Simon Ponder

Current

Online Ad Coordinator at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Past

Online Video Producer at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Spotted Photographer at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Online Editor-The Daily Toreador at Texas Tech University

Intern at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Volunteer at PBS KTXT-TV

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Education

Texas Tech University

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Industry

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Simon Ponder’s Summary

Online Ad Coordinator, Photographer, Online producer and college student at Texas Tech University, and I will graduate in 2008 with a degree in Communication studies with a minor in English.

Simon Ponder’s Specialties:

Online advertising, community websites, HTML, Photography, Video, blogging

Simon Ponder’s Experience

Online Ad Coordinator

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Coordinate all of the advertising for Lubbockonline.com, redraiders.com, and frenshiptoday.com.
Work with the art director on obtaining the creatives as quickly as possible.
Schedule email pushes for the sales reps.
Online Video Producer

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

August 2008 — October 2008 (3 months)

Shoot and edit Video of High School Football Games
Shoot and edit video of Texas Tech Football Games
Spotted Photographer

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

August 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Attend community events and concerts taking pictures to accurately portray what it was like to have attended the event
Find events to take pictures at
Submit weekly pictures for the GO! print product
Online Editor-The Daily Toreador

Texas Tech University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Posted all of the stories online with art work and slideshows.
Assigned stories to the videographers.
Shot and edited video of Texas Tech spots.
Intern

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

Helped to create a community events calendar by shooting photos of all the locations
Shoot photographs of spotted event
Helped obtain information for a Frenship area wiki.
Volunteer

PBS KTXT-TV

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

March 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 10 months)

Helped with shooting the pledge drives
Floor Director for the documentry series "StoryTellers and MusicMakers"

Simon Ponder’s Education

Texas Tech University

Communication Studies 2003 — 2008

Minors in mass communications and English

Activities and Societies:

Public Relations Chairman for Pi Delta Alpha, President Student Film and Multimedia Association, 88.1 KTXT as substitute dj and street team member, The Daily Toreador