Copy Editor/Marketing

Posted on: 2006-09-24

Wendy Hawthorne-Tomko 1430 Skyline Drive Hermitage, PA 16148 724-962-9340 [email protected] 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 – Hermitage, PA, March 2006 to Present DR. NICK BRENNAN, DC FREELANCE MARKETING • Brochure design, press release distribution, marketing projects Polka Times – Farrell, PA, March 2004 to Present FREELANCE TYPESTTER / COPY EDITOR; MARKETING PROJECTS • Create ads; Conduct special marketing projects • Typeset articles for the two monthly newspapers Staffing Specialist – Grove City, May 2006 to July 2006 USIS, Grove City, PA STAFFING SPECIALIST • Conduct telephone interviews for Investigators, Contractors and other positions for USIS. Grace Industries, - Fredonia, Pennsylvania, September 2005 to March 2006 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 2004 to September 2005 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 1430 Skyline Drive Hermitage, PA 16148 724-962-9340 [email protected] • 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 2003 to January 2004 ASSISTANT GRAPHICS/PUBLICATIONS MANAGER Northwest PA Cooperation Council - Greenville, Pennsylvania 1998-2003 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 11 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 1998-1999 • 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 1997 SALES • Successfully negotiated and completed talks to sell $500K in overstock custom wheels. WPIC - Hermitage, Pennsylvania 1996-1997 TELEMARKETING, part time • Launched and organized career and educational show. • Advertising sales via telemarketing. The Herald, Sharon, Pennsylvania 1980-1996 REPORTER • Operated Grove City, Pennsylvania bureau for 12½ years, turning in a feature story and/or photos six days each week. • Introduced Mercer County to recycling 2 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 2003, Sessions.edu – New York, New York • Adobe PhotoShop and DreamWeaver certificates, February 2002, Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, N.C. • Web Design Certificate, fall 2001, Sessions.edu - New York, New York