Visiting Lecturer Resume

Professional Objectives:

To serve in a media planning/buying and coordination role within a leading agency or network
To move into an appropriate leadership role while remaining hands on in media planning/buying and coordination for a leading agency or network

Relevant Experience:

Visiting Lecturer – Confidential

Stephen F. Austin State University
September 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011
Ensuring clear understanding of material among students with varying levels of education and experience
Creating, executing, and evaluating course materials and goals for:

Writing for Radio/TV

Creating written and materials for varied audiences in multiple channels and formats including web, broadcast, print, and social media
Creating and conveying specific messages for consumption by multiple audiences across varying communication channels

Mass Media

derstanding uses and effects of all mass communication channels including web, broadcast, print, and social media
Adaptation of a broad range of materials for varied audiences across multiple formats
Applying varying communication models to fit given contexts and situations

Television Production

Public Speaking

Understanding uses and effects of interpersonal communication to varied audiences
Applying varying communication models to fit given contexts and situations
Creating and adapting specific messages to varied audiences and contexts

Director and Executive Producer

Purple Pride - interview television program for university recruitment and publicity
September 1, 2010 to May 31, 2010
Supervising writing, editing, and creation of content for varied audiences
Ensuring messages are consistent with university vision and policy
Ensuring content created is appropriate and accurate based on given subject matter and the desired audiences
Supervising overall planning, organization, and execution of production

Station Manager & News Reporter/DJ

Confidential TX
January 1, 2007 to August 25, 2010
Researching, writing, editing, and producing a broad range of on-air programming for multiple audiences
Creating, developing, and executing programming objectives
Overseeing content to confirm information is clearly conveyed and easily understood by varied audiences
Ensuring production quality of all on-air programming
Ensuring messages are consistent with university vision and policy
Overseeing day to day operations and supervising on-air staff

Education:

MA in Communication
Key Areas of Study:
Strategic Effective Communication
Organizational Change Communication
Audiences Uses and Effects of Mass Communication
Crisis Communication
Message Creation, Adaptation, and Management
Cultural Communication
BS in Communication
Key Areas of Study:
Content creation for varied audiences across multiple channels including broadcast, print, web, and interpersonal
Planning, development, and execution of communication plans and materials
Production of content for radio, television, print, and web

Skills:

Mastery of writing for radio, television, print, and web
Fluent in media use and impact on audience including broadcasting, print, web, and social media
Mastery of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Highly proficient with Adobe Audition, Garage Band, Final Cut Pro, and iMovie
Adept with Adobe Photoshop
Proficient with quantitative and qualitative research design, execution, and analysis
Mastery of all phases of audio, video, and photo production and editing
Comfortable speaking to groups of all sizes
Exceptional analytical skills as evidenced by publications and primary research
Highly organized and detail-oriented
Excellent time management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication with multiple, varied audiences
Comfortable and experienced in leadership and management positions

Selected Publications & Research Projects:

Outside the Box: Defining Audience Viewing Preferences in a Multi-Platform Environment (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011)

quantitative analysis utilizing semantic differential and Likert Scales An Analysis of Nothing: Co-Creation of Meaning and Humor in Seinfeld
examining the negotiation of meaning and humor between the audience and producers of Seinfeld Culture, Identity, and Audience Reception of the BBC’s Top Gear
cross cultural audience analysis of the impact of differing cultures and world views on reception and interpretation of Top Gear