Writing/Editing
Resume:
Brandon W. Peach
Lebanon, PA **042
************@*****.***
Objective
To obtain a position that will allow me to utilize my writing and editing experience. My ideal job environment would be one where I could work alternately on my own and with others to create engaging written products and solutions.
Professional Summary
Motivated, effective leader with experience writing articles for magazines and books, academic articles, professional blogs, radio copy, and business and sales proposals. Scholarship recipient from Penn State University’s College of the Liberal arts for internship research. High school teaching and intensive training experience. Demonstrated success in curricular and extracurricular activities—3.57 GPA, and longest-serving president and general manager of WKPS-State College. English teacher at local private school.
Experience Brief
New Covenant Christian School, fastest growing private school in Lebanon, PA
Middle and High School English teacher, 2008 – present
Boasted highest SAT and Achievement Test scores in school history
Directed and produced largest school play in school history
Revamped entire curriculum to current state standards
Freelance Editing and Writing Services
Edited hundreds of news stories, research projects, and professorial analyses since 2005
Worked in radio and print copy editing
Edited two full novels, 2006 – 2008
Versed in search engine optimization (SEO), how-to articles, press releases
The Lion 90.7 FM (Penn State’s FCC-licensed radio station)
President and General Manager, 2005-2008
Program Director, 2005
Operations Director, 2004
Panelist on public affairs talk show Radio Free Penn State, 2004 to 2008
WKPS disc jockey, 2004 to 2008
ALT. Magazine, Penn State Press
Writing contributor, 2008
Safeguard Old State (www.safeguardoldstate.org)
Board of Directors, 2007-present
Penn State Radio Alumni Interest Group
Board Member, 2008-present
Teaching Experience
Substitute teacher since 2007
Full-time teacher since 2008
Knowledgeable in current writing and editing standards
Adept at curriculum mapping and learning support
Pioneered creative writing, technical writing and copy writing programs at school
Radio and Training Experience
Knowledgeable in FCC law
Well-versed in style and libel rules of print and radio broadcast
Proposal-writing experience with WKPS
Generated sales of underwriting spots
Acted as a liaison between radio station and the university
Public spokesman for WKPS
3 years of experience training prospective DJs—trained over 200
Helped streamline training to get the best DJs on the air quickest
Additional Qualifications
Excellence in written and spoken communication
Contributor to .ALT magazine various web logs
Press-release, feature article, creative writing and literary analysis experience
Took writing and speech courses throughout college: speech (communication arts and sciences), advanced exposition writing, creative writing, poetry writing
Conducted two semesters of writing and research with Dr. Paul Youngquist
Familiar with AP style, Chicago, APA and MLA formats, and the fundamental stylistic elements of technical and business writing.
Familiar with Microsoft Office—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Express—and Photoshop
Education
The Pennsylvania State University (2004 to 2008)
Major: English
GPA: 3.57 cumulative
Awards, Honors, Research Work:
o Graduated on the Dean’s List
o Research assistant with Dr. Paul Youngquist, 2007-2008
o Independent study under Dr. Mark Ballora, 2007-2008
o College of the Liberal Arts Study Grant Recipient, 2007
o Philip Klass Scholarship Recipient, 2008
Well-versed in many types of literature: among them poetry, manifestic literature, early American literature, ancient British literature, Romantic through postmodern British Literature, the Latin American novel and African diasporic literature.
Took speech, technical writing, exposition writing, literary analysis, critical reading, genre studies, and several internships and practica.
Cedar Crest High School (2000 to 2004)
Concentration: Journalism
GPA: 3.7
Extracurricular activities:
o Staff member of school newspaper The Talon, 2002 through 2004
o A&E Editor for The Talon, 2003 through 2004
o Vice-President of the National Honors Society, 2003 to 2004
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