Customer Service Staff

WYNTON F. YATES

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

WAGT NBC26 2013-present

Reporter/Anchor/Photographer/Editor

- General Assignment Reporter covering hard news stories, features, and enterprise

- Fill-in Sports Anchor

- Shoot, edit, write and produce news content

- Establish and maintain news contacts in the community

- Post written copy and video to web and station’s FaceBook page

Delta Airlines 2008-2013

Ticket Agent/Gate Agent/Customer Service/ Counter Control

- Assist passengers with travel arrangements, luggage, ticketing, reservations, seat assignment, and payments

- Handle seat or schedule conflicts, make boarding announcements, checking and collecting tickets at the

boarding gate, and assisting handicapped passengers as they board or depart the aircraft

Chasing Squirrelz, Inc. 2011-Present

Co-Founder/Photography/ Video Production

- Work with directors, writers, technicians, producers, and music artists

- Create and design storyboards for potential and regular clients, field production

- Conduct interviews, moderate discussions, promotional appearances

- Work with clients and production staff to produce video and photography elements

- Oversee operation of small multi-camera studio; operate switcher, character generation, computer graphics

and digital video

- Post-production editing using Final Cut Pro software and Adobe Premiere

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Internship Experience

News Talk host - The Focal Point 91.9 The Buzz Fall Semester 2009 -2010

- Prepared, wrote and anchored daily news program and arranged and produced weekly news features

- Conducted in-depth live and prerecorded interviews and hosted special events

Field Reporter - Eagle News 97 (CNN affiliate) Spring Semester 2009-2010

- Video producing and editing, researched, wrote copy, narrated and tracked scripts, conducted interviews

- Floor directing, teleprompting, and script distribution for live broadcasts.

News Reporter Winter Semester 2007-2009

91.9 Morning Mouthwash - Yates and Miss Kitty in the Morning

- Developed a news program presenting news in a modern, college, student-friendly format

- Reported daily news and sports for local, national, and international audiences

- Public relations, publicity, writing, blogging, and web outreach for the show and station

EDUCATION:

Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA

Bachelor of Science in Multi Media Communications Graduated- May 2010

Emphasis in Broadcast Information

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