Account Executive Assistant

SIMON READ

**** ******** ******* **** *****: **5-

***-****

Carmichael, CA 95608 Email:

***********@*****.***

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

. Experience editing and publishing in-house corporate webzine at Intel

and overseeing a team of writers.

. Seasoned journalist with more than a decade's experience covering hard

news.

. In 2005, won San Francisco/East Bay Press Club's Award of Excellence

. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including AP style

and grammar.

. Skilled in Microsoft Word, Windows, PCs, Macs, and the Internet as a

research tool.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

8/08 - Present INTEL CORPORATION, Folsom, CA

Internal Communications Specialist

. Work under weekly deadline pressure as editor of

internal IT webzine Digital Edge.

. Handle all tactical publication duties, including

editing and writing articles, overseeing the story

budget, coding articles in HTML, and addressing reader

questions.

. Proven skills at building and maintaining the necessary

relationships with various business groups and managers

within a large corporate setting.

7/05 - 7/08 CONTRA COSTA TIMES, Walnut Creek, CA

City Reporter, City of Antioch

. Work under daily deadline pressure to fairly and

accurately cover a city currently experiencing racial

tension, economic crisis, rising violence, and

political battles.

. Proven skills at building and maintaining the necessary

relationships with government and other officials to

ensure that excellent information reaches the public

each day.

11/02 - 7/05 THE TRI-VALLEY HERALD, Pleasanton, CA

2/04 - 7/05 Police Reporter

. Covered police, courts, California Highway Patrol,

local fire departments and all public-safety issues,

gaining trust of veteran law enforcement officers and

breaking several major stories.

. Was interviewed at length on Court TV's "The

Investigators" for my coverage of a death penalty case.

. One of very few reporters selected to witness the

execution of Michael Morales at San Quentin and to

report on the larger political and social implications

of his death sentence.

SIMON READ Page 2

11/02 - 2/04 Copy Editor and Page Designer

. Designed front page and local section for daily

newspaper.

. Copy-edited all stories, and composed all headlines.

. Composed photo cutlines.

7/02 - 11/02 ALAMEDA MAGAZINE

Contributing Writer

. Wrote feature articles for this regional publication,

covering all stories of local and social interest to

the East Bay community.

7/02 - 2/04 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, San Francisco, CA

Book Reviewer

. Often hired on a freelance basis to review memoirs,

fiction, and non-fiction books under deadline.

3/01 - 7/02 SELF-EMPLOYED AUTHOR AND RESEARCHER

. Lived in the UK while researching and writing The

Killing Skies, (Tempus Publishing, UK, 2006), a non-

fiction book detailing the British Royal Air Force's

role in World War II.

11/99 - 3/01 THE TRI-VALLEY HERALD, Pleasanton, CA

Copy Editor and Page Designer

. See responsibilities listed above. Took an approved

leave of absence from work while researching and

writing the book.

8/98 - 11/99 VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER, Ventura, CA

News/Feature Writer

. Wrote in-depth features and hard news stories on topics

ranging from the environment to the housing conditions

of local mental hospitals.

8/97 - 8/98 JMPR, Woodland Hills, CA

Assistant Account Executive, Public Relations

. Wrote press releases, created and pitched story ideas,

and assisted in the planning of events for a wide range

of clients.

EDUCATION:

8/95 - 5/97 California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA

BA: Journalism, Dean's list.

1992 - 1995 Oxnard City College, Oxnard, CA, Dean's list.

SIMON READ Page 3

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

. Published author of four non-fiction books-On the House, In the Dark,

The Killing Skies and War of Words-in the USA and UK with three major

publishers (Union Square Press, Penguin and Tempus).

Contact this candidate