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Good cover letter/resume?	looptx	01/13/03
[Please give honest feedback. Thanks so much!!!] COVER LETTER: Dear Sir or Madam: I read with interest your posting or craigslist for an Associate Editor and would very much like to learn more about the position and your organization. I feel that the job would be a good fit for my skills and personality. My strengths as an editor revolve around my ability to see the “big picture” while not losing sight of the details. My time management skills are first rate -- I can juggle many jobs at once while consistently meeting multiple deadlines. I have excellent project and employee management skills and have worked within marketing and publishing departments. I work well independently and also enjoy working within a team. I have excellent desk-top publishing skills and have designed books, newspaper editorial pages, ads, brochures and direct-mail pieces. I have also been responsible for the department's budget in several positions. I would be pleased to meet with you to discuss how I could contribute to your organization and hope to hear from you soon. Kind regards, RESUME: Name, address, etc. Key Skills • Excellent grammar and editing skills. • Strong initiation skills coupled with a good sense of priorities. • Organized, detail-oriented. • Work well under pressure and to tight deadlines while maintaining quality standards. • Creative, problem-solving attitude toward work. • Top-notch computer skills working with PCs and Macs. Career Review Community Partnership for Child Development/Head Start Colorado Springs, CO 2000-2002 • Communications Director for Head Start preschool program working in the Resource Development department of nonprofit agency. • Wrote/designed/edited Annual Report, two quarterly newsletters, direct mail pieces and support documents using QuarkXPress software. Was also digital photographer for all publications. • Maintained agency Web site using FrontPage 2000 software. • Created media interest for donations and recruitment of families for Head Start services by issuing press releases. Wrote direct mail pieces and gained experience in grant writing. • Managed advertising expenditures for agency and budget for recruitment efforts and publications. • As part of the Development Team, planned and implemented special events. • Managed recruitment efforts for preschool programs working within a team helping to bring in 1,400 students annually. USA.NET, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO 1998-1999 • Copywriter for a free, Web-based email service with more than five million subscribers worldwide. • Responsible for writing a wide variety of text: press releases, marketing, banner ad, general Web site, user manual; as well as editing existing text for grammar, content and style. • Gained experience in HTML, Web design and procedures. Frequent Flyer Services Colorado Springs, CO; London, UK 1992-1993; 1995-1998; Current • Played an integral role in small, entrepreneurial company as the managing editor for a publications department in which two magazines and a book was produced. • In 1995, was asked by company president to implement successful start-up of InsideFlyer International Edition, a magazine for members of frequent flyer programs who reside outside the Americas. Operated publishing office in London, England. • Was also the managing editor of "The Official Frequent Flyer Guidebook," an annual publication with a 200,000 circulation. In this role, updated information in a 500+ page book by working closely with marketing personnel of all major airlines and hotels. • Served as press contact for publications such as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal which required writing and speaking about the complexities of frequent flyer programs in a precise, businesslike manner. • Currently working freelance to update the information in "The Official Frequent Flyer Guidebook." Amica International Seattle, WA 1994 • Marketing coordinator, graphic artist and editor for a book publishing department of a printing and design house. • Edited, designed and implemented desktop publishing of a 300-page computer instruction book: "AutoCAD R12 for Windows." • Rewrote and designed computer children’s illustrated book entitled "A Journey to the World of Computers. The Hear Center Seattle, WA 1989-1991 • Bookkeeper and receptionist at medical clinic. • Duties included scheduling appointments, computer data input and daily account receivable bookkeeping. • Gained experience in Excel software. Bobit Publishing Co. Redondo Beach, CA 1987-1989 • Production and graphics manager for a publisher of trade and consumer magazines. Consistently met deadlines for 16 different four-color magazines with a total circulation of more than three million and individual circulation from 5,000 to 55,000. • Supervised seven regular employees plus contract workers. • Administered budget for the department, handled personnel administration and directed departmental quality control and organization. • Other duties included overseeing the design of all publications including extensive color selection, researching computer typesetting systems, press checks and directing all operations. Easy Reader Newspaper Hermosa Beach, CA 1983-1987 • Production manager for weekly newspaper with a circulation of 55,000. • Duties included overall supervision of the graphics staff including hiring and firing, budget administration, design and layout of all advertisements, design of all newspaper pages, supervision of paste-up and production camera work. • Originally hired as display advertising salesperson, advanced to classified ad sales manager, and then to production manager. Center Magazine Bryan, TX 1982-1983 • Advertising representative for a monthly magazine. Worked with existing client base and made cold calls by telephone and in the field. Radio Stations KTAM/KORA Bryan, TX 1982 • Assistant to station manager for AM/FM radio stations. Wrote advertising copy for local clients and administered national advertising copy for broadcast. Pflugerville Pflag Pflugerville, TX 1981 • Reporter and advertising representative for weekly newspaper in Pflugerville, TX, in the metropolitan Austin area. • Worked in all phases of operation. Education • Bachelor of arts degree in Journalism, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX.
Clarification/Follow-up by looptx on 01/14/03 6:08 pm: Thanks again for your suggestions. I just wanted you to know that based on the job title of associate editor, you thought I was way off base by mentioning some of the things I did in my cover letter, such as the design projects I'd worked on, etc. These were all directed toward what the ad had said was needed. I didn't tell them anything that they hadn't requested.
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preeti23		04/12/11
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