resume - april 2011

Education

Elon University – Elon, NC

• Class of 2014, GPA: 3.81 • Studying Broadcast & New Media and Information Science • Communication Fellows Honors Program

Stony Brook University – Stony Brook, NY • Robert W. Greene Intensive Journalism Program

Experience

Elon Pendulum Student Newspaper – Elon, NC Online Editor-in-Chief, January 2011 – Present Multimedia Editor, September 2010 – December 2010

• Management and frequent updating of 2011 Pacemaker-finalist http://elon.edu/pendulum 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 – Present

• Informing the customer using self-created visual displays • Educating myself on the latest consumer cameras, video cameras

and digital SLRs • Learned the importance of a great customer experience, keeping

an organized work area, and how to work as a team member

Times Beacon Record Newspapers – East Setauket, NY Multimedia Intern, Summer 2010

• Produced video content for the newspaper’s website • Took photos used on the front page of their newspaper and

website • Used Linear Publishing, their content management system.

Jeff Stern 9 Club House Court Setauket, NY, 11733

631-942-6368 JeffSternVideo.com JeffSternVideo@gmail.com

Jeff Stern Hello! I hope to obtain an internship position that will allow me to use my video production skills, gain valuable experience and develop my creativity.

Technical Skills

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

Web Development: Wordpress.org, Adobe Flash, HTML/CSS, Java, SQL Server and Social Media

Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

Productivity: Microsoft Office, iWork, Mac OS X and Windows 7

Awards

• National Pacemaker-finalist for an Online News Site – 2011

• National Pacemaker for a Digital Yearbook – 2011

• Organization Newcomer of the Year – 2011 Elon SGA Awards

• Superior Award for “90-second video package” at JEA write-off competition – November 2009

• Newsday Scholar Artist – October 2009

• 2nd place in This Town music Video contest – May 2009

Interests

Documentary filmmaking, web design, media literacy, minimalism, The Office, mystery novels, geocaching and retail sales