Sales Design

David B. Reynolds

**** ***** ****** **., ***********, CA 95667 530-***-**** or (805) 729-

1269

E-mail: **********@**.*** or **********@*****.***

http://wordsbydavereyn.blogspot.com

Achievements Key writing achievements include:

Creating five study guides that prepare people to

take and pass the U.S. Green Building Council's

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Accredited Professional Exam. Supplying practice

questions and supplemental material. Generating

marketing materials-primarily SEO documents and

releases-in support of these simplified documents.

Earning accolades from the Santa Barbara County

Sheriff's Department, California State Senate and

Assembly for "Community Spirit" in local news

coverage.

Interviewing and writing stories about people in

many different occupations including U.S. Senators,

gold medal-winning Olympians, local business leaders

and plane crash survivors.

Turning a press release into a front page feature

story in a Central Coast weekly publication.

Key Skills My writing, editing and design skills cover a wide

range of potential uses. Among them are:

The ability to precisely define and target groups.

Once recipients are identified, documents are

created that help each group achieve their goals.

Writing, editing, illustration and design for print

and on-line publication, including social media.

Editing skills permit following company guidelines

while also maintaining each writer's voice.

Sales and public speaking skills are also part of

the package.

Professional Experience

The Grace Foundation of Photograhy and Public Relations. Creating products

Northern California, using still photos of Grace animals and events to

2010 raise money and awareness for the non-profit. Also

writing features and short press releases for print

and on-line distribution.

PTL Exam Prep,

2008-2009

Technical Writer www.ptlexamprep.com. Creating

detailed study guides, SEO documents and marketing

materials for people preparing for the U.S. Green

Building Council's Leadership in Energy and

Efficiency Design Accredited Professional exam. Also

performing sales an technical support roles at

several trade shows.

California Builder Magazine, 2006-07

Editorial Assistant for California Builder magazine

(now defunct), a publication of the California

Building Industry Association. Writing news briefs,

new product introductions, obituaries, news items

for magazine.

Santa Ynez Valley News, 2001-04

Managing Editor of twice-weekly community newspaper.

While having overall responsibility of the editorial

content and managing a staff of two full-time

reporters plus two columnists, I was providing more

than 45 percent of the local stories, photos,

headlines and design for each issue. Regularly

covering local and county government, business,

religion, crime and general news. During two lengthy

periods, I was also covering sports and education in

addition to my other duties.

And So On

Previous: The Review-Herald of Mammoth Lakes and The

Inyo Register of Bishop. After starting as the

entertainment reporter of the twice-weekly

Review-Herald, I eventually progressed to the top

position: editor (managing editor) of the

thrice-weekly The Inyo Register. In addition to

design duties, I was regularly supplying stories and

photos on numerous topics of interest to local

residents and visitors.

Education

Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, San

Jose State University, San Jose, Calif., 1980.

Certificate in General Business Studies With

Concentration in Technical Communication "Earned

with Distinction," UCLA Extension, June 2008.

Computer Skills

My computer experience dates back to the late 1980s

in both software and hardware.

In addition to using software, I also create "How

To" guides and provide pointers for novice users.

My experience ranks me as an expert or advanced user

of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint,

Outlook and Outlook Express, Windows Mail. I am an

occasional user of Visio 2007.

Intermediate to advanced user of Adobe PhotoShop,

Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat and Dreamweaver.

Frequent user of Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, blogs

on Blogger.com and WordPress and other social media.

Experienced user of Power Article ReWriter for

search engine optimization.

Frequent Twitter user @wordsbydavereyn with more

than 1,200 comments posted.

Writing Samples

Writing and editing samples-plus numerous marketing

and communications tips-are available at

http://wordsbydavereyn.blogspot.com and on Twitter

@wordsbydavereyn. Published newspaper and magazine

samples are available on request.

References

Linda Bak, an event organizer with the Grace

Foundation, *****@*****.***, 916-***-****.

Hourly Rate Additional references available on request.

Depending on assignment, $15-$17 with W-2. Higher

without.

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