• Skilled communicator with more than 10 years' experience promoting and marketing concepts, products and ideas covering a wide range of subject matter to a variety of audiences through print and electronic media channels.
  
• Adept at identifying and leveraging the "hooks" that create the strongest connections between product and customer.
  
• Capable at working with individuals and organizations alike to satisfactorily address complaints and requests for information.
  

Web Editor, JobsDB.com. October 2007 - Present.

• Writing and editing copy for JobsDB.com online and print publications.
  
• Creating training and briefing materials for JobsDB.com-sponsored events.
  
• Copywriting for various ATL and BTL media campaigns.
  

Event Management & Promotions Consultant, Freelance. July 2007 - Present.

• Organizing and scheduling costume character appearances for MySciFiFan Outpost, Cineleisure Damansara.
  
• Writing and editing promotional copy for clients' event management services.
  
• Designing POS product arrangements.
  
• Designing and constructing costumes for event appearances and sale on commission basis.
  

Senior Executive, Sales, Amway (M) Sdn. Bhd. February - July 2007.

• Maintained and updated corporate and e-commerce site, www.amway2u.com.
  
• Compiled presentations to highlight new products and monthly promotions.
  
• Developed and presented interactive brand experiences for national-level product exhibitions.
  

Web Production Editor, Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, VA. March 1999-Present.

• Created, updated and maintained overall PBS.org site content, including writing new daily copy and selecting graphics for PBS.org home page.
  
• Managed production and implementation of Web sites to promote and support company strategic priorities, and key properties such as Julia Child and Scientific American Frontiers.
  
• Identified, documented and communicated best practices and standards for developing universally accessible Web sites via the Web Production Manual.
  
• Wrote and edited monthly e-newsletters for PTV station Webmasters and Web producers.
  
• Led the selection and customization process of an open-source Web-based forum software solution to provide discussion forums (at http://discussions.pbs.org) at no cost to PBS program producers and stations across the nation.
  
• Supervised staff to coordinate e-mail responses from viewers and Web site visitors.
  
• Participated in planning and running professional development and networking events for public broadcasting staff, independent program producers and Web service vendors.

BOSSTemps, Bethesda, MD. January - March 1999.
Various temporary assignments for companies in need of skills in editing, proofreading, desktop publishing, and preparing documents for publishing on the Web and hard copy. Placements included:

• American Physical Therapy Association
• Smithsonian Museum of American History
• Electronic Learning Facilitators, Inc.
• Phillips International, Inc.

Webmaster/Trainee Technician. MEI Computers, Rockville, MD. July - December 1998.
Organized information and improved visibility of corporate Web presence for MEI Computer, a computer retail and service company in Rockville, MD. Responsibilities included:

• Corporate Web site maintenance and answering e-mail inquiries.
  
• Designed Web site and provided publicity services for company client Ideal Realty - Group, Potomac, MD.
  
• Assembly and service of AT and ATX PC systems, including assisting Technical Support with customer service inquiries.

Staff Writer, Woman At Work Magazine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. August 1995 - July 1996.

• Researched and produced feature articles and interviews. Topics included: office technology, career and personal development, and self-improvement.
  
• Participated in planning and running career development events targeted at female professionals.
  
• Trained editorial staff in use of the Internet for electronic information gathering.
  
• Assisted in styling for fashion shoots.
  
• Assisted in layout and graphics design using Pagemaker 4.0.

Administrative Assistant, University of Cambridge Local Exam Syndicate, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. December 1992 - July 1993.

• Composed correspondence to UCLES examination centers in Malaysia.
  
• Coordinated delivery of exam materials to examiners.
  
• Designed and manned UCLES booth at International Education Fair in 1993.
  

Master of Journalism, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, May 1998.
CGPA: 3.8
Honors: 1998 Herman Ellis Award for Outstanding Graduate Student

Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, May 1995.
Minor: Education.
Major GPA: 3.7
Honors: Dean's List, two semesters; All-University Honors Convocation Certificate of High Scholarship

Diploma of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, Inti College, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, December 1992.
GPA: 3.5
Honors: Dean's Honor Roll, three semesters.

HTML 4.0, XML 1.0, JavaScript 2.0, Flash 4.0, Allaire Homesite 5.0, Adobe PhotoShop 5.0, PageMaker 4.0, Microsoft Office 2003, Quark Xpress 3.0.


References available upon request.