Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Journalism graduate from the University of Florida focusing with a focus on page/publication design, web design and online media.

My career goal is to do strategic corporate communications or integrated marketing communications for a diverse organization.

Work History

• 352 Media Group
• Marketing Intern
• August 2011 to Present

• INsite Gainesville Magazine
• Web Editor
• May 2011 to Present

• • Copy edit articles for web publication
  • Maintain and update website
  • Help promote content through social media outlets Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress to increase site traffic
  • Instrumental in researching and implementing new extensions to increase web traffic and hits using HTML, CSS and Joomla CMS

• Gainesville Sun
• Web Producer/Copy editor
• May 2010 to Present

• - Edit images and create photo galleries for online publication
  - Prepare morning edition of homepage for gainesville.com and ocala.com
  - Content and site manager of gainesville.com, ocala.com and gatorsports.com
  - Publish and update hard news and public interest stories from AP wire service
  - Proof and copy edit pages for the Gainesville Sun and Ocala Star-Banner

• Nebraska Book Company
• Sales Associate
• August 2007 to August 2011

• - Provide customer service
  - Assist students looking for course textbooks and materials
  - Manage and restock current semester textbook inventory & merchandise
  - Process and handle the purchase of textbooks through our Buyback system

• HOME magazine
• Intern
• May 2011 to August 2011

• • Photographer for public relations events and stories
  • Wrote special pieces for the "Get to know" section
  • Copy edited submitted articles and proofread pdf of magazine before print

• Independent Florida Alligator
• Production Staff
• August 2008 to May 2010

• - Design editorial pages
  - Layout designer for the weekly entertainment section, The Avenue
  - Design graphics for sports, news and The Avenue
  - Train new production employees

Education

• University of Florida
• BS Journalisma and Mass Communications, Print/Web design; Photography; Online media
• 2006 - 2010

• Minor in Business

• Sante Fe College
• 2010 -

• Graphic Design