Work Experience | Volunteer
Experience | Education | Technical
Knowledge
*company name withheld for online portfolio*
Greensboro, North Carolina
8/04- present
Bankruptcy and Communications Specialist
* Achieved 100% success rate in meeting legal deadlines for over 800
cases
* Processed claims and entered financial information into national database
system
* Developed, processed and manipulated databases and forms with Excel
* Analyzed and edited court documents for inaccuracies
* Created .pdfs in Adobe Acrobat for electronic filings
* Queried information from a national database
* Contacted attorneys and courts to attain proper filings
* Multi-tasked assignments on a daily basis
* Maintained daily backup of Server environment and Chapter 13 information
system
* Downloaded daily ftp files from court website
Rayonnant Productions
Durham, North Carolina
6/02- 10/04
Communications Specialist
* Initiated contacts with multiple media outlets on a daily basis
* Designed and maintained a website that generated praise from peer companies
* Led meetings to brainstorm initiatives to expand our audience base
* Created ads and web layouts in Photoshop
* Coded web pages in Dreamweaver utilizing Javascript, HTML and CSS
Landmark Community Interests
Greensboro, North Carolina
8/99- 3/02
Editor/ Graphic Designer
* Edited over 2000 church materials for content, layout, grammar and legibility
* Achieved and regularly surpassed daily production goal numbers
* Managed all facets of the printing process from outline to dummy books
* Prepared and flowed templates in QuarkXpress
* Teamed with graphic designers and printers to resolve printing challenges
Volunteer Experience
Los Angeles Pregnancy Services
Los Angeles, California
10/05- present
Communications Specialist
* Coordinated the publication of their seasonal newsletters, including
outline and initial design
* Edited content and conducted page layout of issues in Adobe InDesign
Mary’s House
Greensboro, North Carolina
8/02- present
Web Designer
* Served as their web designer, coding their website and maintaining
updates
* Edited their newsletters for content and grammar
Our Lady of Grace Church
Greensboro, North Carolina
5/01- present
Young Adults Group Coordinator
* Led a church organization in social, spiritual and service activities
* Chosen to serve on Diocesan Young Adults Council in 2002
Education
Guilford College
Greensboro, North Carolina
* B.A. in English with a Concentration in Communications
* Dean’s list student
* Reporter and editor for campus newspaper
* Interned with a national book publisher and the Guilford College Relations
office
* Classes in Mass Media, Graphic Design and Journalism
Technical Knowledge
Computer Software Experience
* Adobe Acrobat
* Adobe InDesign
* Adobe PageMaker
* Adobe Photoshop
* CorelDraw
* FileMaker Pro
* Microsoft Access
* Microsoft Excel
* Microsoft Outlook
* Microsoft PowerPoint
* Microsoft Publisher
* Microsoft Word
* Macromedia Dreamweaver
* Macromedia Fireworks
* Macromedia Flash
* Macromedia Freehand
* Pantone QuarkXpress
* JASC Paint Shop Pro
* Metacreations Poser
* Vue D'Esprit
Web Design Languages
* HTML, DHTML and XHTML
* Javascript
* PHP and MYSQL (currently learning)
Web Design Additional Concepts
* CSS
* IFRAMES
* Tables and Layers
* Forms
* Image Mapping
* Database architecture
* Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Style Guides Knowledge
* Associated Press Stylebook
* Chicago Manual of Style
Hardware Experience
* PC and Mac
* Scanners: Flatbed, "Cat's Eye" and OCR
* CDR-RW, Iomega Zip and Jazz drives
* Fax machines and multi-function phones
* Digital and film cameras
Additional Skills
* 12000 KSPH
* 75 WPM