JILL JAMES
Los Angeles, CA 90004
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www.thewriteangel.com
SALES EXPERIENCE:
Web Xposure – Los Angeles, Jan-Aug 2011 Marketing, sales, cold calling for SEO, SEP firm – acquiring leads, follow up, opening new accounts, closing, maintaining database in Excel
LIMELIGHT WEB MARKETING – Los Angeles, 2010-2011 Freelance Web Designer for small businesses, artists and wellness professionals; social media set up and maintenance; ecommerce support including ebay and Amazon stores
Rich Hansen Photography --- Seattle, 2008 Seasonal Office Assistant: sales, filing, reception, stocking, packaging, UPS mailings and various office tasks
The UPS Store --- San Francisco 2004-2005 Sales, counter service, mailing and mailbox services, notary services, packaging, computer data entry
Yellowbook Yellow Pages -- Brooklyn, NYC 2001 Telephone advertising sales, cold calling, computer data entry and field work
ONMI Research -- Portland OR 2006 Market research, telephone surveys, computer data entry, client follow up, data collection
Quantum Research Inc. – San Francisco, CA 2005 Market Research, telephone surveys, computer data entry, data collection
Capital BankCard – Los Angeles 2011 Telephone sales, appointment setting
OurCard Savings Program – Los Angeles 2010 Business to Business sales, appointment setting, signing stores up to participate in community-based savings program that raised money for local schools.
Wimbledon Apartments – Assistant property management Portland, OR 2006-2008 -- Rent collections, overseeing repairs, bookkeeping, data entry, cleaning units for move-in, sales and marketing
COPYWRITING/WEB CONTENT WRITING:
www.photoesque.com -- Artist bio, workshop descriptions, additional content
www.lorneresnick.com -- Artist bio, workshop descriptions, additional content
www.villagegreeninc.com -- Product descriptions
www.indiataxservice.com/site -- Articles, content
www.centerforconsumerdebtreform.com -- Brief articles, company bio, additional content
www.holisticvoice.org -- Articles, ebook, healing artist bio
www.anthonyminer.com -- Artist bio, product description, articles
www.mjmecommerce.com -- Misc. content
http://www.latcomm.com/englishwizz/ -- ESL quiz questions and trivia
www.isleofeden.com -- Product descriptions
EDITING/PROOFREADING/COPYEDITING:
* The Gang Wars --- Editor for the novel and online html version. A YA fiction novel concerning the life and times of teenage gangs in Southern Louisiana. This book is currently available for purchase. -- 2009
* Why Elvis Left the Building --- Editor for the non-fiction authorized biography of Elvis' childhood friendship with Jimmy Denson -- 2010
* Editor for the short story Justin's Quest by published sci-fi author Kyle Schmutz --- November 2009
* Copy Editor for the short story Coolyacool by Chinese author Grant Yu --- 2010
* Copywriter, editor and contributor for the New York women's magazine She's Out All Night --- 2001-2002
*Copy editor for The Natural Chick Presents: The Vitality Diet, a wellness ebook
* Bontemps, NYC --- Legal and financial proofreading/editing/transcription for various projects including wills, contracts, conference transcripts, monthly and EOY revenue reports, spreadsheets, client letters, marketing materials and proposals --- 1999-2002
* InLine Design NYC --- Copy editing, proofreading and ad copy for magazines, brochures, web and print advertisements, wedding invitations, and instructional pamphlets --- 2000-2001
* Tiger Temps NYC --- Legal, financial and literary proofreading for various projects --- 1999-2000
WRITING/PUBLISHING CREDITS:
* Velcrofish Stories -- A book of short fiction, available on Amazon.com -- 2010
* Young Love=Dead Duck -- a collection of 37 poems, available at Amazon.com -- 2010
• Cynthia – novelization of the screenplay; adventure genre -- 2010
* Hoptu -- novelization of the screenplay; children's literature ages 8-10 -- 2010
* May's Story -- the engrossing saga of an Iranian mother's struggle to home school her autistic son in Los Angeles; non-fiction -- 2010
* The Natural Chick Presents: The Vitality Diet; ghostwriter and editor for wellness ebook -- 2010
* English Wizz – Ghostwriter for online quiz show –2010
* Ghostwriter for The Long Road to Humanity, A Memoir by Walter Rossie Jr.
* No Record Press --- NYC --- Anthology Fiction --- Published excerpt from the novel, Ballad of Sexual Anorexia. The novel details the life and times of a young writer who grew up in an Eastern meditation cult in the 1970’s. Now available on Amazon.com -- 2009
* Diva --- UK Anthology Fiction and Magazine ---- Published Mockingbirds, a short story about a future in which all women are named “Diane”. The protagonist must find true love with one of the Dianes in order to cure her chronic insomnia. Also published Friday, a short story concerning the interactions of the lead character at a party to which she was not invited. 2002
* She's Out All Night -- Women’s Night Life Magazine, NYC. Published fiction; wrote articles about local restaurants, record stores, cinemas and retail establishments; contributed interviews with local artists and entertainers. Performed editing, layout, distribution and publishing duties. Contributed photography, cover art and design. 2003
* Commonties --- Fiction --- Published the short story The Ivan Denisovich Gambit, which concerned a day in the life of a low-wage worker who takes a job walking an old lady to Balducci’s. When the old lady expires, the protagonist finds employment applying promotional locksmith stickers to doors around Manhattan. 2006
* Little Miz Muffin --- NYC --- Ad copy --- Wrote ad copy for muffin business, designing product names and descriptions, logo creation, price sheets and business cards --- 2002
* Healing Dove Massage/Green Sprout Nutrition, LLC --- Seattle, WA --- Ad copy --- Wrote online advertisements and service descriptions for nutritional counseling, bodywork and massage business --- 2007-2009
* Dog Nose News --- NYC-Seattle Correspondent --- 2002 Published an article from a dog’s perspective about various pet care facilities and pet adventures in NYC. The article featured an interview with the famous Tillamook Cheddar, one of the world’s most successful dog artists.