creative professional (Austin American-Statesman,Eyeball Records,Pompeii)
Austin, Texas Area
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- Substitute Teacher at Austin Independent School District
- Freelance Entertainment Journalist at Austin American-Statesman
- Recording Artist for Eyeball Records at POMPEII
- Past
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- Small Business/Personal Shopping Mac Specialist at Apple Retail
- Front Desk & Marketing Representative at Yoga Yoga
- Office Assistant at St. Edward's University
- Education
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- St. Edward's University
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Rob Davidson’s Summary
Creative Professional with focus on New Media and Holistic Lifestyle Design seeks to change the course of history through intellectually and spiritually uplifting forms of self expression.
-Strong Academic Training: graphic design, photography, advertising campaigns, broadcast journalism, arts journalism, technical and business writing, presentational speaking, group communication, public relations.
-Computer Proficiencies: Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Apple Software Professional recognition, Apple internal client database software
-Adept interpersonal skills; quickly engenders trust and confidence in colleagues and clients
-Confident and articulate communicator, collaborates with ease and effectiveness
-Keen eye for detail; ability to implement creative solutions for unforeseen areas of improvement
Rob Davidson’s Specialties:
brand marketing, new media journalism, film editing for broadcast/documentary, music recording, music performance, music management, small business ownership,music publishing, Apple Product/Software professional, page layout design, copy editing, customer service, group communication, online publicity, event planning, creative writing.
Rob Davidson’s Experience
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Substitute Teacher
Austin Independent School District
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Freelance Entertainment Journalist
Austin American-Statesman
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Regular contributor to ‘A-List’ blog on Austin360.com including photos and scene reports for each weekend’s hottest local entertainment events. Published article in Austin American-Statesman reporting on 6th Street West’s blossoming social scene.
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Recording Artist for Eyeball Records
POMPEII
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)
Imagine if you somehow found a way to release your heartfelt admissions and fears with grace and intelligence. Enter Austin quintet Pompeii, whose subtly haunting indie rock anthems are laden with smart, soaring instrumentals and just the right amount of discretion. Think if Coldplay wasn’t pretentious. Think if Death Cab had skipped years of lo-fi bedroom recording and gone straight to honing their pop sensibilities. Pompeii has a gift for telling you what you already know. They just make it sound better.
The immediacy of their beauty was recognized at their SXSW showcase spot in 2005. Eyeball Records (My Chemical Romance, Murder by Death, New Atlantic) owner Alex Saavedra was so impressed that he offered them a contract on the spot. The result of that discovery was full-length, ’Assembly’, produced by D. James Goodwin (Thursday, Murder by Death) and released in October 2006 with praise from National Public Radio (NPR) and American Songwriter Magazine. -
Small Business/Personal Shopping Mac Specialist
Apple Retail
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Retail industry)
June 2006 — May 2008 (2 years)
Personal Shopping Specialist
• Delights in connecting people with the perfect answers for their needs
• Nurtures long-term relationships with friends and acquaintances
• Patient, calm, approachable, and a good listener.
• Enthusiastic in getting results served to motivate and inspire others.
• Relentless in providing an unparalleled shopping experience in the store
• Showcases Apple products and services through appointment based shopping
• Builds loyal, long-term customer relationships through outstanding personalized service
Small Business Consultant
• Leads the Apple retail team in meeting the needs of Apple’s retail small to medium market business (SMB) customers.
• Organizes and maintains all client contact and purchase information.
• Grows Apple’s relationship with the local business client base through follow-up contact.
• Builds the loyalty of existing SMB customers.
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Front Desk & Marketing Representative
Yoga Yoga
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
January 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 5 months)
Provided exceptional customer service to yoga student clients through hospitality services, client database management, yoga sales, and yoga studio and class information via telephone and walk in students. Raised enrollment numbers in Yoga Yoga Teacher Training Program by 25% through direct marketing. Assisted in the development and implementation of a new marketing campaign for new ‘Yoga for Runners’ yoga series that was mildly successful.
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Office Assistant
St. Edward's University
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Assisted all admissions counselors with special recruiting projects. Maintained and organized all office files and student documents both print and digital. Printed and managed all daily outgoing mail.
Rob Davidson’s Education
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St. Edward's University
bachelor of arts , communication , 2002 — 2006
I focused on new media production and communication in culture. Capstone paper on the effects of government use of eminent domain for private redevelopment. Communication portfolio completed. Advertising campaigns for Interfaith Hospitality Network and St. Edward's University. Published article in Austin American-Statesman through Arts Journalism course.
- Activities and Societies:
- Communication Society, Student Ambassadors
Additional Information
Rob Davidson’s Websites:
Rob Davidson’s Interests:
music,holistic lifestyle design,comedy,veganism,yoga,travel,new media,animals,outdoors,wine,tea,meditation
Rob Davidson’s Groups:
Libertarian Party,ASCAP,Percussive Arts Society
Rob Davidson’s Honors:
NPR 'Song of the Day'-October 17, 2006
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6279898
Dean's List-St. Edward's University
