Marketing Professional and Freelance Writer
Fort Wayne, Indiana Area
Marketing Professional and Freelance Writer
Fort Wayne, Indiana Area
I am a marketing and communications professional with nearly four years in Credit Union marketing. I am also a freelance writer with a background in features.
I have worked in credit union marketing since 2005 and I have been a freelance writer since 2006. Past positions include retail supervisory experience, team leadership and training leadership in technical support.
My goal is to use my talents to lead my team and my employer to success.
Project planning and leadership, copy writing, page layout, public relations and technical support. Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign CS3, Pagemaker 7, and Macromedia Freehand. Training in HTML and CSS (Dreamweaver 8).
(Self-Employed; Insurance industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
I am available for freelance writing on a variety of topics. I specialize in arts and entertainment features, but I have experience in trade publications, financial services publications, web copy, etc.
(Financial Services industry)
September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
As the marketing assistant, I am chiefly responsible for publication design and production. I create promotions at the request of the marketing director and develop marketing materials for multiple channels. I also coordinated the relaunch of the credit union's web site in 2008.
Duties include newsletter editing, ad design, copy writing, product proofing, digital photography and photo editing, public relations, web content creation and implementation.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)
Personal and telephone interviews, event reporting, personality profiles, story photography.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)
July 2000 — September 2005 (5 years 3 months)
Project planning for direct deposit software, banking software, and Internet banking; Phone and personal customer support for software; Assigning help desk issues to other staff; Data processing software operations
Bachelor's , General Studies with Journalism Minor , 1998 — 2007
I graduated December of 2007.
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Dean's List for 2006-2007 academic year - Indiana University School of Continuing Studies