Current Resume
Mia Walters
mia.walters@att.net
Objective:
Use my experience and education to find opportunities to utilize my personality and skills in sales, marketing communications and promotions.
Experience Summary:
• Experienced in copywriting, designing marketing materials, designing trade booths, and choosing promotional products.
• Experienced running a sales team of 10 ensuring sales numbers were met and developing sales incentives.
• Experienced with customer service and working closely with clients in and out of the office to ensure their needs are met. Able to build relationships with people quickly and maintain those relationships.
• Experienced writing a broad range of articles and press briefs. Also experienced in editing web videos, developing video-news packages, and working with websites.
• Strong technical command of the English language; serious commitment to the printed and published word.
Professional Experience:
Contractor – Hudson & Marshall, Plano, TX (Part Time) 10/10 – Currently
• Travel to housing auction around the country while always working to promote the auctions.
• Register people for auction properly and ensuring they have the appropriate funds.
• Work as a bid runner during auctions, gathering money directly from the bid winner and preparing them to fill out their contracts.
• Go over contracts with bid winners and explain to them their legal obligations and what they should expect after bidding on a property while answering any questions.
Editor – DS News / www.REORedBook.com, Dallas, TX 4/10 — 9/10
• Edited online profiles daily to keep them in consistent style and ensured an easier publication of www.REORedBook.com into its printed into directory that is mailed to more than 50,000 people.
• Handled all customer service issues for all 1,008 members of www.REORedBook.com.
• Handled all marketing for the website including the copy writing and designing of all e-mail blasts, postcards, print ads, official letters and invitations.
• Started and ran social sites for www.REORedBook.com, helping to brand the product and retain customers while helping to ensure membership renewals.
• Designed booth for trade show of more than 4,000 people.
• Created and ran sales contests for account executives who sold memberships; helped increase membership number by more than 500 people in three months.
• Laid out and edited large housing brochure auctions for Hudson & Marshall.
Bartender – Shooterz Shot Bar and O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, Lubbock TX 3/09 – 12/09
• Served drinks to people while gaining patience and appreciation for all types of personalities.
• Confident selling and encouraging drink specials while helping other bartenders to do the same.
• Gained understanding of how bars make profit and the need to bring customers into the establishment.
• Strong multitasker while under pressure.
Writer – Hard Tops Refinishing 9/09 – 11/09
• Rewrote content for Hard Tops’ new website; learned SEO format.
• Read the distributor-training manual and learned refinishing techniques before writing pages.
• Website currently receives 4-million hits annually and is rising.
• Worked from home and finished nearly two months before deadline.
Intern – The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal / Frenship Today, Lubbock TX 5/09 – 8/09
• Wrote and reported for family-oriented publication that is published by Lubbock’s newspaper.
• Worked with InDesign and InCopy computer systems.
• Took most of own photos and wrote headlines and loaded all articles on website.
Writer / Reporter – The Daily Toreador, Lubbock TX 5/09 – 8/09
• Wrote news and feature stories.
• Developed contacts with high-administrative officials, residents, business owners, and university students.
• Assisted with editing and layout.
• Accompanied photographer for creative input.
Education:
B.A., Print Journalism, minor English, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX 8/05 – 12/09
• GPA 3.3
• Dean’s List multiple semesters
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Association for Women in Mass Communications
High School Diploma, Red Oak High School, Red Oak TX 8/01 – 5/05
• Graduated in top 25 percent of class.
• Webmasters’ Club; helped run and update school’s website.
• Senior class secretary.
• Homecoming court princess.
Organizations and Hobbies:
• NuPros; an organization for new professionals in the PR world.
• Running; entering charity marathons.
• Networking; always looking for ways to meet new people.
• Top Golf member.
Computer Skills:
InCopy • InDesign • FinalCut • Fireworks • Social Networking Sites • PC and Macintosh Systems • Microsoft Office• PhotoShop • WordPress
Writing and Web site Samples:
• http://miawalters.wordpress.com
• www.hardtops.com
References:
• Multiple references available at request.
Mia Walters
mia.walters@att.net
