Amanda Torres
Aransas Pass, TX
Classified Ad Representative, Aransas Pass Progress
Journalism
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1Along with maintaining classified for the newspaper I work for, I also maintain the paper's website, http://www.aransaspassprogress.com/, and our Facebook page, http://on.fb.me/fP3ahV, which I updated with an RSS feed to download new articles at a scheduled rate.
65 weeks ago
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2I recently gave a presentation about Social Media to Leadership Aransas Pass, which can be found here: http://bit.ly/erTwYp. It's a very general overview, but I would say all the participants learned a great deal about using social media to their advantage.
65 weeks ago from Social Media
Work History
- Aransas Pass Progress/Ingleside Index
- Classified Ad Representative/Page Designer/Webmaster
- October 2010 to Present
Handle classified advertising (both line and display ads), layout pages for both the Progress and the Index (as well as do layouts for our special section tabs), webmaster website found here: http://www.aransaspassprogress.com/ as well as maintain social media accounts
- KRS Inspection Services
- Administrative Assistant
- June 2007 to December 2010
Maintained work orders for a mortgage field services company for 3 1/2 years. Contractor and client liaison. Maintained payroll. Trained new employees. Sought after new clients and subcontractors.
Education
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
- B.B.A. Economics
- 2006 - 2010
*cum laude
*graduate of university Honors Program
*wrote Honors thesis on economic advancement measured by wages of Hispanic women
*President, Student Economics Association
*Secretary, Honors Student Association
*Secretary & Vice President, College Republicans
*Founding Member, Oversight Committee Member, Hispanics for the Advancement of Community and Educational Readiness (HACER)
*Member, Students Taking Action Now for Darfur (STAND)
*Member, Islander SEAL (Student Environmental Action League)
*Member, The Executives Club
*Outstanding Islander, July 2010
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