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Hello! I
am a Desktop Publisher/Newsletter Editor with 20+ years of desktop
publishing experience. I am also a webmaster; please see the
following web sites I designed and/or administer: TheHouseandSenate.com,
Representative
Gary Banz, Senator
Gary Stanislawski, Representative
Marian Cooksey and Oklahoma
Sugar Artists. I can create or assume the daily operations of a newsletter, catalog or other printed or online publications, including web sites. I delight in taking a project’s raw elements, including text, graphics, color photos, advertising accounts and, if preferred, basic design concept, and transforming them into press-ready or online interactive documents. OR I can take it two steps further, use my professional contacts and have the items professionally printed and mailed to thousands on an address list at automated postal prices, usually saving enough money at this point to pay for my services. Answering to the ICES Board of Directors, It is my responsibility to oversee the publication process of a 28-page monthly newsletter from beginning to end. I solicit and write articles. I edit and proofread. I color correct and place photos. I correspond daily with the organization's Board, members, Membership Coordinator, advertisers and proofreaders. I design and lay out the entire publication. I manage the advertiser accounts, from ad solicitation to accounts receivable. I accept credit card payments and make bank deposits. It is my responsibility to make sure publishing, proofreading, printing and mailing deadlines are met. I approve the final Sherpa proof before the newsletter goes to press. I oversee the mailing process and keep abreast of and comply with postal regulations regarding periodical mail status and automated mailing procedures, ensuring that the organization continues to save postage every month. My claim to fame as ICES Newsletter Editor for the international organization is multi faceted: improving the design and quality of the newsletter, adding eight extra color pages at no extra cost to the membership, researching and implementing periodical status at automated mailing rates, immediately saving the organization enough to pay for my salary with money left over to put in the bank, and increasing advertising revenue to previously unheard of levels. During my years of service, we moved from 35 mm print photography to digital photography, implemented a professional photo studio and streamlined procedures and policies at every level of the newsletter production process. I served for three years as elected Board member of the same international organization. For two years it was my job to supervise and provide training for about 60 representatives of the organization. As part of that training, I published a monthly motivational Reps newsletter, built a simple reference web site, and planned the activities and schedule of their three-day Midyear Meeting. When
a new president was elected during my last year on the Board, I was
appointed as Convention Chair, Internet Chair and Publicity Chair. As
Convention Chair it was my responsibility for nationwide site selection
for our annual convention and convention-related activities. During
this time I introduced the concept of online forms for convention
attendees where a spreadsheet was auto-populated with the results,
streamlining the procedure for volunteers and saving hundreds of hours and
reducing costs. In addition, we implemented online membership and
convention exit surveys and detailed reporting of all convention elements,
thus establishing an ongoing foundation of statistical data which can be
analyzed for future business decisions. The convention site we chose for
the 2012 convention is not only a quality cut above ICES conventions
before and after that date, it will save the organization thousands of
dollars because
of the contract we negotiated for our members. During these recession
years, our membership numbers are UP, instead of down.
Professionally printed work samples are readily available upon request.
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