Communications Pro seeks income!

I've been looking for a paying gig for a while now. (Volunteering is great but it doesn't pay the bills.) I've done the usual upload-your-resume-to-our-site (and wonder for 6 months if we receive it, looked at it, or if the network just dumped it in the recycling bin in order to save everyone a lot of bother) and so-far, it's been a fruitless activity. So I'm putting it out there for the world to see. If you think my skills can fit your needs, contact me!

Employment or contract. Free consultations.
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Jeff Rose-Martland's Resume - 12 July 2011
Jeff Rose-Martland

139 Campbell Ave , St. John’s, NL , A1E 2Z7 , (709) 739-1842 , rose_martland@yahoo.ca          



Profile



-        Media professional with 26 Years combined experience [Traditional, New, and Social media].

-        Expert Social Media Marketer and Internet Content Developer.

-        11 Years experience in Public Relations and Promotions.

-        Proficient researcher with exceptional planning, organizing, and problem-solving skills.

-        Veteran of fast-paced environments who is able to achieve excellent results under pressure.

-        Accomplished and award-winning author.

-        Professional speaker who delivers messages effectively to diverse audiences.

-        Talented communications professional able to develop and execute strategies for target groups.



Attributes

-      An exceptional communicator: passionate, engaging, and highly creative.  Organized and detail oriented, a dynamic individual who sets priorities and achieves deadlines.  An enthusiastic, results-oriented professional who works equally well independently or with a team.  Superior interpersonal communications skills.  Talented leader in customer service.



Professional Experience



PUBLICITY & PUBLIC RELATIONS

-        15+ Years experience in promotions.

-        12+ Years experience in public relations.

-        Communications Director for Hunger-Strike Veteran Fabien Melanson, solely designed and

executed the media campaign.

-        Communications Director for Our Duty

-        Publicity director and keynote speaker for the provincial committee of the Canadian Veterans

National Day of Protest rally, 6 November 2010.

-        Developed and conducted media campaigns for advocacy, book promotion, and live

entertainment.



COMMUNICATIONS

-        15+ Years experience as a writer.

-        11+ Years experience as a radio announcer.

-        3+ Years experience as frontline customer service agent in a contact centre environment.

-        Author of three books: Game Misconduct, Call Centre: The Musical, and Please Hold! Ruminations of an

Agent.

-        Writing credits include The Newfoundland Quarterly, The Telegram, Broadcast Dialogue, NL Press,

Canadian Stories, The Hill Times, The Montreal Tribune, and other national newspapers.

-        Ambassador Team - Communications Sub-Team, 2006-08, Convergys Customer Management.

Responsible for creating content for monthly internal publication.



SOCIAL MEDIA and INTERNET

-      16 Years experience in Internet use and electronic communications

-      14 Tears experience in Social Media, from chat rooms to current trends

-      Highly skilled in the use of Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn,

EmpireAvenue and other social networks for promotion.

-      Manage online presence for freelance work, Game Misconduct (novel), and Our Duty (advocacy).

-      Social media consultant and publicist for veterans’ advocacy groups and events.

-      Manage two websites: design, generate content, basic HTML knowledge.

-      Knowledgeable of embedding techniques and multimedia site content.

-      Generate and distribute content via blog. Experienced live-blogger for events.

-      Proficient with Search Engine Optimization and Analytics.



Select Accomplishments

-      Recipient of the 2005 Percy Janes First Novel Award.

-      President of advocacy group Our Duty.

-      Provincial Coordinator 2010 Canadian Veterans’ National Day of Protest - NL.

-      Guest Panellist for the 2010 Winterset in Summer literary festival.

-      Finalist for the 2009 CBC Creative Non-Fiction Award.

-      Guest lecturer in 2009 for Henry Stewart Talks, Contact Center Management, by personal request of

Stagg, A.M. (ed.), former chair of the U.K. Contact Centre Organization



Employment History



-      FABIEN MELANSON – Communications Director, Social Media Coordinator – May 2011 – Present



-      OUR DUTY - Founder, President, Policy Analyst, Public Relations, 2010 - Present.



-      FREELANCE - Writer / Social Media Marketer, 2002 – Present.



-      CONVERGYS CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT CANADA - St. John’s, NL - Customer Service

Representative II, July 2005 - November 2008; Ambassador Team - Communications Sub-Team, 2006 - 2008.



-     UN CONFERENCE ON THE GOVERNANCE OF THE HIGH SEAS AND THE

UNITED NATIONS FISH AGREEMENT - St. John's, NL - Ministerial Driver, May 2005.



-      VOCM - STEELE COMMUNICATIONS - St. John's, NL - Announcer / Operator, 1999 - 2004.



-      JUNO AWARDS - St. John's, NL - Offsite Performance Co-ordinator, April 2002.



-      FREELANCE - Associate Producer, St. John's, NL - Shakespeare By the Sea, 1998; Recycled Shakespeare Company, 1997-1999; Headstrong Todd Productions, 1997-1999.



Education



-      ELECTRONICS COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST

College of the North Atlantic - St. John's, NL - 1989 to 1992.



-      PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES: Theatre, Video Production, Telecommunications,

Customer Communications, Others - Memorial University and Convergys Online.









Writing Samples and References Available Upon Request.