Austin Adams
**** *. ******* ***. *******, AZ ***12
ac185a@r.postjobfree.com
Skills:
Creative/Academic Writing Skills
Script Writing
Copywriting
Technical Writing
Email Campaign Writing/Development
Marketing Expertise
Content Development
Content Management
Transcription
Proofreading/Editing
Blogging
Business/Site Content Writing
AP Style fluency
Social Media Fluency
Keyboarding (80 WPM)
SEO/PPC Writing Fluency
Expertise in all Microsoft Office and Office 365 programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Wordpress
Camtasia
12 Years Spanish
Financial Terminology Knowledge
Medical Terminology Knowledge
Photo Editing (Photoshop)
Video Editing (Final Cut, Adobe)
Voice Over
Journalizing and Posting Accounting Transactions
Financial Accounting Concepts
Customer Service
Work
Experience:
Web Copywriter, January 2017-September 2017
University of Phoenix
1625 W Fountainhead Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85282
Responsibilities include writing, editing and enhancing copy for emails, web pages, ads and more to meet established tone and style requirements. Additionally, content strategizing must be done in conjunction with different programs and campaigns, maintaining the University of Phoenix voice and vision. Serves as communicator to design community with current and complete information. Provides continuing content development and ensures consistency of web site and other content mediums. Undertakes HTML editing and proofreading web pages. Works internally with team members and programming, as well as external web site development teams. Required to execute outstanding writing and editing skills, as well as sound working knowledge of current web content development practices.
Freelance Technical Writer, August 2015-January 2017
Brainstorm, Inc.
10 S. Center St.
American Fork, UT 84003
Some of my responsibilities included working directly with product managers and editors to drive the quality and effectiveness of the product side of the business by writing and/or editing software training video scripts, authoring DTP print-ready Illustrator files for Quick Start Card products, creating classroom curriculum scenarios and practice exercises, outlining content and composing, editing and laying out training materials for basic desktop software applications (i.e. Windows, Excel, Outlook, etc.). All work was done in conjunction with Microsoft and its Office softwares, and the produced tutorials were used to train corporate employees.
Content Manager and Strategist (Contract), January 2015-August 2015
Obzervant
10408 Loring Drive
Austin, TX 78750
Some of my responsibilities included developing creative strategies and concepts for leading corporate campaigns, emails, infographics, websites and more within a digital marketing agency environment. Additionally, I wrote corporate copy, blog posts, scripts for videos, social media posts and other content that was primarily used for marketing campaigns on the corporate national scale. Video work included producing tutorial and training videos from scratch: writing original script, recording with screen capture software, recording voiceover and editing for effects, timing and final touches to bring the project together, resulting in a professional and engaging video.
Content Writer, Videographer and Social Media Manager (Contract), October 2014-March 2016
Treepublic
8664 Amestoy Ave.
Sherwood Forest, CA 91325
Some of my responsibilities included researching products for the site, writing attention grabbers for the product pages, writing product descriptions and optimizing the product pages in order to create a readable and engaging site for the customers. SEO keywords were kept in mind while creating content. I also wrote, produced, filmed and edited videos for the products as well as managed the blog and social media accounts, posting engaging, funny and well-written posts to gain traffic and promote the company.
Content Creator and Writer (Contract), October 2014-November 2015
Tynker
480 San Antonio Road #100
Mountain View, CA 94040
Some of my responsibilities included script writing for videos, recording and producing voice over for videos, creating, producing and editing videos, and writing and editing for website content. All content related to an educational website that teaches computer programming and coding for kids – these videos are the tutorials and help videos for new users.
Content Writer (Contract), March 2013-October 2014
QuadW Financial
333 N Wood Dale Rd.
Wood Dale, Illinois 60196
Some of my responsibilities included the writing of site content, company blogs and articles that are engaging and display an exceptional quality of original work. In addition, I edited and rewrote new web pages, checking for grammatical errors and revising for more professional, reader-friendly content. Content was written within a financial business environment and always with keywords and SEO purposes in mind.
Academic Freelance Writer, April 2013-June 2015
Ultius
1421 N. Jones Blvd #201
Las Vegas, Nevada 89108
Some of my responsibilities included the writing, editing, and timely completion of academic content such as theses, dissertations, essays, and research papers at Masters and Doctorate levels in a professional and exemplary style to attain exceeding success for the order by any given student.
Assistant Loan Coordinator, May 2012-July 2012
Innovative Mortgage Group
3240 E Union Hills Dr. St. #105
Phoenix, AZ 85050
Some of my responsibilities included inputting and updating loan information, updating contacts, creating loan scenarios, updating assets, scanning documents, pulling credit reports, and delivering the documents to borrowers.
Education:
Arizona State University
(BA English, Creative Writing - 3.7 GPA)
1151 S Forest Ave
Tempe, AZ 85281
Greenway High School
3930 W. Greenway Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85053
Professional
Accomplishments:
Strategized and wrote hundreds of emails and dozens of programmatic pages, which were seen by millions, including prospective students, students and alumni for The University of Phoenix.
Wrote scripts for hundreds of Microsoft software tutorial videos.
Developed content which debuted for over 18 million students for Tynker's Hour of Code.
Developed social media and email campaigns for Polycom, the world's #1 business communications company.
Other Activities:
YouTube Partner (Fullscreen Network, Channel with over 500,000 views) 2011-Present
Arizona State University (BA English, Creative Writing, 3.7 GPA) 2011-2014
MyTeeVee Creative Writing Internship, May 2014-August 2014
Writer for Jockem.com
Head Writer, Editor and Site Creator of AllDayEveryWeek.com
References: Krystie Macllelland Jermaine Peguese
Project Manager Senior Director of Content, Marketing
University of Phoenix University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ Tempe, AZ