Assistant Marketing

EDWIN McKINLEY BRADLEY

**** ******** *****, ***** *****, MI 48439

810-***-**** mobile / 810-***-**** home / ************@*********.***

Editor, writer, researcher, and educator with experience in academia, journalism, marketing, publishing, nonprofits, and public relations; author of four books

Education

Master of Arts in English, University of Michigan-Flint, 2012 (concentration in composition/rhetoric)

Master of Liberal Studies in American culture, University of Michigan-Flint, 2001

Bachelor of Arts in journalism, Michigan State University (dual major in history)

Attended Old Dominion University (graduate studies in history) and Western Michigan University

Work Experience

Editor / Digital Archivist, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 2018 to 2020

* As assistant editor of the scholarly journal Michigan Historical Review, supervised production schedule, edited and formatted long-form articles, wrote and assigned book reviews, and interacted with authors and reviewers

* As a newspaper preservation specialist, acquired, scanned, and processed microfilm of Michigan newspapers in a project developed by the Library of Congress and administered by the Clarke Library; created blog posts and Twitter material for the Clarke website

Associate Curator of Film, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, since 2008

* Manage and promote successful weekly program of independent, international, and classic films

* Research and write program notes and news releases; assist in writing narratives for grant requests

* Maintain contacts with filmmakers, distributors, media, and business/university sources

* Teach art school classes in film appreciation

Copy Editor, Crain's Detroit Business, Crain Communications, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, 2012 to 2017

* Assisted in production of regional business publication in print and online versions

* Edited articles; wrote headlines; designed pages; read proofs; created daily and weekly web newsletters

Instructor/Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty), Warner University, Lake Wales, Florida, 2015-2018; Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 2015; University of Michigan-Flint, 2008-2014

* Taught face-to-face/online journalism and English composition classes, the latter stressing 100-level writing skills

Assistant Features Editor/Entertainment Editor/Film Critic, The Flint Journal, through 2007

* Supervised arts and entertainment coverage of Flint and Detroit areas, including weekly tabloid section

* Wrote, assigned, and budgeted feature stories, reviews and news articles; reviewed films, theater, and books

Skills/Interests/Honors

Authored four books: Hollywood Musicals You Missed: 70 Noteworthy Films of the 1930s (McFarland & Co., 2020); Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era (McFarland, 2016); The First Hollywood Sound Shorts (McFarland, 2005); and The First Hollywood Musicals (McFarland, 1996). Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era was named one of 2016’s best new film/television books by Classic Images magazine and the Huffington Post.

Proficient in MS Office, Google Docs, Excel

Manage periodic blog about movies: https://earlysoundguy.com/

Columnist, MyCity magazine, Flint, Michigan, since 2014

Founding member, Detroit Film Critics Association

References

Frank Boles, director, Clarke Historical Library, 250 E. Preston St., Park Library, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859. 989-***-****; ********@*****.***

Lane Demas, professor of history, Central Michigan University, 235 Powers Hall, 1201 S. Washington St., Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859. 989-***-****; ********@*****.***

John B. Henry III, executive director, Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI 48502. 810-***-****; ******@*********.***

Michael Lee, managing editor, Crain’s Detroit Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48207. 313-***-****; *****@*****.***

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