Manager Quality
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Title:Category Manager
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NAME: BRAD HALFOND
ADDRESS:
CITY: Santa Clara
STATE/PROVINCE: CA
ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 95050
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: ******@***.***
PHONE: 408-***-****
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BRAD HALFOND
2201 Monroe Street #1204
Santa Clara, CA 95050
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Computer Skills:
BBEdit, Excel, FileMaker Pro, HTML Basics, MAC OS, Microsoft IE,
Navigator
Outlook Express, PhotoShop, PVCS, Ultra Edit, Word '97, WordPerfect,
Windows '98
Freelance Writing
SOFTBALL TODAY MAGAZINE: (9/98-Present)
Write four articles per month covering prominent players, national
tournaments
and world championships
Work Experience:
THIRDVOICE.com, San Carlos, CA (11/99-11/00)
(A downloadable web assistant that underlined keywords on web pages
giving the
user relevant links)
Category Manager
Created over 50 new sports/general categories (i.e.; Skiing,
Electronics) by
surfing the internet for quality websites
Maintained categories by using in-house production tools and adding
fresh new
infosources
Worked closely with engineers and QA to help identify bugs, keywords
and
quality/blocking issues
Communicated with Business Development to help determine websites for
partnership opportunities
Involved in extensive product testing, cleanup and synonymization of
two Beta
(1.0, 2.0) project releases.
Acted as a community guide for all sports groups to help foster
conversation
in the ThirdVoice forum areas
LOOKSMART.com, San Francisco, CA (12/98-4/99)
Web Surfer/Writer
Surfed the Internet cataloging new web sites for entry into powerful
search
engine
Wrote short, concise reviews documenting the sites content that were
posted
live
Responsible for selecting quality sites and eliminating pages that
were
outdated or poorly written
FANSONLY.com, Carlsbad, CA (8/97-10/98)
Sports Web Producer/Editor
Prepared, coded and posted college sports information to the Internet
using
HTML and BB Edit tools
Edited game recaps/stories and wrote headlines
Created, wrote and distributed weekly subscriber E-mail newsletters
for 15
universities
SPORTS BYLINE USA, San Francisco, CA (6/96 - 9/96)
Writer
Wrote sports trivia and biographies of sports celebrities for host of
national sports radio show
Assisted with booking guests and posted articles and photos to
corporate web
site
INTERACTIVE NETWORK, San Jose, CA (8/93 - 9/95)
Sports Producer
Produced live sporting events on television for subscribers who played
along at
home to win prizes
Redesigned the on-screen magazine by adding breaking stories and
created
promotional material for publicity
Produced live basketball, hockey, football and baseball, documenting
all
activity in "real time" as it happened
Other Related Experience:
Newsletter Writer/Editor
: United Defense/FMC, Santa Clara, CA
(1/96
-5/96
)
Junior Account Representative
: Carter Waxman Public Relations, San
Jose, CA
('92
- '93
)
Sportswriter:
The Record, Huntington, NY ('89 - '92
)
Education:
BA
in Journalism: University of Massachusetts - Amherst (1989)
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