Professional career

Work history

Editorial Assistant

College of Graduate Studies   
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
2011

On-Air Promotions Writer/Producer

Fox Owned and Operated TV Broadcast Stations:
Fox-35 WOFL, My-65 WRBW, Fox-51 WOGX
Lake Mary, Florida
2006 – 2010

On-Air Promotions Writer/Producer

CW-18 and WB-18 WKCF TV Broadcast Station
Lake Mary, Florida
2004 – 2006

Broadcast Control Operator, Centralcasting

WKCF Orlando, WFTX Fort Myers, WBPG Gulf Coast, WVUE New Orleans, WALA Birmingham
WB-18 TV Broadcast Station
Lake Mary, Florida
2003 – 2004

Clients / Credits

Television

Fox News Energy Team
Oregon Television
Orlando Dating Place
MyFoxOrlando.com
Playboy Playmate Nikki Churchill
The Daily Buzz
Sea World, Orlando
Orlando Idol Auditions
Sun Beach Entertainment
Knightly News, University of Central Florida
"Backstage" with Fuel, Chevelle, Finger Eleven, Blink 182
WB-18, WKCF Orlando
CW-18, WKCF Orlando
Fox-35, WOFL Orlando
My-65, WRBW Orlando
Fox-51, WOGX Ocala
WLUF-TV, University of Florida

Stage Production

Sting
WCW Monday Nitro Wrestling
Harry Connick, Jr.
Matchbox 20
Widespread Panic
Outkast
David Copperfield
Titanic musical
Sesame Street musical
Gator Growl 1999 & 2000, University of Florida

Software

 

 

Adobe: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Audition, Illustrator, Encore, Media Encoder, Acrobat, Lightroom; 19 years Photoshop experience

Camtasia Studio
AVID Newscutter Nitris DX
Final Cut Pro
Sorenson Squeeze
Snagit Screen Capture

Academic career

M.A. Mass Communication

University of Central Florida, 2011
Provost’s Fellowship Award recipient

B.A. English (Film and Media Studies)

University of Florida, 2002

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Knightly News
Graduate Assistant, Publications

University of Central Florida
2010 - 2011

Master Control Operator, WLUF-TV Broadcast Station
Technical Crew Member, Philips Center for the Performing Arts
Production Crew Member, Stephen C. O’Connell Center

University of Florida
1999 - 2002

Research papers

Case Study: Branding the Indianapolis Region
Consumer Trust and Skepticism of Green Advertising
Banal Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Self-Deception: Examining the Push to Buy “Made in America”
Advertising on the Third Screen
TIME for a Closer Look:  A Perceptual Analysis of Toyota’s “Green” Advertorial

Publications

Checking out “Checking In:” The Uses and Gratifications of Location-Based Services on Mobile Phones. Presented at Convergence and Society Conference, University of South Carolina, 2011.

Orlando Sentinel, annual advertising supplement, 2011

Contributor, UCF Today, 2010 – 2011