WORK EXPERIENCE
1990-present
CSinclaire Write • Design
Title: Owner
Duties: Copy writing/editing/proofreading; manuscript critique; typesetting/design/edit of flyers, brochures and other advertising materials, resumés, menus, technical manuals, business proposals/presentations and other business materials. Book and magazine publication (for two years, produced magazine for international writers’ organization, headquartered in Houston). Free-lance writing for magazines, newspapers, on-line content. Middleman between client and printers. Small business marketing (ad placement, etc.). Currently in 13th year as production editor on The Polar Times magazine.
March 1999 to August 2005
GVA Advantis (Commercial Real Estate), 6320 Quadrangle Drive, Ste. 360, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (recently relocated to 4505 Emperor Blvd., #320, Durham, NC 27703)
Title: Marketing Director
Duties: Responsibility areas include publicity, graphic design, writing, special projects
PUBLICITY
• Write and publish news releases and screen/edit outside news stories about company
• Arrange for interviews of key personnel; edit and approve resulting articles
• Create, write and/or edit all new marketing materials, some year-end reports.
• Manage advertising placement schedule, simultaneously working with multiple deadlines for different publications
• Maintain press contact list
• Edit and maintain specific property web brochures (via established interface with outside real estate hosting company)
• Design, edit and publish newsletters (contribute verbiage as needed)
GRAPHICS
• Proficient in PhotoShop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, PageMaker, InDesign, Quark, OmniPage Pro, Microsoft Word, Publisher, Power Point and Excel, as well as various miscellaneous softwares
• Page layout/design of advertisements, flyers, brochures, reports, articles, posters, invitations, announcements, post cards, charts, graphs, special projects, etc.
• Scan/edit/create graphics using PhotoShop and Illustrator
• Create maps and other original art using Illustrator and Corel Draw
• Create, organize and maintain large photo and graphics media library/database
• Design two- and four-color newspaper and magazine advertisements for both company and clients (property owners)
• Design promotional materials, including artwork for novelty giveaways (e.g., labels for candy jars, art for cooler boxes, etc.)
• Create original posters, postcards, etc., for special tenant appreciation events, in-house meetings, broker announcements, etc.
• Provide signage art and layouts to sign company
• Middleman for my company and its clients in regard to outside vendors for printing and other services
• Prepare digital files for service bureau; project tracking and evaluation
• Work closely with brokers and research director on marketing materials, reports, client presentations, maps, announcements, etc.
• Create original maps, and floor and site plans (based on material provided by brokers)
CORPORATE
• Ensure local adherence to corporate branding guidelines in regard to logo usage, boilerplate materials, news release policies, etc.
• Participate in routine conference-call marketing meetings
• Attend regional meetings, conferences and training
• Locally supervise trial evaluations of corporate-generated ads and marketing materials
• Provide graphics materials for some of the other corporate offices
• Participate in local corporate promotions (tenant appreciation days, broker contests, etc.)
Nov 1997 to February 1999
Insta-Print., 1208 W. 6th Ave., Eugene, Oregon.
Title: Typesetter
Duties: Projects included business cards, letterhead, envelopes, brochures, newsletters, manuals, proposals, corporate materials, forms, flyers, posters, invitations, resumés, announcements, presentation materials, holiday cards, sales material, promotional art, etc. Duties also include scanning and sometimes retouching of customer-provided artwork, or creating art or design concepts from client’s sketches or suggestions. Edited all work on the fly. Left to take new employment in North Carolina.
June 1996 to Nov 1997
Free-lance editorial work for Midwifery Today magazine and also for a computer programming
magazine (now defunct)
Duties: Completely redesigned Midwifery Today, combining previously separate versions (domestic and international) into one. Created new page designs, brought photo-editing in-house
1988-1990 and 1993-1994
The Siuslaw News, Florence, Oregon
Title: Feature writer/typesetter/copy editor
Duties: Wrote weekly feature stories. Edited, rewrote, and proofread stories and news releases on the fly to assist busy managing editor. Operated Macintosh system. Input using Microsoft Word. Output via PageMaker in newspaper format.
MILITARY SERVICE
I served as a military journalist with the U.S. Air Force from 1971-1974. Was offered and accepted an early discharge as part of a service-wide “early-out” program to alleviate an overage of personnel in my job classification
