Freelance Business Writer & Blogger

JANET J. SHAN

Cell: 404-***-****• Email: ********@*****.***

SKILLS PROFILE

• Intimate knowledge of preparing presentations, managing databases, web site creation, meeting & events planning.

• Intimate knowledge and experience creating employee manuals and guides.

• Extensive & proven blogging experience, own & operate three blogs.

• Prolific writer of business and technology articles, newsletters and press releases.

• Internet savvy, including using all instant messaging programs, Internet Explorer, FireFox.

• Extensive experience in financial and equity research experience.

• Extensive experience with social networking platforms – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Squidoo, etc.

• Proven and intimate experience in promotions, public relations, management and administration.

EXPERIENCE

Dec. 1999 – Present BRAINSTORMUSA, LLC Atlanta, GA

Senior Operations/Logistics Analyst, Operations Department (Part-Time)

• Report to the Chief Financial Officer in all aspects of position;

• Prepare and handle confidential materials and presentations.

• Write numerous articles for monthly newsletter and for advertising and public relations campaigns.

• Write business articles for publication in local newspapers relating to company’s mission.

• Coordinate & perform heavy data entry of incoming software and computer orders on a daily basis.

• Assist with maintaining and updating database that tracks company metrics for all facets that affect the bottom-line.

• Assist with development and implementation of monthly research reports.

• Assist in business development activities for new products and customers.

• Prepare weekly spreadsheet & packing slips for product shipment and updating proprietary systems to reflect pending customer shipments.

• Process all deposits through check & credit card verification systems.

• Create & update numerous spreadsheets and maintain several databases

• Interface with the Accounting Department to resolve all billing and accounts receivable issues.

• Maintain purchasing & quality control records for the shipping department.

• Organize all weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings, as well as, coordinate the biannual sales meetings.

• Assist with the writing, revising and maintaining of departmental procedures and standards.

• Maintain several databases & create many office templates that are standardized for the staff.

December 2007 - Present BLACK POLITICAL THOUGHT ATLANTA, GA

Blogger & Editor

• Operate three blogs – The Hinterland Gazette, Green News Beat & Celebrity Circle;

• Extensive reporting and business writing, as well as political analysis;

• Conduct numerous interviews with wide array of public personalities and write articles based on those interviews.

• Extensive use of search engine optimization techniques, internet marketing and social networking media – LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter .

• Extensive experience in traffic generation techniques, promotion and networking.

January 2009 - Present FACTSET CALLSTREET New York, NY

Transcript Editor

• Edit earnings conference call transcripts into clear, readable and concise documents.

• Produce edited documents with quick turnaround time.

• Listen to conference calls, make changes and reproduce transcripts to meet company’s standards.

August 2006 – December 2008 INVESTREND CORP. (Financial Wire) New York, NY

Freelance Financial News Writer

• Wrote news articles recapping the financial markets on a daily basis.

• Researched various companies for press releases, earnings statements, mergers or other relevant information.

• Compiled at least 24 - 30 stories daily and wrote other business articles relating to company and its forums.

Mar. 1994 – May 1999 NEW YORK POST New York, NY

Operations Manager, Classified Department

• Performed operations functions for the sales force and was executive assistant to the Classified Advertising Director.

• Managed fifteen sales representatives and two administrative assistants.

• Trained all new employees on office systems & departmental procedures including customer service, ad-taking and word processing.

• Devised & authored several report programs to track employee productivity.

• Coordinated the daily pagination of the classified pages.

• Interfaced with the production department about the layout of the classified section, as well as writing advertisement copy for clients.

May 1993 – Mar. 1994 CRATER COMMUNICATIONS Jamaica, NY

Office Manager, Publicity Assistant

• Oversaw the daily operations of community-based newspaper.

• Wrote new employee reference guide, press releases and community service announcements.

• Wrote several news articles, as well as interviewed public personalities about relevant community issues, as well as assisted in the overall design and layout of the weekly publication.

Aug. 1989 – April 1993 INTERCOUNTY CLEARANCE New York, NY

Department Supervisor

• Oversaw the daily operations of the Distributing/Leasing Department.

• Designed sales letters and promotional materials for the department.

• Wrote training manuals for customer service and client use.

EDUCATION

2006 – Present SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY St. Leo, FL

• Master of Business Administration Candidate

2004 – 2006 INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Marion, IN

• Bachelor of Science in Management

• Outstanding Professional Award Recipient, 2006

1985-1989 OHIO UNIVERSITY Athens, OH

• Undergraduate studies in Journalism; Public Relations Major with Political Science minor.

• Extensive writing assignments and projects.

SKILLS

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Microsoft Office Suite ’00, ‘03 & ‘07

Lotus SmartSuite & Notes

Microsoft Publisher & PowerPoint

Microsoft Project, Visio, HTML, SharePoint

Corel WordPerfect Professional Suite

Microsoft Mail Merge & Query

REFERENCES

Available upon request, once mutual interest has been established.

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