literate. Knowledgeable of public

relations, advertising and marketing strategies. Comfortable writing and

editing press releases, newsletters and articles. Ability to create and

maintain webpages and webpage content.

Photography: Wide-ranging knowledge of photography projects from inception

to completion. Effective at organizing and coordinating shoots and giving

direction to models; experience using professional photography equipment.

Comfortable shooting a variety of subjects both in studio and on location.

Ability to operate both a digital camera and a film camera; competent in

making enlargements from film and prints in color and black and white;

competent in editing and making prints from digital images.

Administration and Communication: Provided efficient administrative support

for a wide variety of programs. Prioritize and organize workloads to meet

strict deadlines; train and support co-workers and team members. Establish

and maintain strong working relationships with management, staff and/or

clients.

Technical Proficiencies: Salesforce, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe InDesign,

Adobe Illustrator, Lightroom 2, Final Cut Express, Nikon Capture NX,

Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, Quark Xpress, Portrait

Professional Studio.

Strengths and Accomplishments: Enthusiastic and creative; demonstrated

ability to achieve objectives within strict deadlines. Exceptional

organizational and communication skills; and detail oriented. Served as a

volunteer photographer for the Museum of Contemporary Art at their opening

reception for the Marilyn Monroe Exhibit.

Education

B.A. in Mass Media Arts/Journalism (2007)- Clark Atlanta University,

Atlanta, GA

Documentary/Fine Art (2009)- New England School of Photography, Boston, MA

Certification (In progress)-Professional Photographers of America,

Jacksonville, FL

Experience

Demand Studios

Apr. 2008-Present

Freelance Writer

Museum of Contemporary Art-Jacksonville, FL

Mar. 2010

Volunteer usher for the Marilyn Monroe play.

Museum of Contemporary Art-Jacksonville, FL

Jan. 2010

Volunteer Event Photographer for the MOCA Jacksonville Marilyn Monroe

Opening Reception.

Department of Veterans Affairs-Boston, MA Jun.

2009-Sept. 2009

Program Support Assistant

Provided general administrative support to the Operation Enduring

Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veteran department.

Informed veterans and patients of VA benefits and qualification

requirements.

Answered phone lines and greeted visiting veterans to the department.

Managed outreach programs and enrolled new veterans into VHA programs.

Atlanta Humane Society- Atlanta, GA

Jun. 2001-Sept. 2003

Volunteer

New York Times- Atlanta, GA

Apr. 2004

Paper Delivery

Temporary Student Position: Delivered newspapers to campus buildings.

Panther Newspaper, Clark Atlanta University-Atlanta, GA Sept.2003-Dec.

2006

Staff Writer

Advertising Sales

Cartoonist

Honors & Professional Organizations

Lambda Pi Eta National Communications Honor Society

Apr. 2007

Theta Tau Chapter

National Press Photographers Association

Nov. 2008

Professional Photographers of America

Mar. 2010

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