Manager High School

Doug Bean

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Westerville, OH *****

614-***-**** (home) 614-***-**** (cell)

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A communications/business professional with extensive experience in

print media, online media and marketing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Raisin Rack Natural Food Market, Westerville and Canton, OH

2006-present

Communications, website, marketing and media relations manager

. Writing, editing, layout, design coordinator and management for

raisinrack.com

. Produce monthly interactive advertising circulars and newsletters

for print and website

. Launched and maintain weekly customer newsletter and company's

social media sites

. Instituted and maintain monthly employee newsletter

. Involved in setup and implementation of customer rewards loyalty

program

. Email correspondence with customers

. Liaison with print, electronic and online media outlets

. Script writing for product marketing video

. Product label writing

. Event planning, organization and promotion

.

The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH

1985-2009

Copy Editor

. Performed final editing duties, supervised rim editors' work for

major daily newspaper

. Edited, wrote and rewrote copy, picture captions and headlines on

deadline; managed copy flow; some design work on pagination systems

. Feature writing, interviewing and events coverage

. Developed local editorial style guide

. Writing contributor to Faith & Values section

.

The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK

1984-1985

Copy Editor

. Designed daily and Sunday pages and special sections

. Editing, writing and layout

. Directed copy desk assignments and made story placement decision

. Danville Commercial-News, Danville, IL

1982-1984

Writer/Reporter/Columnist/Copy Editor

. Covered youth, high school and college events as a reporter and

columnist

. Interviewed story subjects and wrote features and news stories

. Editing, layout and page design

. Elected member of employee credit union board of directors

.

Sturgis Journal, Sturgis, MI

1981-

1982

Sports Editor

. Managed daily and special sections

. Hired, trained and supervised part-time staff

. Spoke to community groups and took part in evaluating readership

survey

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, IA

1980-1981

Writer/Reporter

The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA

1977-1980

College Sports Editor/Writer/Reporter

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Writing contributor to two how-to books, history of St. Patrick

Church in Columbus, OH

Freelance writing and editing

EDUCATION

Xavier University, Master of Business Administration with marketing

concentration

The University of Iowa, B.A. in Journalism

AWARDS

Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio Emerald Award, environmental

entrepreneurship

Dispatch Headliner Award, two-time winner

Ohio Associated Press Sportswriters Association, headline writing

Michigan Associated Press Award, feature writing

Michigan United Press International Award, feature writing

REFERENCES

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