SKILLS
• Quoted by the AP in Articles in newspapers across the region summarizing flooding in parts of Kansas in August •••••
• Financial Aid and FASFA experience
• Trained storm spotter and have appeared on several media outlets for reports on conditions and streaming live footage
• Faxing and inventory and merchandising efficiently for many positions
• Trained in software and graphics systems like InDesign and Illustrator
• Trained in crisis communications and problem management
• Trained to write with AP style and formatting
• Writing creatively
• Live broadcasting and touring doing storm chasing for various media.
• Using WordPress to edit content and add new stories to a weather broadcasting website
EXPERIENCE The Storm Report May •••••Present
• Writing content and uploading pictures and video for a weather broadcasting web site
• Editing comments, helping with ideas and promotional content
Westar Energy Substation Engineering May •••••December ••••••••••
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• Reliable scanning,
• Working in Adobe and AutoCAD
• Assisting with documents and engineer drawings
• Working in Domino, Photoshop, Aspen and Lotus Notes
• Assisting in front side project help, organization, pinpoint accuracy
• Printer upkeep and maintenance, planning and preparing events
• Attending and participating in safety meetings and procedures and manuals for engineering
• Helping in minor accounting, PDF documentation, Excel spreadsheets
• Optimizing documents, mail sorting, troubleshooting
• Editing photos for engineering, reorganized office after renovation
• Clerical backup and accurate proofreading as necessary
• Helped engineering department grow and transition during tenure
• Remoting into other computers
• Helping reorganize after a major renovation
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Fed Ex Distribution March •••••April •••••
• Organizing and loading packages quickly in a quick paced environment
• Inventory assistance
• Tracking with mobile windows tracking scanners
• Working in home delivery preparation and analysis
• Scanning accurately
• Being a team player and dependable
• Interacting with others needs and helping when asked
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KSAL Radio and Internship May •••••November •••••
• Reporting news and communicating
• Broadcasting and Participating in public affairs and community service
• Weather reporting and tracking
• Helping with live broadcasts and remotes
• Running stations for sports events
• Creatively writing stories for web site
Assistant to Kansas State Climatologist June •••••May •••••
• Analyzing weather observations daily
• Posting information carefully on the web
• Handling phone calls about weather conditions
• Projecting future forecasting from current and past trends.
• Writing brief summaries for media outlets and doing data entry
• Creatively communicating and displaying public safety and participation projects
• While attending college, this was a part time position.
EDUCATION Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
• Bachelor of Science in Public Relations, with an outside concentration in Geography. Graduated August ••••• with an Associate of Science in Business in May •••••
