Sales Marketing

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Education

BA,

Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD - 2004

3.9 GPA, Magna Cum Laude, Departmental Honors

MS, Agricultural

Communication, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - Anticipated

May 2008

4.0 GPA

Skills

Adobe

Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat

Final Cut Pro

Dreamweaver 8.0

Graphic design

Video editing and production

Writing and editing in accordance with AP and APA styles for

a variety of media

Experience

March

2005-Present

Public Information Officer

Alachua County Fire Rescue, Gainesville, FLRespond

to and manage media at countywide incidents requiring ACFR

emergency servicesEstablish

and facilitate constructive, productive working relationships

with local media representativesWrite

and release all departmental press releases and media advisories

to local and regional media outletsWrite,

edit and design quarterly departmental newsletterEnsure

ACFR receives appropriate, positive press coverage for departmental

and personnel accomplishmentsDesign

wide variety of publications for print, including newsletters,

brochures and annual reports

May 2004-September

2004

Archaeological Technician

National Park Service, Monocacy National Battlefield Park,

Frederick, MDProvided

on site technical support, including excavation, field survey

and artifact curation and identificationInventoried,

evaluated and protected newly excavated prehistoric and

historic cultural resources

January

2003–May 2003 and September 2003-April 2004

Archaeology and Ethnography Program Editorial Intern

National Park Service, Washington, D.C.Wrote,

edited and helped design web-based feature stories, one

of which may be viewed at www.cr.nps.gov/aad/robinsonExhaustively

researched additional historical and archaeological topics

for future web feature production

June 2003-August

2003

Teaching Assistant

University of Maryland Archaeology in Annapolis Field School,

College Park, MDTaught

material culture classes and conducted archaeological tours

for the public and city councilResearched

and developed lesson plans in historic ceramics, glass and

metalsSupervised

student excavation, data gathering, analysis and written

reporting at several archaeological sites

March

1999-December 1999

Marketing Services Coordinator

Atlas Companies, Inc., Des Moines, IAProposed

marketing strategies, created ad concepts and oversaw production

of a wide variety of materials for promotional, direct mail

and sales campaignsExercised

complete creative and production control over the bi-monthly

company newsletter for international distributionManaged

the company marketing mix and administered media contractsDesigned

and edited company literature, technical data sheets and

product labels

January

1991-February 1999

Sergeant

United States Marine CorpsResearched,

wrote and edited news and feature articles and contributed

supporting photography for various publications including

Marines, Leatherneck, Continental

Marine and Marine Corps GazetteWorked

extensively with the annual Toys for Tots drives, providing

media liaison and public affairs supportRepresented

the Marine Corps with local communities, writing and delivering

press releases and developed unit public affairs strategiesTraveled

internationally collecting news and supporting photography

for print, television and radio

References

Provided Upon Request

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