Radio Industry Professional

Professional Experience

Kidd Kraddick in the Morning, Irving, Tx January 2003–January 2009

Lead Phone Screener/Official Show Blogger/Developing On-Air Personality

• Screen and produce live phone calls for the show

• Assist producer with daily topics and show schedule

• Research and write news liners, teases and additional copy to be recorded for affiliate stations

• Research topical news stories and book related guests

• Develop show topics, ideas, contests and features

• Write editorial summary of show content for official show blog, http://kiddkraddickremix.wordpress.com/

• Train incoming phone screeners

• Research and write celebrity entertainment stories for the Hizziewood Hizzle and Showbiz Top 5 segments

• Screen and prep celebrity guests for in studio and phone interviews

• Maintain show logs and maintain show recordings on DAT machine

• Moderate the show’s chat room and message board

• Post and maintain various social networking accounts (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Ning)

Merrill Lynch, Plano, Tx May 2001-November 2001

Financial Consultant

• Cold call clients to grow book of business

• Develop financial plans for clients

• Manage a financial portfolio of $10M

Fidelity Investments, Irving, Tx November 1997-May 2001

Senior Financial Representative

• Take inbound phone calls and assist client with mandatory required distributions

• Set up IRA, IRA Rollover and Roth IRA retirement accounts

• Process retirement distributions

• Primary contact for back office processing of Bank of America Investments retirement accounts

The Container Store, Arlington, Tx July 1993-August 1997

In Store Sales/Mail Order Sales Representative

• Worked cash register

• Assisted in-store customers with ideas and sales

• Stock the store and creating in-store displays

• Create custom closet and organization designs

Education

University of North Texas, Bachelor of Arts - Spanish

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