Customer Service High School

John A. Armstrong, B.A.

** **** ****** ******* ****, Ocean Township,

New Jersey, 07712

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

Objectives: An entry level position that will provide me with a foundation

upon which I can build a career in the entertainment industry such as a

broadcast journalist, script writer, or any other role in theater or

television production..

Skills Profile: My primary interest is coincidental with my career goal.

I am very much interested in all aspects of the entertainment industry from

performance through to technical production and production management. In

my career at high school, I was fortunate to be able to take part in both

performance and videography. My experiences since leaving high school and

throughout the intervening years at university, I have been involved in

performance (acting and song composition). My experiences at university

has convinced me that I have the have the artistic, communication and

interpersonal skills that I believe are necessary to make a successful

career in this challenging and complex industry.

I would summarize my skills as follows:

. Descriptive writing (short stories)

. Song writing (Music and lyrics), Guitar

. Some Keyboard

. Mandolin and Ukulele

Education: Bachelor of Arts in English, December 2009

Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

Courses taken included:

Concentration in Creative Writing American Poetry to 1940

Writing: Fiction English Vocabulary Classical Roots

Writing: Poetry Major Film Genres

Composition: Writing & Research Philosophy

American Literature History

18th Century English Literature Psychology

World Literature Sociology

Mythology Anthropology

Comparative Literature Geography

(African/American Women writers)

While at Montclair I canvassed votes and was elected for one semester to

serve on the student government association (SGA). The SGA is a student

body that collects and appropriates funds for many varied student led

activities..

Work Experience:

o Present: Volunteer at Jersey Shore Medical Center (Part Time 15 hours

per week) - Assist Professional Clinical Psychologists taking notes in

group therapy sessions. Develop creative tasks for patients. I have

progressed in this position such that I am now allowed to complete

preliminary patient psychological assessments.

o 2007 to Present: Avis Car Rental (Part Time 20 hours per week):

Customer Service Representative

o 2000: (Summer) - Monmouth Community Bank - Customer service and

customer profile data entry.

o 2001-2007 - A variety of part-time jobs during education recesses in

construction and food delivery

Activities:

> 2009 - Short assignment during school semester undertaking promotional

work (mostly via computer based social networks) for artists on tour

for WNJM Radio 98.9FM Manahawkin, NJ.

> 2005: Played both lead and base guitar in a band "Almost There" I

performed during one local radio broadcast on the X Radio (88.9FM)

Monmouth University Radio, New Jersey. While I am no longer a member

of this band (due to my commitments at university) I have recently

undertaken much of the marketing and promotion of this band, which has

produced some recent success.

> May 2007: Performed to a Saturday daytime audience at the "Cavern

Club" birthplace of the Beatles in Mathew Street, Liverpool, UK.

> May 2007 and May 2008: Played lead and bass guitar for improvised

bands made up of musicians from the Liverpool Rock and Roll Society,

Huyton, Liverpool UK.. This improvised band played to a large audience

consisting of people affiliated to the British Conservative Political

Party.

> May 2007 - Played a Quarryman's guitar at "Mendips" (the childhood

home of John Lennon) Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, England, UK.

References: Provided upon request

Personal: US Citizen

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