Publications Editor/Designer at The Penn State Electro-Optics Center (EOC)
Greater Pittsburgh Area
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- Publications Editor/Designer at The Electro-Optics Center (EOC)
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- Pittsburgh Filmmakers
- Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus
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Jo Custer’s Summary
Most of my experiences have been in writing & editing and, for the last couple of years, in layout & design. I learn software quickly--in fact, I learned most of the Adobe suite over the course of a summer internship for my current position. I pick up specialty languages with similar ease. At home with AP and Chicago styles, as well as literary and academic/scholarly writing, I'm currently seeking a position as a technical writer, as a desktop publisher or as an entry level graphic designer. While I believe that I can complete any tasks thrown my way in any of these three occupations, I will flourish best (and be a greater asset) in an environment that values collaborative autonomy as much as it does initiative.
Jo Custer’s Specialties:
Photography, Proofreading & Editing, Desktop Publishing
Jo Custer’s Experience
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Publications Editor/Designer
The Electro-Optics Center (EOC)
(Graphic Design industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
EOC operates in defense contracting research and development in lasers, sensors, fiber optics and materials, employing scientists in the field and engineers who oversee projects. As the EOC desktop publisher/graphic artist, I find communications solutions for all areas, for trade shows and industry meetings. Work includes print conception and design for media varying from brochures to full, wall-sized booths, photography to support such deliverables and input into marketing strategies/presentation.
Jo Custer’s Education
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Pennsylvania State University
BA , Communications, Journalism , 2006 — 2008
A returning adult student, I entered into a journalism option in communications at Penn State University. Course work emphasized deep research, high standards of clarity and conciseness in writing, journalistic integrity and personal ethical responsibility. This included a broadly overlaid understanding of statistics and the history of mass media, with particular attention paid to the film industry and the theory and criticism surrounding it.
- Activities and Societies:
- Nittany Pride Editor-in-Chief (2007-08), Nittany Pride Reporter/Photographer (2006-08), Penn State Honors Student (2006-08), Nittany Players (Actor 2007), Alpha Sigma Lambda Honors Society, Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities
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Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Certificate , Film Production , 2002 — 2003
Introductory Film Production
Introductory Screenwriting
Intermediate Screenwriting
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Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus
BA , English, Creative Writing , 1993 — 1995
Two years of intensive poetry and short story writing workshops honed an attention to detail, an openness to criticism and an eye for self-critique.
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- Presentation of "The Clown's Dog" (short story) at 1995 PSEA English Conference, Assistant Judge of University of Alabama's Poetry & Fiction Contest (1994), Intensive Workshop Writing
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Jo Custer’s Interests:
film, web design, equestrianism, French, piano
Jo Custer’s Groups:
Penn State Alumni Association
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The Penn State Alumni Association
Jo Custer’s Honors:
1st place winner in the DER's Earth Day Essay Contest (Grade 10-12 division), 1992
3rd place winner in The Masons' "Family Ties" (Grade 10 division) Essay Contest, 1990
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