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Brett Andrew Borders
Skills:
SEO, copywriting, social media marketing, viral content authoring, blogging, public relations, branding, web development, getting things done, sales, customer service, and training.
Software:
Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Word, Google Docs, Wordpress, Drupal, FTP, Macintosh OS X.
Code & Languages:
CSS, XHTML, Japanese and PHP (basic).
Education:
(click on certificates to view)
Southern Oregon University - Ashland
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Interactive Marketing and E-commerce.
15 months of full-time, on campus work and study. Chosen as top student in School of Business marketing program. 2007
University of Florida
Bachelor of Arts, Summa cum Laude (highest honors).
Sociology. 1999
Palm Beach County School of the Arts
HS Diploma in Communications.
National Honor Society member. 1995
Experience:
5/2007 - Present SEO Consultant & Copywriter
1360 Walnut Street., Boulder, CO, 80302
Southern Oregon University - School of Social Sciences
1520 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR, 97520
"Responsible for promoting the university lecture series online and through traditional media channels. Created our PR engine and strategy. Wrote, designed and coded web pages, press releases, magazine articles, blogs, online posts, department proposals, and radio broadcast ads for the university. Came up with systems to track the results. "
2/2004 - 10/2005 Copywriter / Account Representative
TDM Ad-Hold 8700 S.W. 26th Suite R, Portland, OR, 97219
"Started as customer service on 150 business accounts - primarily editing and updating their telephone "on-hold" ad copy scripts for production. Moved up to ad writer, working with new clients to develop their corporate ads. "
9/2001 - 10/2003 Traveled Around the World
Mexico, Holland, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Andamans, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia.
"Wow!"
7/1999 - 7/2001 Assistant Language Teacher
JET Program. Kitamorakata Board of Education, Miyakonojo-shi, Miyazaki-ken, Japan.
"Worked with salarymen at traditional government board of education office. Did teacher training, curriculum development, and rotating school visits to eight middle schools in rural Japan. Self-studied for & passed Japanese Language Proficiency Test, level 3."
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Spring 1999 English Interaction Leader
English Language Institute, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL.
"Taught a weekly cultural integration class to university ESL students at one of the top language schools in the country."
