jeff stern's resume - august 11

Jeff Stern 631-942-6368 – 9 Club House Court, Setauket, NY http://JeffStern.co – JeffStern.ny@gmail.com – @jeff_stern

I hope to obtain creative experience in video production and web development.

Experience The Pendulum Student Newspaper – Elon, NC Online Editor-in-Chief, January 2011 – Present Multimedia Editor, September 2010 – December 2010 • Management and frequent updating of two-time Pacemaker-finalist

http://elonpendulum.com for a weekly newspaper • Managing, training and assigning stories to the multimedia staff • Social media integration with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, along

with analysis of Google Analytics • Working on deadline in a leadership position.

Best Buy – South Setauket, NY Digital Imaging Sales Associate, November 2008 – August 2011 • Through selling digital cameras to consumers, learned the key to

creating a great user experience: informative, intuitive interaction complemented by an enjoyable environment

Times Beacon Record Newspapers – East Setauket, NY Multimedia Intern, Summer 2010 • Produced multimedia for the local paper and their website

Freelance Career • Work with and create web & video products for professional

companies, non-profit organizations and individuals • Clients include Seiskaya Ballet Studio, Suffolk County

Archaeological Association, I-Do Video, Elon University and Three Village Central School District

• A complete portfolio is on my website at http://JeffStern.co Recognition Internet Governance Forum, July 2011 Panelist, “Digital Natives? Mythbusting Assumptions” The Pendulum, April 2011 Pacemaker-Finalist for an Online News Site Invictus Yearbook, April 2011 National Pacemaker for a Digital Yearbook The Pendulum, April 2011 Organization Newcomer of the Year from Elon’s SGA Awards

Education Elon University

Elon, NC • Class of 2014, GPA: 3.83 • Expected B.A./B.S. in

Broadcast & New Media and Information Science

• Communication Fellows Honors Program

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY • Summer 2009 • Robert W. Greene High

School Journalism Institute Skills

Video Production: Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, Adobe Premiere, professional-level video and audio equipment

Web Development: HTML/CSS, Preliminary JavaScript and SQL, Adobe Flash and Fireworks, Wordpress.org and Social Media

Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

Productivity: Microsoft Office, iWork, Mac OS X and Windows Interests

Documentary filmmaking, user experience and interaction design, media literacy, clean design, The Office, mystery novels, forensic science and geocaching