MARK A. HAVILAND Mobile: 845-***-****

Brick, NJ *8724 E: adt9sd@r.postjobfree.com

Instagram: visual.arguments Twitter: @Mediagenic

SNAPSHOT

Intuitive, adaptive communicator, visual thinking across different media; media training skills. Responsive storyteller, editor social media intuition // The right viral messages, discern audience. SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE

Freelance Writer / Communications Consultant 2011-Present

(Mediagenic Communications: Brick, NJ and Abingdon, MD)

-Ghost-write chapter/book, manuscripts including book copy for authors, physician/advocate.

-Decisive storyteller, content creation for social media, for print permanence.

-Exceptional research skills; strategic intuition, project management skills.

-Strong media relations skills, media messages for group’s gallery exhibits, 2017-2022

-P.R., media relations support (2018) for independent Congressional candidate (Western state).

-As contractor for U.S. Army lab, APG in MD, created booth exhibit design, communications for bio-security conference; earned Secret clearance.

SAGE Hospitality Group (former co-owner: SALT Hotels) 2016-Present Staff, The Asbury, Asbury Lanes (Asbury Park, NJ)

- Engage guests, visitors; add to their stories, communicate service to their expectations.

- Demonstrate exceptional service at The Asbury, the city’s first new hotel in 50 years;

- Staff at Asbury Lanes; rock, bowling venues; customer relations at a rock-and-roll destination.

- F/T work in high season; won SALT Hotels 2016 corporate photo contest.

- Baronet outdoor theater staff, rooftop film screenings and events. Digiphoto Entertainment (DEI)/ Kodak Alaris 2009-2016 Staff Manager/Supervisor (Jackson, NJ)

- Managed, drove sales more than 20 percent at some locations for large tourist destination.

- Event photography, communications for Barclays PGA tournaments in New Jersey, 2014-2015

- Constantly exceeded sales targets, customer service metrics, as measured daily.

- Sales training, management, and motivation of dozens of employees, including international staff. Fujifilm U.S.A., Inc. 2001-2003

Manager, P.R., Corporate Communications (Valhalla, NY) Strategic PR initiatives for Fujifilm USA brands (in imaging, motion picture, and HD video);

-Earned Fujifilm media coverage, visibility at conferences/trade shows (CES, PMA, NAB, etc.);

-Managed account budgets/goals; set metrics for Edelman and other creative agencies.

-Internal communications, create daily content for The Green, U.S. employee intranet (2002-3);

-Department support seamlessly across 5 business divisions concurrently.

-Marketed video collaboration of Fuji broadcast video unit with MA ocean science Institute.

-Launch PR: drove product, customer news; boosted media coverage for lines by 15 percent.

-Managing editor, and co-writer, of Fujifilm ProFiles, award-winning publication. Ogilvy Public Relations 2000-2001

~ Account Supervisor/Business-to-Business (New York, NY) Implemented: P.R., analyst programs for established, entrepreneurial client companies. Media relations, message development for both established and startup clients. Secured: in-depth media placements: Wall Street Journal, scores of others. Planned new business presentations; mentored team of four and earned five new accounts. Edelman Worldwide Public Relations 1998-2000

~ Account Supervisor/Technology (New York, NY)

Planned P.R. programs for product, business P.R. for technology, medical information clients. Drove major NCR client business profile in The Wall Street Journal, connected to customer summit. Built visibility for products, brand awareness for clients. Managed client programs in media relations, drove new business pitches. Giles Communications, LLC 1997-1998

~ Group Manager/Technology Practice (Purchase, NY) Managed technology practice, multiple clients, for independent P.R. agency. Created solid media relationships, earned responsive media placements at industry events. Developed positive product reviews, news clips, for clients, internal H.R. communications for clients. United News and Media /Blenheim Group U.S.A. 1989-1997

~ P.R. Director/Trade Show Division (New York, NY) Drove PR initiatives, set metrics for tech industry events of U.K. publisher/exhibition company. Scripted, produced promotional video with company’s professional industry events. Earned hundreds of major news and tech media placements: The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNN, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, CNET, placements in business and tech media. Launched Association / User Group Program marketing, sparked 20 percent attendance surge annually. NJ State Assembly, 13th Legislative District (Hon. Joann H. Smith) 1987-1988 Legislative/Press Aide; Full-time (Old Bridge, NJ) *Media/PR, constituents, legislation research County Leader Newspapers 1985-1986

Editor/Reporter; Full-time (Union, NJ) *Covered crime/courts, politics, life, communities. EDUCATION

B.A., Journalism/Mass Media, with Honors

Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)

(Author, research thesis// United Way- F/T internship// Writer (p/t); The RutgersDaily Targum MEMBERSHIP, HONORS, VOLUNTARISM

*Published writer, in trade magazines, newspapers; photography displayed in galleries, guilds (NJ);

* >Writers Guild Initiative 2022 Gala; story read by actor Tony Shalhoub, others.

>WGI 2020 Gala, essay selected, read by actor Bill Irwin; Tribeca, NYC

>> Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 1996-2017 Senior Judge, PRSA-NY Chapter Big Apple Awards (2006-2013, 2015-2022) Judge, PRSA-NJ Pyramid Awards (2012-2015, 2016, 2019)

• Winner, SALT Hotels Photography Contest (July 2016)

• Images, at BGG Exhibit, of my photography at Middletown Arts Center (2018-19, 2021-22) Images, at Ocean County Artists’ Guild (Island Heights, NJ), 2019, 2022.

• Clean Ocean Action, Executive Committee/ “Ocean Celebration” Gala (2018, 2019) Executive Committee ‘Sunset’ Event (2013); Beach Sweeps Captain (2009-2012)

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