Media Monitoring Client Services Associate
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Media Monitoring Client Services Associate
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I am a writer who has experience writing and editing for the Internet. My skill set includes HTML basics, Dreamweaver, search engine marketing, search engine optizimation, and blogging. During my college years I lived in both Australia and Mexico and visited Europe numerous times. My career aspirations include hopes to pursue a journalism career with emphasis on economics, politics, and international events.
Basic HTML, writing, editing, teaching, researching, politics, economics
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Project manager who dealt directly with clients and coordinated long term projects with graphic designers and programmers.
I developed and maintained web programs for clients and provided client support for the ImpactWatch media/blog monitoring platform.
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
I contributed to both the blog at NewAssignment.net and the professional/amateur journalism project Assignment Zero. My Assignment Zero work help with reporting published by Wired.com.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
October 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 6 months)
I wrote content for websites (typically travel related) and did some minor web development. Some of my additional duties included: search engine optimization and marketing tasks, advertisement placement on sites, and facilitating clients' use of blogs.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2004 — April 2005 (9 months)
I conducted three weekly required classroom sessions, graded papers, exams, and assignments for about 90 students, tutored and mentored students in a general education course that covered American civilization through economics, history, and political science.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2004 — April 2005 (7 months)
I recruited students to participate in the International Volunteers Program in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2001 — June 2001 (3 months)
I wrote one article about alumni providing internship opportunities for current students for an alumni newsletter for the Development and Alumni Relations Office at Penn State Abington.
BA, International Relations, 2003 — 2005
-Awarded scholarships from Summer Term 2003 to Winter Semester 2005
General Education 2000 — 2001
-Awarded scholarships for Fall 2000 and Winter 2001 semesters
-Transfered to Brigham Young University after earning 46 semester credits
-Interviewed Jigmi Thinley (Minister of Home and Culture for Bhutan) while at the Lions Roar
running, travel, airlines, information markets, future studies, current events, politics, economics, history, foreign films
Washington County's (Utah) Dixie Affordable Workforce Housing Action Committee
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America), 1999
Media Appearances
-Washington Times, quoted by Robert Stacy McCain in "Making the Web work for the right," 5/23/07
-Al Jazeera English, Listening Post video about Tony Blair, 5/18/07
-Wired.com, contributed reporting to "Assignment Zero First Take: Wiki Innovators Rethink Openness," 5/3/07
-National Public Radio, Tell Me More pilot segment about CBS Radio and MSNBC firing Don Imus, 4/13/07
-Politico.com, "You Report: Matheson May Lose in a Four-District Utah," 3/26/07
-Nevada Public Radio (KNPR), State of Nevada segment about 2006 regional stories, 12/20/06
-Wired.com, contributed reporting to "Veni, Vidi, Wiki," 9/7/06
-Nevada Public Radio (KNPR), State of Nevada segment about Utah blogging, 7/13/06
-BBC World Service, World Have Your Say segment about wikis in politics, 6/12/06