
Advertising Manager at City College News — Minnesota Community and Technical College
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Advertising Manager at City College News — Minnesota Community and Technical College
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Photo Editor and photographer with experience in sports, events, music, portraits and photojournalism. I have developed an extensive portfolio of sports images from the youth level to professional.
Both digital and film SLRs, Canon and Nikon, Adobe Creative Suite CS 3, Microsoft Office, Windows and Mac, single-unit strobe lighting.
HTML, PHP, CSS, WYSIWYG layout tools
(Educational Institution; Newspapers industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Brand development, web site traffic growth, copy editing
Advertising, cold calling.
(Photography industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
I photograph NCAA Division III sporting events. Football, basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling, swimming and diving, and volleyball are the biggest sports covered.
(Utilities industry)
July 2009 — August 2009 (2 months)
Cold Calling, Script Development, Mailing
(Public Company; GM; Financial Services industry)
September 2008 — October 2008 (2 months)
I generated Post Sale Letters using data from three different GMAC databases.
Extensive use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook. Used propitiatory GMAC software.
Familiar with some debt collection/bankruptcy practices. General labor. Quality assurance checks, including paperwork.
(Wholesale industry)
August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)
* Quality assurance.
* Packing plastic pouches.
(Computer Networking industry)
July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)
Various office work, including mail sorting, filing, data entry, answering phones (150+ lines), document creating and editing, scheduling.
(Privately Held; Insurance industry)
June 2008 — June 2008 (1 month)
Various office work, data entry, fax processing, Quality assurance checks.
Extensive use of Microsoft Access and XactAnalysis as well as American Family databases.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — June 2008 (10 months)
Photojournalist for the college; photos used in college brochures and advertisements. Featured as Photo of the Week on Augsburg’s web site. Featured on several Augsburg sports programs, including one cover image.
(Newspapers industry)
September 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 10 months)
GRAPHIC DESIGN/LAYOUT
Design advertisements for the paper. Prepare pictures to fit preexisting layout parameters. Assist the Layout Editor with layout in all sections of the paper. Extensive use of Adobe InDesign CS3.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photojournalist for all sections of the paper; photos used in all 40 issues of the paper. Experience with both Canon and Nikon digital systems as well as traditional film. Black and white darkroom and other film and digital technical experience. Extensive use of Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Bridge.
GENERAL
Track record of working to deadlines. Work with advertisers and develop contacts. Experienced writer, with several front page and lead stories. Extensive use of Microsoft Word.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
February 2002 — October 2006 (4 years 9 months)
Assisted visitors by demonstrating scientific phenomena.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Music industry)
June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)
I assisted the events staff with day-to-day operations as well as payroll and hiring for ushers.
Photography and Digital Imaging 2009 — 2011 (expected)
I am a first semester Photography and Digital Imaging student. I hope to also take some journalism classes.
Undecided 2006 — 2008
HSD , Aviation , 2002 — 2006
4 years of Music and Aviation coursework. Specialized in aircraft construction.
photography,web design
FredMiranda.com, CameraTalk.org
Featured as on Augsburg Web site as the Photo of the Week