Jedd Cole
2822 Cypress Way
Apt. 11C Cincinnati, OH 45212 (513) 370-6901 [email protected] electricdidact.weebly.com |
Resume |
Skills Summary
Creative, intuitive and reflective writer and editor combining detail-oriented personality with big-picture thinking. Writing, managing and editing print and digital content to AP style guidelines. Writing and maintaining blogs in academic and personal contexts. Intermediate spoken, written Spanish fluency. Basic web design and coding (HTML, CSS) using Adobe Dreamweaver, image editing and web preparation using Photoshop, logo design using Illustrator, magazine layout using InDesign and video editing using Premiere. |
Education
University of Cincinnati (graduation 2015) B.A. English: Rhetoric & Professional Writing Certificate, Business Spanish Course Highlights: Rhetoric of Social Media, Web Design, Business Writing, Desktop Publishing, Writing with Style, Creative Writing (Fiction), Business Spanish I, II Selected Projects
WriteProfessionally.org (ENGL3069 Web Design) Helped design and code a functioning website prototype for UC's Professional Writing faculty. RPW Promo (ENGL3074 Social Media) Storyboarded and produced promotional video for the Rhetoric and Professional Writing degree. Edited with Adobe Premiere. Martian Chronicles Movie Poster (ENGL 3070 Desktop Publishing) Designed and composed fictitious movie poster using Photoshop after compiling high-resolution images, maintaining good layer organization principles and keeping file output tolerances in mind. |
Experience
Editorial Gardner Business Media (5/2014-present) As intern, copy edited, fact checked and proofread content for Modern Machine Shop, Products Finishing, and Production Machining magazines as well as for email newsletters and blogs, adhering to AP and in-house style guides and using house content management system. Journalistic Gardner Business Media (5/2014-present) Researched and interviewed to write short (<1,000-word) news articles for Modern Machine Shop and Products Finishing, representing a total audience of 125,000 subscribers. Also wrote 3 short (<500-word) articles for Show Daily, distributed to the 2014 International Manufacturing Technology Show's 114,000 attendees. Creative Publications Wrote and published 20 short fiction stories in online and print journals. Wrote and published 10 articles for LifeHopeandTruth.com. Blogs Wrote for and maintained Media(ry), a blog tied to the Social Media course, keeping a schedule of at least three blogs posts per week on topics relating to social media. Also wrote and maintained Electric Didact, an authorial blog on topics relating to publications, fiction and creative writing. |
Volunteer Experience
UW-Madison Botany Greenhouse and Garden (9/11-12/11)
Service Learner
Helped weed, clean, plant, and otherwise maintain the Botany Department's greenhouse and garden on the UW-Madison campus.
UW-Baraboo Spanish Tutoring (1/11-5/11)
Tutor
Created a tutoring service for the small Spanish department at UW-Baraboo. I served mostly adult students.
United Youth Camps (2005-2011)
Activity Instructor, Counselor
Taught dance class, flag football, and counseled boys dorms at summer/winter church camps for teens in Oklahoma, California, and Wisconsin.
UW-Madison Botany Greenhouse and Garden (9/11-12/11)
Service Learner
Helped weed, clean, plant, and otherwise maintain the Botany Department's greenhouse and garden on the UW-Madison campus.
UW-Baraboo Spanish Tutoring (1/11-5/11)
Tutor
Created a tutoring service for the small Spanish department at UW-Baraboo. I served mostly adult students.
United Youth Camps (2005-2011)
Activity Instructor, Counselor
Taught dance class, flag football, and counseled boys dorms at summer/winter church camps for teens in Oklahoma, California, and Wisconsin.