Résumé

Career Goal

To further develop my internet marketing skills including: learning and employing the newest web standards, adhering to usability guidelines, and managinge multi-channel projects. Ideally, these skills will be used in an environment of teamwork, personal and professional growth, and accountability.

Work Experience

June 2000-Present: PeopleSoft, Inc.
Senior Marketing Communications Specialist
Write, edit, and produce web content for PeopleSoft's customer extranet. Write and edit customer letters from casual communications and customer loyalty, to executive communications. Collaborate with team to determine web strategy and work with IT to execute on the technical aspects. Work with product and service marketers to develop comprehensive and effective customer communication and change-management campaigns, and execute on all deliverables for these plans. This job requires the ability to project manage multiple complex projects on a broad variety of subjects.

June 1999-June 2000: BI
Creative Copywriter, Sales Administrator
In addition to my duties as a sales administrator, I wrote copy for various marketing campaigns our company ran for its clients. I helped brainstorm for the initial direction, including suggestions about graphical content.

September 1998-May 1999: Hawaiian Humane Society
Publication Coordinator
Responsibilities included: writing the Society's quarterly newsletter (21,000 circulation), weekly internal newsletter, press releases, brochures, flyers, and a bi-weekly column for the local morning daily newspaper. In addition to my writing responsibilities, I designed flyers, ads, brochures, and newsletters. I also coordinated publication of all business forms and publications for the organization.

August 1997-January 1998: University Relations, University of Hawai'i-Manoa
Experts Directory Project Coordinator
Developed a prototype directory of University of Hawaii at Manoa experts for journalists. Eventually the directory will be expanded to include all ten campuses of the University of Hawaii system. The directory will be published on the internet to encourage journalists nationwide to contact experts at the University of Hawaii campuses as experts for their stories.

June 1997-August 1997: Honolulu Advertiser
General Assignment Reporter

January 1997-May 1997: Honolulu Advertiser
Legislative Intern

Education

1996-1998 University of Hawai'i-Manoa
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism major, Russian Studies certificate as minor
Graduated summa cum laude—4.0

1994-1996 Windward Community College
Associate of Arts, general studies
Graduated suma cum laude—4.0, Provost's Award

1995 Professional Leadership Development Course, U.S. Army Reserve
Sergeant, Honor Graduate (highest cumulative classroom knowledge and in-field leadership skills)

1989-1990 Russian School at the Defense Language Institute
Certificate of graduation