
Writer, editor, communications professional backed by international work experience
Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Writer, editor, communications professional backed by international work experience
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Published writer/editor with experience in magazines, public relations and news reporting. Particularly interested in travel and tourism, socio-cultural issues, and human interest stories.
Experience working for a travel and tourism magazine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and media relations for Harding University.
Writing, editing, reporting, interpersonal skills, cross-cultural communication skills, computer skills.
(Privately Held; Government Administration industry)
October 2009 — Present (3 months)
Technical writer assisting with responses to requests for proposals.
(Education Management industry)
September 2009 — Present (4 months)
Helping to teach and supervise approximately 25 preschoolers.
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2009 — October 2009 (4 months)
Responsibilities include:
*Working with festival coordinators and other volunteers at Festival
*Assisting Festival patrons at venue (Indianapolis Museum of Art)
*Collecting audience ballots after film screenings
*Distributing IIFF schedule brochures around Indianapolis
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
February 2009 — May 2009 (4 months)
Substitute teaching kindergarten through high school students
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)
Destination Jeddah is a local travel and tourism magazine serving the English-speaking residents of and visitors to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The magazine is new and has a small staff, so my duties extended beyond proofreading. In addition to editing, I worked closely with the editor-in-chief and coworkers to research, write, refine page layouts (using InDesign), distribute, and facilitate public relations for the monthly publication.
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 10 months)
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 5 months)
Manage one of several public computer labs on campus and oversee four student workers.
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
2004 — 2008
Writing, travel, art, music, film, people, living/working abroad
Alpha Chi
Harding University Print Journalism Student of the Year Award (2007-2008)