Brian Powers

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Kokomo, IN, 46902 ac7c4s@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Indiana University Kokomo Ivy Tech Community College

Bachelor of Arts in English Associate of Applied Science

Concentration: Writing, Editing, Journalism Concentration: General Studies

Awarded: December 2017 Awarded: August 2015

SKILLS SUMMARY

Certifications/Training

•Google AdWords

•Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Communication Skills

•Spent 14 months as the medical training non-commissioned officer of my battalion.

•Mediated dozens of business/consumer meetings as an account specialist.

•Ability to listen and work simultaneously in busy, chaotic situations.

Problem Solving Skills

•Ability to make vital decisions without guidance.

•Ability to consider problems from multiple angles to decide the best course of action.

•Ability to recognize and address issues before they get out of control.

Leadership Skills

•Spent a year as the sole platoon medical staff member of Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia.

•Maintained business relations with customers with little to no supervision.

•Delegated responsibilities while serving as lead staff member on shift.

WORK HISTORY

Peru Tribune, Peru, IN (4/17-Present)

Editor

Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Marion, IN (12/17-4/17)

Reporter

Indianapolis Monthly, Indianapolis, IN (5/17-8/17)

Editorial Intern

Fastenal, Logansport, IN (8/13-10/14)

Account Specialist

Charleston’s Restaurant, Carmel, IN (09/11-11/12)

Server/Bartender

U.S. Navy, Twentynine Palms, CA/Quantico, VA (02/03- 09/08)

Hospital Corpsman

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

•IUK English Club President

•IUK Research Symposium presenter

•Field, IUK Arts/Sciences journal, editorial board member: prose and research

•Staff writer for The Correspondent, IUK campus newspaper.

•Published five articles while interning at Indianapolis Monthly magazine.

•Promoted from reporter to editor in four months.

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