SUMMARY: Veteran Web Producer with Television News Production Degree.

Technical Capabilities -

• Avid Editing
• INews Production
• HTML Design/Coding
• Photoshop Design

BROADCAST EXPERIENCE -
Cable 8/KUGR Pullman, Washington:

• 2009-10 - Program Director 90.4 Tashi Delek Radio, Dharamsala, India (developed and implemented all facets of a community radio station: content developer, promotions director, ad development, web design and development, technical expertise, news reporting trainer)
• 2008 - Cable 8 Pullman, Wash. 'Best News Writer' & 'Most Inspirational Writer' Award
• 2008 - KUGR Pullman, Wash. Play-by-Play (baseball) & Color (basketball) Man of the Year
• Producer, director, writer, lead talent for 2 local cable shows

• THCommunications 2000-2007
  • Sole proprietor of independent web, print and copywriting service.
  • Extensive design with Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, HTML, digital photography and scanners.
  • Client list includes Adidas America, Tibetan Government in Exile, International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Life is Good, Wisconsin Association for Equity in Funding.
• Adidas America, Portland, OR 1994-2000
  • Editor, L'adidas Newspaper 1997-2000
    • Managed creation and publication of Adidas corporate newspaper. Wrote, edited, photographed, designed layout and distributed paper to a global circulation of 2,500. Produced corporate intranet pages. Wrote press releases.
    • Restructured existing newsletter using Quark Express, Epson scanners, Olympus digital cameras and Photoshop. Prepared intranet sites using Front Page and HTML. Experience with Flash and Director.
    • Outside contact with print, radio and TV media, as well as sports NGO’s, athletes, etc.
  • Event Coordinator 1994 -1996
    • Planned and implemented promotional events involving coordination of marketing, sporting organizations, press contacts, athletes and key accounts.
    • Organized a nine-city, on-site vending area during World Cup 1994 (vending sites, merchandising, inventory purchasing), generating $1.2 million in sales.
    • Worked in Adidas promotional campaigns for The Boston Marathon, NCAA Final Four (basketball and soccer), Women's World Cup, Atlanta Super Show, Hood to Coast Run and National Sales Meetings.

Education:

• B.A. Broadcast News, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University.
  Magna Cum Laude; 2008 President's Honor Roll Recipient.
• B.S. Industrial Psychology, University of Illinois.

• Adaptive skier
• Photographer
• Singer-songwriter guitar wiz
• Wheelchair Coordinator for Portland Marathon.
• Entertainment Director - Master of Ceremonies for Portland Bastille Day Festival (Speaking in French).
• Communications Director for International Rehabilitation Forum