813 Lakeview Blvd.Hartsville, SC 29550

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DAVID A. GUESS

EDUCATION FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY, FLORENCE SCB.A. in English – Professional Writing2013 – 2015 Major GPA: 4.0Cumulative GPA: 3.8

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON SCB.S. in Psychology2002 - 2006

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Worked with teams of writers to produce numerous quality deliverables for course and client projects

Regularly engaged in public speaking while leading counseling and educational sessions and participating in progress meetings

Communicated and built rapport with clients to better understand and meet their needs and goals

Advised less experienced team members on projects and sought guidance when needed

WRITING & DESIGN SKILLS

Worked with a team to draft a white paper for College and Career Readiness at Francis Marion University

Produced a process report for a product in a class project Composed an assembly and operation manual for a

fictional invention in a team project Redesigned, edited, and drafted diabetes and nutrition

educational tools for improved readability and usability Created an infographic describing prescription drug abuse

in the United States Composed a variety of business documents including

emails, memos, and proposals Wrote multiple blog posts about nutrition and health for a

client’s website Produced articles for a medical center newsletter that is

distributed to employees and patients Assisted my advisor with the drafting and revising of an

academic research paper to be submitted for publication Worked with a team of writers to draft a major grant

proposal requesting $8,000 for a project supporting the humanities and heritage tourism in South Carolina

COMPUTER SKILLS

Used MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher to create a variety of deliverables and presentations

Designed a proposed update to the Florence Pee Dee Coalition’s homepage and contact page for their website using Adobe Dreamweaver and Fireworks

Created graphics for multiple deliverables using Adobe Illustrator

PLANNING & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

Communicated with team members and consultants using multiple methods such as traditional email, Google Docs, Google Hangouts, Skype, and Dropbox

Produced an implementation report for a client project involving the creation of multiple deliverables to assist in branding and marketing

Created a Gantt chart to organize deadlines and milestones for a three-year grant proposal and project

Maintained productivity logs on multiple projects

INTERNSHIP INTERN, HOPEHEALTH DIABETES AND NURITION CENTER2015: 140 Hours

EMPLOYMENT UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT, DR. LYNN HANSON, FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITYJune 2015 – December 2015

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR, BRUCE HALL AT CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM2010 - Present

WARD CLERK, GERIATRIC PSYHCIATRY AND BRUCE HALL AT CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM2007 - 2010

ACHIEVMENTS President’s List: Part-Time, College of Liberal Arts, 2013 - 2015

Recipient of the Katharine S. Boling Memorial Award in Fiction, (Presented to the student(s) with the most growth and best developed fiction)

Publication of the short story “Powerless” in Francis Marion University’s literary and art journal, Snow Island Review, Issue 24

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