OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position in the field of communications.

QUALIFICATIONS

Nearly a decade of experience as a journalist, including two years as a sports writer, who has extensively used Web/desktop publishing and graphics applications, such as QuarkXpress, Pagemaker/InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver, on the Mac OS (Classic and X) platform; also, familiar with the Microsoft Office suite of applications.

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Director of Publications
Rider University; Lawrenceville, NJ
11/2003 - present
Serve primarily as editor of the university’s quarterly alumni magazine while assisting the director with other projects, such as basketball media guides and various campus brochures.

Web Content Coordinator
Rider University; Lawrenceville, NJ
5/2001-11/2003
Responsible for content creation and maintenance on most of the university’s 7,000-plus Web pages, including timely updates of the site’s home page and news section.

Staff Writer, Public Relations/Publications
Rider University; Lawrenceville, NJ
3/2000-5/2001
Conducted interviews and wrote features for the university’s alumni magazine, and press releases and stories for the weekly campus electronic newsletter for the office of public relations.

Writer/Editor
The Sports Network; Hatboro, PA
6/1998 - 3/2000
Wrote and edited game recaps and previews, as well as news stories involving a wide array of professional and college sports; covered live sporting events.

Public Relations/Marketing Associate
Integra LifeSciences; Plainsboro, NJ
7/1997 - 6/1998
Prepared investor/press kits while also assisting with public relations and marketing research efforts; also maintained mail/fax lists and assisted in updating the company’s Web site.

EDUCATION

Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
B.A. in Journalism (public relations track), 1997

Ocean County College; Toms River, NJ
AAS in Print & Broadcast Journalism, 1995

REFERENCES
Available upon request.