Objective:
To acquire graduate-level education in Communication Studies with an emphasis on media texts, audiences, and narratives, in pursuit of a lifelong profession in academia.

Education:
Grove City College • Grove City, PA
B.A. in English & Communication Studies • May 2011
GPA 3.65/4.00

Professional Experience:   

Independent Contractor
Ten24 Web Solutions  • Northboro, MA
August 2012 – Present

• Synthesizing educational materials and educating clients thereby, culminating in smooth transfer of site maintenance responsibilities from ten24 to clients.
• Managed thorough revisions of product instructional materials, resulting in widespread improvements in client comprehension and satisfaction and diminishing future need for costly and time-consuming individual troubleshooting.

Contributing Editor
Game & Player  • http://www.gameandplayer.net/
June 2010 – June 2011

• Rapidly processed and critiqued breaking news and facilitated coverage of major press events.
• Generated unique, compelling content to maintain a devoted and sophisticated readership.

Media Services Technician
Grove City College • Grove City, PA
August 2009 – May 2011

• Displayed acuity for technical production and stage management via the direction of a variety of live musical and dance productions in a myriad of unique venues.
• Demonstrated rapid adaptability by learning and mastering a new three-camera video system and producing weekly live productions for local and CCTV audiences.

Independent Contractor
Lexington Center for Recovery, Inc.  • Poughkeepsie, NY
Summer 2010

• Vetted sensitive documents, reporting all discrepancies and thereby facilitating internal adjustments and precluding potentially extreme financial penalties from future audits.

PFAC Technical Keyholder
Pew Fine Arts Center • Grove City, PA
August 2008 – May 2009

• Demonstrated teamwork and flexibility by dealing efficiently with a variety of unique environmental and social situations.

Volunteer Work:

Grove City College Theatre
Grove City College • Grove City, PA
2007-2011

• Exhibited leadership in the Tau Alpha Pi honorary as both secretary and social affairs chair.
• Developed a passion for live productions, particularly from a technical standpoint, via hundreds of hours of rehearsals and technical work on lighting, sound, and run crews.
• Achieved an intimate understanding and appreciation of the long and irregular hours of hard work necessary for creating technical excellence via my service as a technical director for two theatrical productions.

Team Africa 2009
Mission Church w/Nairobi Gospel Center • Kenya
January-August 2009

• Scripted, filmed, and performed educational videos, communicating clear and life-improving information to a multilingual audience of over two thousand people.

Honors & Awards:

• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges 2011
• Tau Alpha Pi Local Theatre Honorary Fall 2008 – Spring 2011
  • Social Co-Chair Spring 2011
  • Secretary Fall 2010

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