| Experience | ||
| 7/00 - Present | Public Information Officer — Cypress College | Cypress, CA |
| Serve as the college’s primary spokesman. Design, write and edit publications, press releases, public service announcements and advertisements for print, radio, cable and television. Conduct photo shoots and hire freelance photographers for special projects; consult on video projects, including cable commercials. Initiated distribution of releases via e-mail and the World Wide Web; designed and maintain the “Cypress News” section of the campus Web site. Advise administrators on public relations, marketing and advertising. Responsible for supervision of student assistants. | ||
| 1/96 - 7/00 | Public Information Specialist — Golden West College | Huntington Beach, CA |
| Designated by the president as the college’s primary spokesman. Design, write and edit publications, press releases, public service announcements and advertisements for print, radio, cable and television. Conduct photo shoots and hire freelance photographers for special projects; consult on video projects, including cable commercials. Initiated distribution of releases via e-mail and the World Wide Web; designed and maintain the “Golden West College News” section of the campus Web site. Advise administrators on public relations, marketing and advertising. Publicized stories have appeared on the front page of the Orange County Register and the Times Orange County, on NBC’s national network news and L.A.-area television and radio stations. Responsible for supervision of student assistants. | ||
| 9/93 - 1/96 | Reporter — California Community News | Costa Mesa, CA |
| Responsibilities included day-to-day newsroom operations and coordinating coverage at the Saddleback Valley Voice. Positions included reporter for the Daily Pilot, Huntington Beach Independent and Saddleback Valley Voice — all Times Mirror-owned community newspapers. Beats included: police, politics, cities, entertainment and general assignment. | ||
| 8/92 - 9/93 | Reporter — North County News | Anaheim, CA |
| Concentrated on crime-beat and education coverage for the Orange County Register’s community newspaper group. Contributed breaking-news stories to the Register, substituted there for vacationing reporters and covered weekend shifts at the Register. | ||
| 8/91 - 8/92 | Production Editor — Anaheim Bulletin | Anaheim, CA |
| Responsible for supervising all aspects of the daily paper’s physical construction, including cutting stories, cropping photographs and deadline-pressure problem solving. Other duties included: copy editing; headline writing; layout and design of entertainment section’s cover; assisting with coverage planning; writing staff editorials; compiling columns and briefs from wire services. | ||
| 7/86 - 11/91 | Various management and sales positions | Orange County, CA |
| Positions during this period included store manager of The Barn Furniture Mart, where I supervised all store employees and was responsible for general operations. | ||
| Education | ||
 | Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA | |
| Associate in Arts degree in communications, May 1997. | ||
| Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA | |
| Served as editor-in-chief, managing editor, editorial editor, opinion editor, columnist, staff writer, and photographer for the weekly campus newspaper. Editor-in-chief of Torch, the general interest student magazine. | ||
| Computer Skills | ||
| Designed and maintain multiple Web sites. | |
| QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, BBEdit, Fetch, Eudora, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Telnet, Anarchie, FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Word and Excel, Mac OS, Windows, and AppleScript custom programming. | |
| Accomplishments | ||
| Second place, Viewbook/Student Recruitment Book, Community College Public Relations Organization, April 2000. | |
| "Gold Medallion of Excellence" from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, October 1996. | |
| First and second place, Non-breaking News, Orange County Fair, July 1996. | |
| Second place, Non-breaking News, Orange County Fair, July 1995. | |
| Second place, Un-bylined Editorial, Orange County Fair, July 1993. | |
| First North County News Editorial Associate of the Month, January 1993. | |
| First place, on-the-spot Editorial Writing, Journalism Association of Community Colleges, Fall 1991. | |
| Outstanding Journalist, Fullerton College, Spring and Fall semesters 1991. | |
| "General Excellence" for the Fullerton College Torch magazine, California Journalism Association of Community Colleges, 1991. | |
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