SAMPLE RESUME
Editorial Assistant

Objective

Production, editorial or web content assistant for an organization that serves the community and shows concern for people. Expansion of my skills to an editorial position.

Skills

Microsoft Word & Excel, Photoshop, BBEdit, Dreamweaver 4.0, Real Producer Basic, Fetch, FTP clients, Internet research, Mac and PC literate, type 50 WPM

Work History

SF Station: Freelance Writer, February 2002-Present
Poetics Profiles for Spoken Word calendar and book reviews for Literary Arts section

Verbum, Inc.: Production Associate, January 1999-Present
Managing Editor of RadioV.com: post monthly updates, create headlines, email newsletter, CD reviews and feature articles, transcribe interviews and encode Real Audio clips; Content Editor of FoothillChiropractic.com and Verbum.com; Manage email account and registration updates for Verbum.com, SelectBooks.com, Waterside.com and FoothillChiropractic.com; Assist with event production and netcasting (http://be-in.com/12/netcast); Edit, mark-up texts and upload files for all ePublishing programs; provide support for eBook clients.

McCall Staffing: Temporary Positions, 1999-Present
Performing data entry, cleaning membership databases and Excel spreadsheets; Creating mail-merge documents and organizing mass mailings; Answering phones, directing visitors, managing front-desk responsibilities

Campus Connection: Temporary Positions, 1998-1999
Filing, copying, mailing and other general office duties

Other Experience

The Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives: Intern, 1998
Newsletter Production Assistant & Data Entry Clerk: interview transcription, proofreading contributions, compiling and editing calendar and readers' lists

Bottomfish Literary Magazine: Editorial Staff, 1992-1995
Reviewing and discussing submissions; proofreading pre-print copy, assisting with layout

Education

San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Arts, English/Creative Writing (2001)

Clips

www.sfstation.com/literaryarts/bookreviews/yellow.htm
www.sfstation.com/literaryarts/archives/second_sundays.htm
www.sfstation.com/literaryarts/archives/strictly_slam.htm
www.sfstation.com/literaryarts/archives/birth_of_verse.htm
www.sfstation.com/literaryarts/bookreviews/surface.htm

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