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RESUME

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Please note that I am in the process of completing dual Bachelor degrees and will graduate in June 2007.

 

Education:

Sept 2004 - Jun 2007: Dual degrees in 3 years from [OMITTED]. GPA: 3.22.
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Coursework included: Probability & Statistics, Managerial Econ, Econometrics, Research methods, Development economics, Geography of the global economy, International Law, Ethics, Money & Banking, Investment analysis, Financial statements and analysis, Accounting, reconciliation, general ledger, P&L, Receivables/Payables, Payroll.

June 2004: High school diploma, [OMITTED]. GPA: 3.75
Achieved 34 units from Advanced Placement classes towards college
Achieved 26 units towards college from [OMITTED] during senior year at high school

Awards and Publishing:
· 2004: Bank of America Award in Business
· 2003 and 2004: The College Board’s National AP Scholar
· 2002 and 2003 CA Governor's $1000 Scholars Award
· 2002: Author of “Zine Manual”, a 45 page digital manual about everything you need to know about running your own online magazine.

Skills:
· Customers Focused
o Interact with customers to gather requirements and connect them to design
o Create and conduct customers’ surveys to maintain customer’s satisfaction and get feedback for new services to be provided
· Communication & Creative Design
o Design and implement logo, business cards, letterhead
o Writing content for various customers’ websites from different industries
o Design, layout websites and graphics, web photo archiving
· Leadership and Organization
o Entrepreneur since 12 years of age and founder of several magazines with up to 80000 monthly visitors
o Self-taught some marketing and advertisement techniques
o Project management and time management for on-time delivery
· Technology/Computer:
o Advanced computer proficiency for Windows and Mac OS
o Software proficiency in Adobe: Acrobat, ImageReady, and Photoshop, Microsoft Office: Excel, Frontpage, Powerpoint, and Word; SPSS, and Dreamweaver
o Scripting: Advanced HTML, Some CSS and PHP
o Typist of 120 WPM

Experience

2003-Present: Self-employed as Web Designer, webmaster, and creative consultant
Utilize my writing skills and self-taught computer skills in editing and graphic designs to generate income to contribute about 25% of my annual college tuition cost. List of clients:

Creative consultant, Zenterpriser.com, Nov 2006-present
A management consultant firm, [OMITTED]
Creative consultant, Mobiscale, LLC, San Francisco, CA, Aug 2006-Present
A Linux software solutions provider for the mobile industry
Creative consultant, BlueKey Services, Inc., Milpitas, CA, Feb 2006-Jul 2006
A Software contract manufacturing company
Webmaster, Planet Girls E-Mag, Baltimore, MD, Jun 2003-Dec 2004
An online magazine for teenage girls with thousands of subscribers since 1997.
Web Programmer, Elizabeth McGotry, Chicago, IL, Oct 2004
A personal web blog/journal.
Web Designer, Visions/Tsunami, London, England, Sept 2004
An art and a writing online portfolio.
Webmaster, Allyson Olivia Rogers, Indianapolis, IN, Nov 2003 to Sept 2004
A personal website to house biography and photos
Web Designer, LizOnline.net, Doylestown, PA, Dec 2003
Official website for an actress/singer “Liz.”

Oct 2005-Present: Transportation and Traffic Analyst, [OMITTED], a consulting firm that serves the [OMITTED].
Responsibilities:
o Review of Access, Parking, and Traffic Studies, Review of General Plan Amendments, Zoning Changes, Master Plans, Tentative Tract Maps, and Conditional Use Permits
o Research prior approvals, maps, history, and studies
o Preparation of Preparation of data, graphics, tables and reports for Transportation Planning Reviews
o Interact with city planners and engineers
Results:
o Complete a major update of the Transportation Design Procedures
o Create and maintain the website

May 2002-Present: Founder and Webmaster, ElegancePixelfied.com, a major web resource for high-resolution celebrity photos, graphic art, and webmasters
· Maintain monthly visitor count of 80,000
· Create, develop, and maintain content, design elements and layout
· Fund raising, advertising income

Feb 2005 to May 2005: Sales Associate, Forever 21 and Macy’s

Sept 1998- Apr 2004: Editor-In-Chief and Founder, Excite Magazine, an online magazine with a subscriber base of five thousand, published monthly.
· Create monthly layouts & maintain website
· Organize subscriber-submitted content, as well as write and contribute original material