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Web Content Coordinator/Food and Fitness Enthusiast

Location:
Hoffman Estates, IL, 60192
Posted:
June 09, 2013

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Resume:

RICHELLE

E.

WESCOTT

****

Dixon

Drive

ȡ

Hoffman

Estates,

IL

60192

ȡ

(847)-

942-

2128

ȡ

Email:

abxrf6@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Copywriter

aiming

to

use

my

passion

for

writing

to

create

messages,

blog

posts,

articles

and

content

that

are

not

only

informative,

but

also

fun

and

meaningful,

while

also

keeping

target

audiences

in

mind.

EDUCATION

Bachelor

of

Arts,

English-

Professional

Writing,

Management

Minor

Purdue

University,

West

Lafayette,

IN

GPA:

In-

major:

3.94

/4.0

Overall:

3.86/4.0

TECHNICAL

SKILLS

Microsoft

Office,

Adobe

InDesign

and

Photoshop,

HTML5

and

CSS3,

Social

Media,

Google

Analytics,

SEO

PORTFOLIO

http://thisisrichelle.com

WORK

Adage

Technologies

January

2013-

Present

EXPERIENCE

Web

Content

Coordinator

Work

cooperatively

with

a

team

and

clients

to

design

and

implement

successful

CMS

solutions

for

clients

Populate

client

content

into

CMS

systems

Perform

quality

assurance

testing

of

client

website

functionality,

usability

and

content

Use

best

practices

for

search

engine

optimization

(SEO)

for

client

content

and

track

with

Google

Analytics

Write

training

materials

and

walk

clients

through

using

their

new

CMS

Cultivate

relationships

with

clients

and

manage

their

requested

web

design

projects

The

Strathmore

Company

June

2012-

October

2012

Social

Media

and

Marketing

Intern

Researched

the

geographical

areas

where

the

company’s

printed

publications

were

located

to

elicit

advertising

through

making

telemarketing

calls

Wrote

blog

content

to

link

the

company’s

advertising

and

printing

practices

with

other

more

identifiable

real

world

situations

using

Drupal

CMS

system

Updated

the

company’s

Facebook

and

Twitter

accounts

biweekly

Purdue

University

Press

August

2011-

August

2012

Journal

Coordinator

Journal

of

Purdue

Undergraduate

Research

Managed

incoming

journal

proposal

abstracts

using

the

Press’s

bepress

digital

submission

system

Publicized

the

journal

around

campus

with

the

help

of

a

Student

Editorial

Board

Created

layouts

for

new

features

in

the

journal

as

well

as

promotional

materials

Arranged

Faculty

Advisory

Board

meetings,

Student

Editorial

Board

meetings,

and

writing

workshops

for

student

authors

Edited

submitted

journal

articles

Published

an

interview

about

a

student’s

experience

with

energy

efficient

solar

homes

in

the

journal

(doi:

10.5703/jpur.02.1.14;

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol2/iss1/52/)

Continued

to

aid

the

journal

as

a

member

of

the

Student

Editorial

Board

and

by

training

my

successor

in

the

Fall

2012

semester

FREELANCE

Stonger

Mini

Aussies:

WordPress

Website

March

2013-

Present

Worked

with

client

to

pick

out

a

theme

which

suited

her

dog

breeding

needs

and

personalized

it

Wrote

content

utilizing

good

SEO

technique

and

implementing

features

for

usability

Set

up

social

media

to

help

drive

traffic

and

friends

to

her

site

(Pinterest,

Google

+)

Advised

her

on

the

simplest

hosting

option

so

she

could

eventually

edit

her

own

content

Continued

upkeep,

maintenance,

and

improvements

to

the

site

and

its

content

Still

in

progress:

http://stongerminiaussies.com

COURSE

PROJECTS

Food

Finders

Food

Bank

Food

Sorting

Guide

and

Crisis

Communications

Project

Acted

as

Project

Manager

Worked

with

a

team

using

InDesign

to

help

create

a

useable

food

sorting

guide

to

aid

in

training

food

bank

volunteers

Got

estimates

for

all

printed

and

bound

materials

and

had

them

professionally

printed

Designed

a

poster

for

can

safety

Contacted

clients

to

gauge

their

expectations

for

our

project

and

gather

feedback

on

how

useable

our

produced

materials

were

Hungry

Like

Da

Wolf:

A

Food

Newsletter

Blog

Created

a

food

blog

to

write

food

reviews,

restaurant

reviews

and

share

recipes,

http://hungrylikedawolf.com

Used

HTML5

and

CSS3

Coordinated

a

corresponding

WordPress

CMS

blog

to

update

content

more

easily,

http://hungrylikedawolf.com/wordpress

LEED

Certified

Sports

Flooring

White

Paper

Wrote,

compiled,

edited

and

designed

a

white

paper

using

InDesign

Managed

a

team

of

students

who

only

interacted

online

Used

email

and

Drupal

CMS

messaging

system

to

coordinate

communications

between

team

members

in

normal

situations

Researched

all

other

contact

methods

to

reach

team

members

at

an

emergency

deadline

Conducted

web

research

for

background

on

sports

flooring

and

LEED

certification

Connected

with

the

Director

of

Sustainability

at

Connor

Sports

Flooring

as

a

contact

for

more

information

on

LEED

certification

ACTIVITIES

&

Competitive

Figure

Skater,

1998-

2010

AWARDS

Purdue

PRSSA,

Member

2011-

2012

Phi

Beta

Kappa,

Honor

Society

Member,

2013



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