Sarah Beth Jackson
Home Phone: (512)302-1112Cell: (512) 925-0431Email:
1019 E 45th St.Austin,TX78751
Objective
To find a marketing communications role where I can use my technical skills, imagination, energy and creativity to enhance productimages and improve customer awareness of product qualities.
Work History
June 2005-September 2005
Immunologic (Web Designer)
•Redesigned to update existing content, add new content and give the site a professional and engaging new look.
•Conducted weekly client meeting to manage project deliverables, set expectations and review completed tasks
May 2004-June 2005
Premier Nutraceuticals (Media Associate)
Round Rock, TX
•Created advertising for industry publications
•Redesigned company tradeshow kiosk and worked with outside vendor during its production
•Created, produced and coordinated mailing of monthly product promotionalofferings
•Maintained and updated seminar training material
•Created and maintained product literature
•Redesigned product catalogs and order sheets
•Redesigned and created product packaging and labels
•Served as staff photographer
•Served as an interim radio show producer
•Updated content on company website
•Updated and created PowerPoint elements used in training seminars
•Created custom literature for associate companies
May 2003 - August 2003
HerbalGram Magazine (Internship)
Austin, TX
•Worked with minimal supervision to successfully meet deadlines for assigned tasks
•Wrote news and feature articles, including cover story for one quarterly issue
•Copy edited, fact-checked and proofread articles, published studies and other content
•Conducted telephone interviews
•Assembled and organized peer-review packets
•Followed up on ongoing research and projects
•Corresponded internationally to confirm facts and collect information
•Finished “old articles“that had been started by other staff members
•Participated in editorial meetings
September 2002 - August 2003
The Daily Texan (Copy Editor)
University of Texas at Austin
•Member of the copy editing staff on a publication serving a campus of over 50,000 students
•Reviewed articles and captions for accuracy and grammatical correctness
•Created headlines for stories throughout the paper and paragraph-sized captions when needed
•Received several in-department commendations for captions and headlines
Education
2000 – 2004
University of Texas
Austin, TX
Graduated with Bachelor’s degree in Print Journalism from the School of Communication. Worked with the Association for Women in Communication,a group that participates in philanthropic projects and has strong ties to female professionals in the field of Communication.
1998 - 2000
McNeilHigh School
Austin, TX
Successfully complete AP classes in Math,English and the Social Sciences.Enhanced computer skills by taking a Business Communications class and gained familiarity with Mac computers as part of Journalism and Newspaper classes. Sole copy editor for school newspaper. Developed problem solving and people skills while in BITS, a mentoring program pairing high school juniors and seniors with young children.
Experience in the following applications:
Adobe Photoshop CS, Pagemaker 7 and InDesign, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, Quark Xpress
Scholarships
Recipient of two academic scholarships from Dell, Inc.
References available upon request