Resume
Objective
A position that gives me the opportunity to apply my computer and internet skills.
Experience
Self-Employed – Internet Marketing/Sales/Web Design (Des Moines, IA)
- Web Design, Freelancer (August 2008 – Present)
- Bid on Web Design Projects online, Create and Develop websites according to the project specifications.
- WordPress Themes, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
- “Second Life” Business Owner (July 2006 – August 2008)
- Developed a successful virtual business for the Second Life virtual world platform.
- Marketing – created branding and packaging materials for products sold in the virtual world.
- Advertising – Organized an advertising campaign to bring customers to my virtual business.
- Customer Service – Wrote FAQs for the customers, and answered any support questions related my virtual business. Many of my customers were international, which required the usage of translation software to help me successfully meet their needs.
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (Des Moines, IA)
- Operations Clerk III (June 2005 – July 2006)
- Data Entry
- Processed payments and mortgage payoffs. Experience with Regular Payments, Exception Payments, Foreclosure, Loss-Mitigation, Trustee Bankruptcy, and Wires.
- Authored a step-by-step guide of my duties, which were to be used to train future employees.
Adecco Temporary Agency (Des Moines, IA)
- Temporary Employee for Wells Fargo, Marsh, and Prairie Meadows (June 2004 – May 2005).
- Web Design, Freelancer (August 2008 – Present)
- Bid on Web Design Projects online, Create and Develop websites according to the project specifications.
- WordPress Themes, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
- “Second Life” Business Owner (July 2006 – August 2008)
- Developed a successful virtual business for the Second Life virtual world platform.
- Marketing – created branding and packaging materials for products sold in the virtual world.
- Advertising – Organized an advertising campaign to bring customers to my virtual business.
- Customer Service – Wrote FAQs for the customers, and answered any support questions related my virtual business. Many of my customers were international, which required the usage of translation software to help me successfully meet their needs.
- Developed a successful virtual business for the Second Life virtual world platform.
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (Des Moines, IA)
- Operations Clerk III (June 2005 – July 2006)
- Data Entry
- Processed payments and mortgage payoffs. Experience with Regular Payments, Exception Payments, Foreclosure, Loss-Mitigation, Trustee Bankruptcy, and Wires.
- Authored a step-by-step guide of my duties, which were to be used to train future employees.
Adecco Temporary Agency (Des Moines, IA)
- Temporary Employee for Wells Fargo, Marsh, and Prairie Meadows (June 2004 – May 2005).
Education
- Iowa State University (2001)
- Des Moines Area Community College (2003 – 2004, 2007)
- Degree Achieved: Still working on receiving a Marketing Degree
- Degree Focused Courses: Internet Marketing, Intro to E-Commerce, Principles of Marketing, Marketing, Selling, Advertising and Selling
- Office XP Course (I use Office 2007 on a daily basis)
- Various other courses including; History, Religion, Pscyhology, Sociology, Astronomy, Biology, and Journalism
- Spring 2007 Dean’s List for a 3.5 GPA
- Degree Achieved: Still working on receiving a Marketing Degree
Interests
- Internet and new web technologies. I like to be the first to play with new internet tools. (Example, I was a twitter.com user in 2006!)
- Television Fan, particularly shows like Lost, Fringe, Battlestar Galactica, Survivor, Big Brother, Amazing Race
- Nascar Fan - Go Kyle Busch!