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Christopher Krull 5833 Devonshire Ave., Apt. 3S St. Louis, MO 63109 [email protected] / 314-954-0791 / christopherkrull.com
Keywords: writing, editing, website development, content management, multimedia production, digital storytelling, marketing, public relations, project management, primary research WORK EXPERIENCE Saint Louis University August 2011 – present Graduate Professional Assistant • Developing and managing multimedia content through Ingeniux CMS • Creating novel WordPress blog to highlight student production work • Using CMS to create new Web pages, inserting relevant meta tags for SEO • Project managing Communication Department’s website redesign and branding • Assisting with teaching undergraduate computer technology labs Osborn & Barr Communications June 2006 – May 2011 Account Executive • Managed multimillion dollar integrated marketing communications campaigns • Lead earned media team in PR campaign attaining one million media impressions • Successfully pitched news stories to local and national media outlets • Wrote press releases, op-eds, media alerts, speeches and tip sheets • Created newsletters and e-blasts targeted to technical audiences • Project managed development of direct mailings, print, radio, banner and TV ads INTERNSHIPS Boulevard Literary Magazine June 2012 – present Reader/Copy Editor • Evaluating fiction submissions from potential contributors • Providing editorial recommendations to managing editor • Copyediting final proof of magazine before going to printer
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts – St. Louis Summer 2012 Editor • Edited all articles developed by VLAA lawyers and accountants • Wrote attention-getting headlines and captions for Web articles and newsletters • Maintained proper legal and business writing styles across publications EDUCATION Saint Louis University, Department of Communication Master of Arts (Research), Communication (Expected: May 2013) Primary research areas for master’s thesis include technology, rhetoric and narrative framing University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Business Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (May 2006) Emphasis: Marketing, Minor: Economics TECHNOLOGY SKILLS Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Apple Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro Avid Pro Tools Content Management Basic HTML & CSS, WordPress, various CMS platforms Marketing Software Cision, Google Analytics, SilverPOP Marketer, Xpedite Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint OTHER SKILLS Language Basic Spanish Writing AP and APA styles, published short fiction author VOLUNTEER YMCA Literacy Council, English as a Second Language instructor – 2008-present SLU Make A Difference Day – 2011-2013 St. Patrick’s Center – 2010-2011 Writing samples available on christopherkrull.com
Keywords: writing, editing, website development, content management, multimedia production, digital storytelling, marketing, public relations, project management, primary research WORK EXPERIENCE Saint Louis University August 2011 – present Graduate Professional Assistant • Developing and managing multimedia content through Ingeniux CMS • Creating novel WordPress blog to highlight student production work • Using CMS to create new Web pages, inserting relevant meta tags for SEO • Project managing Communication Department’s website redesign and branding • Assisting with teaching undergraduate computer technology labs Osborn & Barr Communications June 2006 – May 2011 Account Executive • Managed multimillion dollar integrated marketing communications campaigns • Lead earned media team in PR campaign attaining one million media impressions • Successfully pitched news stories to local and national media outlets • Wrote press releases, op-eds, media alerts, speeches and tip sheets • Created newsletters and e-blasts targeted to technical audiences • Project managed development of direct mailings, print, radio, banner and TV ads INTERNSHIPS Boulevard Literary Magazine June 2012 – present Reader/Copy Editor • Evaluating fiction submissions from potential contributors • Providing editorial recommendations to managing editor • Copyediting final proof of magazine before going to printer
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts – St. Louis Summer 2012 Editor • Edited all articles developed by VLAA lawyers and accountants • Wrote attention-getting headlines and captions for Web articles and newsletters • Maintained proper legal and business writing styles across publications EDUCATION Saint Louis University, Department of Communication Master of Arts (Research), Communication (Expected: May 2013) Primary research areas for master’s thesis include technology, rhetoric and narrative framing University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Business Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (May 2006) Emphasis: Marketing, Minor: Economics TECHNOLOGY SKILLS Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Apple Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro Avid Pro Tools Content Management Basic HTML & CSS, WordPress, various CMS platforms Marketing Software Cision, Google Analytics, SilverPOP Marketer, Xpedite Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint OTHER SKILLS Language Basic Spanish Writing AP and APA styles, published short fiction author VOLUNTEER YMCA Literacy Council, English as a Second Language instructor – 2008-present SLU Make A Difference Day – 2011-2013 St. Patrick’s Center – 2010-2011 Writing samples available on christopherkrull.com
