Resume

  • Creatively motivated, skilled professional with over twenty years of success in design and copywriting, with a concentration in lifestyle content and marketing systems.
  • Skilled in creative copywriting, journalism, event coordination, graphic design, copyediting, visual display, photography, public relations
  • Proven ability to work independently or as part of a team.
  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Suites, Microsoft Office, website creation and development
  • Working knowledge of html, CCS, CMS, e-commerce operations and database systems

2016-present

Sloan Outdoor Products

2215, Neptune Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730

877-799-3199

SEO content writer for upscale, stainless steel outdoor kitchen cabinetry and grill cart company’s website

2015-present

DAS Group

9050 Pines Blvd, Suite 250

Pembroke Pines, FL 33024

800.717.2131

SEO content writer, web content and blog article writer for various brands including Signarama, EmBroidMe, Escot Bus Lines, Truly Nolen Pest Control and DC: Direct Connect.

 2004-present

Daly Group: PR/Marketing/Advertising

1406 West Cornwallis Drive, Greensboro, NC 27408

336-282-1277

Copywriter and editor responsible for advertising, PR and marketing collateral on behalf of home furnishings clients

SEO content writer for somertondwelling.com

Content for print and online magazines including Furniture World, FurnitureToday and Home Accents Today

2014-present

Guilford College

5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27410

336-316-2200

Professional writing tutor at Hege Library’s Learning Commons

Online projects tutor

2013

Guilford College

5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27410

Advancement Office

336-316-2335

Communications and Marketing Writer for online newspaper, The Guilford Beacon, http://www.Guilfordbeacon.com

2010-present

CatoeCreative, Inc.

336-207-4115

Web content writer, formatting, content manager for WordPress blogs

Contributing Features article writer for Southern Publications magazines

Corporate identity, brand development, advertising and product campaigns

2009-present bi-annually

Matsuoka, International

411 S. Main Street, High Point, NC 27260

336-882-5070

Personal assistant to designer Christian Lyon for Matsuoka International showroom

in High Point, NC

 2008

Digital Photography Innovations

4700 Lebanon Rd Charlotte, NC 28227

704-573-0935

Portrait Photographer and Sales Assistant for church directories

2005-2007

Reed Business Information

7025 Albert Pick Rd. Ste. 200 Greensboro, NC 27403

336-605-0121

 Michael Amini’s Grand Tour, A Journey in Furniture Fashion

Michael Amini, (Greensboro: Reed Publishing, 2007)

Body copywriter for Michael Amini’s acclaimed Grand Tour book

Contributing Photographer

In your browser window: http://www.amini.com/book_us.asp

 The Perfect Home: Making Room for Kids 

Joe Carroll, (Greensboro: Reed Publishing, 2005)

Ghostwriter for successful stylebook featuring kids’ furniture manufacturers

Editing assistant and proofreader

2003–2006

House and Garden Magazine

Design Assistant to Mark Musters for House and Garden

magazine’s bi-annual High Point Furniture Market event.

2003 – 2004

Aramark at Elon University

Colonnades Dining Hall 106

ARAM Campus Box

Elon, NC 27244

336-278-5333

Assistant Catering Director

 Education:

2011-2014

English

BA in English/Writing, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

2011-2014

Internet Technology

Minor in Computer Information Technology, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC

Graphic Design:

2000–2003

Associate of Applied Science in Commercial Art/Graphic

Design Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, NC

Writing:

2003

Technical Writing, GTCC

Argument Based Research, GTCC

Public Speaking, GTCC

1980

Creative Writing, UNC-G

 Photography:

2002–2004

Certificate in Photography, GTCC

References:

Melissa Frink, Jeff Jeske, Dianne Barham and Mylene Dressler