Web Content Manager: MPRI Contractor for www.Army.mil
| Crystal City, Arlington, VA |
May 2008 - Present |
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Lead the strategic focus of micro-sites, such as Integration of the Armed Forces, by gathering and organizing multimedia content (news articles, photos, videos and links)
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Promoted Soldiers Radio and Television productions on the Army Media Player, the homepage, and the news front page
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Edited videos in Discreet Cleaner, Sorenson Squeeze, and QuickTime Pro
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Used Brightcove's content management system to upload, caption and organize videos
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Used FTP, Adobe GoLive and the Army CORE system to publish online
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Copy-edited Army Public Affairs content for Web effectiveness and AP Style
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Developed and promoted social networking/Web 2.0 strategy
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Researched, selected, captioned (according to Army Style), and presented Army-wide photography to top Generals for AOC Balcony Briefs using Microsoft PowerPoint
Programming Adviser:
JMU Office of Residence Life
| Harrisonburg, VA |
Aug. 2007 - May 2008 |
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Edited and wrote "Spotlight," part
of the Office of Residence Life's newsletter using Adobe
InDesign
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Developed needs assessments and directed brainstorming to help Resident Advisers program strategically and then measure effectiveness
- Designed
convincing advertisements, informational bulletin
boards and aesthetic mailboxes using Adobe
Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
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Trained Hall Directors and RAs in the programming model using Microsoft PowerPoint and
creative oral presentations
- Managed five staffs of RAs in their programming
and advertising efforts
- Created a guest-oriented, creative and inspiring
environment in the First Year Involvement center
Editorial Intern: CollegeOTR.com
| New York, NY |
June 2007 - Aug. 2007 |
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Recruited potential on-campus writers for 15 universities by networking and scouring news, blogs, and social networking sites
- Edited potential writers' submissions in Microsoft Word
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Wrote and uploaded 200-word posts for JMU's gossip blog, using HTML
formatting
- Edited photos using Adobe Photoshop and uploaded them to the blog
Resident Adviser: JMU
Office of Residence Life
| Harrisonburg, VA |
Aug.2006 - May 2007 |
- Managed 52 student residents by serving as their liaison to staff, writing Incident Documentations of unusual hall activity and creating an inviting living community
- Planned,implemented and measured the effectiveness of five hall programs per semester
- Designed and created signs for hall move-in and eye-catching program advertisement
Office of Web Communication Intern:
Environmental Protection Agency
| Washington, D.C. |
May 2006 - Aug. 2006 |
- Researched and wrote "Publishing a News Release to the Web," a step-by-step manual
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Wrote and sent daily e-mail reminders for Web training
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Researched, wrote copy for EPA Headquarters' Visitors Guide Web page; designed using HTML in Adobe Dreamweaver and Netscape Composer
- Researched, updated and reconfigured
the Environmental Laws and Regulations Web page
- Participated in daily Office of Media Relations meetings to coordinate news releases with Office of Web Communication's national news e-mails
- Developed a bidders list and interviewed contractor representatives for text messaging blast services
- Tracked, recorded and analyzed Web statistics, such as hits and impressions, in Microsoft Excel