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Professional
Experience |
WHLO-AM
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Clear
Channel Akron/Canton – September 2005 – Present
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Account Executive
§ Sell advertising
for various stations in cluster and online properties
§ Assist in
coordination of station promotional events and broadcasts
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Political Coordinator
§ Facilitate state
and local political advertising
WNCX-FM/WXTM-FM
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Infinity
Radio Cleveland -- May 2005 – August 2005
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Intern and part time employee: Promotions
Department
WKSR –
Kent
State University Student Radio Station – August 2001 – May
2005
§ On-Air
Personality (Aug. 2001 – May 2005)
§ Produced and ran
weekly two-hour radio show for eight semesters
§ Coordinated all
live remote broadcasts including a 24-hour fundraising event
§ Hosted many remote
parties using mobile DJ party system and remote kit
§ Interim
Programming Director (Oct. 2004 – Dec. 2004)
§ Promoted to this
position while working as the Operations Director & Web
Director
§ Directly
responsible for training entire staff on equipment and
policies
§ Developed on-line
program guide and digital DJ registration form
§ Operations
Director and Web Director (Aug. 2004 – May 2005)
§ Helped stabilize
computer system and revamp station’s training program
§ Maintained
station’s website
§ Sales and
Traffic Director (Aug. 2003 – May 2004)
§ Solicited
advertising and gift certificates from area businesses
§ Generated $1,350
in sales revenue and $1,000 in gift certificates
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Highest sales revenue in station history
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§ Developed and
implemented paperless logging system for commercials
§ Production
Director (Aug. 2002 – May 2003)
§ Managed station
imaging; scripted and produced commercials and PSA’s
§ Independently
learned editing software and trained several students
§ Assistant
Promotions Director (Jan. 2002 – May 2002)
§ Helped Promotions
Director organize station activities
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Education |
Bachelors of Science, August 2005
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Kent State University – Kent, OH
§ Radio and
Television; Concentration: Electronic Media Production
§ Cumulative
GPA 3.5 on a 4.0 scale (Cum Laude); Member of the Honors
College
§ Society of
Broadcast Engineers Radio Operator Certification
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Honors & Activities |
Recipient: Cleveland
Association of Broadcasters Scholarship
Recipient: Kent State Founder’s, Trustee’s Scholarships and
the John L. Scott Scholarship
Recipient: John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation Scholarship,
2005
Recipient: John Bayliss Broadcast National “Horizon
Award,” 2007
Honoree: "Hardest Working Director" Spring 2003 and Fall
2003, WKSR
Inductee: Mortar Board, May 2004; Elected: Web Director
Member: “National Dean’s List” publication four years in a
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