Copy Editor/Marketing Resume
MARKETING / CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS / PUBLIC RELATIONS
• Multimedia Communications • Public Speaking • Desktop Publishing • Graphic Design
• Produce multimedia advertising/marketing/customer communications programs to
more competitively position company within marketplace and provide
organizations with market distinction.
• High-energy achiever; thrive in challenging situations; creative,
self-motivated and detail-oriented. Leadership qualities and a team player.
• Quickly establish rapport with individuals at all professional levels and
from diverse backgrounds. Strong interpersonal as well as oral and written
communication skills.
• Effectively design product marketing, multimedia, and technical materials to
promote products and services, enhancing and protecting image and reputation
of the company and its products/services.
• Computer skills in Windows platforms include Microsoft Word, Publisher FrontPage: & Excel; Adobe PageMaker, Illustrator, InDesign & PhotoShop, Quark xPress; and Internet Research.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Marketing Projects – Hermitage, PA, March to Present
DR. NICK BRENNAN, DC
FREELANCE MARKETING
• Brochure design, press release distribution, marketing projects
Polka Times – Farrell, PA, March to Present
FREELANCE TYPESTTER & SPECIAL MARKETING PROJECTS
• Create ads; Conduct special marketing projects
• Typeset articles for the two monthly newspapers
Staffing Specialist – Grove City, May to Present
USIS, Grove City, PA
STAFFING SPECIALIST
• Conduct telephone interviews for Investigators, Contractors and other positions for USIS.
Grace Industries, - Fredonia, Pennsylvania, September to March
MARKETING ASSISTANT
• Assist in the placement of national magazine ads
• Prepare and distribute press releases for national magazines
Northwest PA Cooperation Council - Greenville, Pennsylvania January to September
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
•Update NwPACC's faxed/email newsletter Distribute both biweekly. Achieved fast and effective communications with members, enhancing labor-management relationship.
• Customer service with retirees enrolled in the HMO Medicare Supplemental Insurance Program, including acting as a liaison between the retirees and Security Blue, the plan administrator.
• Design, create and edit three quarterly printed newsletters, including newsletters for three health insurance programs for labor-management members of the organization.
• Update the informational website at www.nwpacc.org
Wendy Hawthorne-Tomko Skyline Drive
Hermitage, PA
• Press release writing and distribution
• Initial training for a state-funded program to help new hires and incumbent workers upgrade their skills.
• Organize seminars and a regional golf scramble
AutoSoft International- West Middlesex, Pennsylvania to January
ASSISTANT GRAPHICS/PUBLICATIONS MANAGER
Northwest PA Cooperation Council - Greenville, Pennsylvania
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
• Pioneered and designed NwPACC's first faxed newsletter; subsequently
converted to e-mail version. Distribute both biweekly. Achieved fast and effective communications.
• Interviewed groups for five Pennsylvania Governor's Awards for Labor-Management Cooperation. All groups were awarded the state recognition.
Hot Pepper Wax, Inc. - Greenville, Pennsylvania
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
• Upgraded content of the firm's Website from "glitzy" to "informational";
making it more user-friendly and informative.
• Spearheaded nationwide media mailing on "Be A Pepper" which spurred major
newspapers in Seattle, Florida and Hawaii, among others, to write feature
stories on HPW as a direct result of this contact.
• Launched HPW's first monthly faxed newsletter providing regular, direct
communications with distributors.
Player Wire Wheel - Youngstown, Ohio
SALES
• Successfully negotiated and completed talks to sell $K in overstock custom wheels.
WPIC - Hermitage, Pennsylvania
TELEMARKETING, part time
• Launched and organized career and educational show.
• Advertising sales via telemarketing.
The Herald, Sharon, Pennsylvania
REPORTER
• Operated Grove City, Pennsylvania bureau for ½ years, turning in a
feature story and/or photos six days each week.
• Introduced Mercer County to recycling years before it became state law in larger cities.
EDUCATION / CONTINUING EDUCATION
• Associate Degree – Pennsylvania State University – Journalism
• Bachelor’s Degree – Pennsylvania State University – Multi-Media
RECENT WORKSHOP TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Graphic Design Certificate, started summer , Sessions.edu – New York, New York
• Adobe PhotoShop and DreamWeaver certificates, February , Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, N.C.
• Web Design Certificate, fall , Sessions.edu - New York, New York
