Marketing Customer

TRAVIS REED

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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

cell: 954-***-****

e-mail: **************@*****.***

QUALIFICATIONS

SUMMARY

Award-winning writer, editor and strategic communicator. Creative and graceful – especially under pressure. Able to quickly digest and communicate complicated concepts in clear, simple language.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE Senior Marketing Specialist

Driver’s Alert, Inc. Lighthouse Point, FL 2011-present

• Responsible for comprehensive brand image and positioning

• Edits, drafts and corrects high-level correspondence

• Develops core marketing concepts and campaigns

• Writes, edits and designs key business proposals

• Promotes Web exposure and visibility

• Oversees external communications, including press releases, media pitches and customer-facing documents and campaigns

Reporter/Editor

The Associated Press Miami , FL 2008-2010

• Led coverage of travel and tourism industry in Florida and around the Caribbean

• On editing shifts, oversaw daily news and content flow for state of Florida

• Wrote and edited high-impact copy on extremely tight deadlines

• Coordinated and edited freelance copy and coverage

Acting Correspondent

The Associated Press Orlando, FL 2005-2008

• Lead journalist coordinating news responsibilities in a top-50 media market

• Statewide beat responsibilities included tourism and the citrus industry

• Led national coverage of such high-profile arrests and trials as Casey Anthony, Wesley Snipes and astronaut Lisa Nowak

• Covered major sports – the NBA, college football, golf and motorsports – on extremely tight deadlines

Reporter/Editor

The Associated Press Salt Lake City, UT 2003-2005

• Emerged as one of the area's top deadline reporters in a short time

• Covered some of the region's most impactful stories, including the trial of Elizabeth Smart's captors, the storage of nuclear waste and prosecution of polygamists

• Edited and filed stories to state and regional Associated Press wires

• Trained new bureau broadcast editor and mentored new interns

EDUCATION B.A., Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Minnesota, 2003

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