EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration                       
2006
University of Utah     Salt Lake City, Utah

• Entrepreneurship Emphasis
• Utah Entrepreneurial Challenge Semi-Finalist
• 3.4 GPA

 Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication              
2002
University of Utah      Salt Lake City, Utah

• Emphasis on Electronic Marketing Communication
• Minor in Film with a Writing Emphasis
• 3.2 GPA

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

T.V. SPECIALISTS, INC.  Salt Lake City, Utah          
2005 – 2006
Outside Sales Representative
Built relationships with corporate, government, education, and production accounts.

MAKE A SCENE MEDIA, Bountiful, Utah                                2000-2004
Partner/Sales
Pursued sales leads.  Created graphic and functional design for small business websites.  Conceived, sold, and created database-driven applications for increased business efficiency.

• Maintained record breaking sales for 4 consecutive periods.
• Consistently upsold clients, often as much as 80% of original bid amount.
• Created online and offline promotions to increase traffic to client websites.
• Completed projects within deadlines and under budget.
• Part-time 2000-2003,  Full-time 2004-Present

T.V. SPECIALISTS, INC.  Salt Lake City, Utah          
2003 – 2004
Inside Sales Representative
Assisted five industrial salesman in their sales efforts. Demonstrated products and quoted prices to government, education, and corporate customers.  Ordered products from vendors and ensured their timely delivery.  Provided instruction on the advanced operation of broadcast equipment and digital editing systems.

• Assisted in a major internal database upgrade by providing training, technical support, and data entry.
• Edited commercials for air on KSL-TV and KJZZ-TV.
• Created and proofread marketing materials prior to being published, maintaining a 100% accuracy record.

COTTONWOOD HIGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION,
Salt Lake City, Utah              
2002 – 2003
Instructor
Designed, developed and taught curriculum on a several topics.  Assisted students of various degrees of technical understanding in producing digital videos and websites

• Maintained full enrollment of classes, often due to referrals from past students.
• Helped an 80-year-old woman learn to capture and edit her family films.
• Gave a 15-year-old student the knowledge needed to enter film festivals.

SALT LAKE COUNTY FIRE, Salt Lake City, Utah      
2002 – 2003
Media Production
Designed, developed and maintained the department website.  Produced training videos for several bureaus within the department.  Provided department-wide technical support.

• Increased web traffic by 30%.
• Created a Kids Safety Website featuring games, videos, and quizzes for use within the Fire Prevention bureau.
• Significantly shaped the architecture for a new department-wide IT system.
• Created user interfaces for web calendaring, logging training hours, and posting committee meeting minutes.

CITADEL COMMUNICATIONS, Salt Lake City, Utah      
2001
Intern (Part-time)
Assisted the Online Marketing Director with the maintenance of 5 radio station websites.

• Assisted in the redesign and implementation of 2 station websites, maintaining their offline look and feel.
• Created and aired a commercial campaign to promote station promotional events

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Web:  Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, GoLive, Frontpage
Video: Vegas, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid Liquid, Premiere,
Design: Quark Xpress, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
Office:  Microsoft and Corel Office Suites, Acrobat
Programming: HTML, JavaScript, PHP Proficiency
                      MySQL, Perl Familiarity