Objective To meaningfully contribute to a creative or professional organization where my 5 years experience in writing, editing & desktop marketing can be employed to the highest degree Employment & Freelance Writing Highlights Copywriter & On-line Marketing Barker & Hedges Real Estate - St. Paul, MN September 2007 - Present • Write unique & compelling copy for 3 websites utilizing SEO techniques • Manage and write Barker & Hedges and Saint Paul Real Estate blogs, Twitter, e-articles, & other social media to drive site visits & pageviews • Doubled website traffic to www.BarkerHedges.com from 12,300 monthly visitors in October & November to nearly 25,000 in March & rising Junior Editor John Ryan International - Minneapolis, MN January 2006 - Present • Accountable for daily photos & text editing of 11 national & 23 local news stories; displayed on a multi-state syndicated digital network • Contributes to the development of Flashplayer spots through idea generation, sample copy & testing • Provides research, copywriting & editing services on-demand Writer, Designer & Event Planner Fat Frog Marketing - Maple Grove, MN June 2007 – January 2009 • Planned monthly Diversity Lunch & Learn events, from scheduling talent & reserving venues to designing invitations & managing guest lists • Wrote & distributed e-communications like press releases, e-mailed ads, & Diversity Newsletter: Information on Inclusion • Contributed to over-all design & composed all copy for the 2008 Maple Grove Parks map incorporating their new Discover Hometown Health initiative Program Coordinator ACI Telecentrics - Golden Valley, MN March 2004 – December 2005 • Monthly proofreading & editing of new Discover Card telemarketing scripts • Oversaw the electronic distribution & testing of updated scripts to multiple out-bound call centers • Monitored randomly selected agents each week to ensure they were following scripts correctly BA in English – University of Minnesota, Morris Volunteer – Rockford Area Historical Society |