Patrice A.

Highlights of resume: Freelance Media Specialist 7/98 to present Clients include(d): Wayne Magazine (stringer); Mount Saint Mary College (grants); Friends of Rye Nature Center Inc. (grants),; Interfaith Towers (grants); Sony Electronics (writing for internal publications and B2B website); College of Mount Saint Vincent (web editor and public relations writing); Good Counsel, Inc., (grant writing, marketing and public relations); Dr. Suzanne Wilcox (public relations, newsletter); Catholic New York (stringer); Manhattan College (all types of writing, including fund raising letters, speeches and brochure copy); NACAR (website creation and maintenance); St. Frances of Rome Church (website creation); Church of St. Elizabeth Seton (church bulletins); [login to view URL] (website update and maintenance); Association of Senior Citizens (grants); Sisters of Charity of New York (writer internal newsletter); North County News (stringer); and Respironics (proofreading). Journalism Department Adjunct, Pace University 9/98 to 12/99 Responsibilities included: Working with another professor on special projects classes. Students created election night newspapers in the fall and a magazine in the spring. Worked with students to create a plan for each of these publications; suggested assignments; worked with student editors on drafts and final versions of stories. Director of Public Relations & Publications, College of Mount Saint Vincent 7/97 to 6/98 Riverdale, NY Responsibilities included: overseeing entire public relations and publications area; preparing press releases, sports news releases and hometown news releases; developing a marketing plan for the College; informing members of the College community about media opportunities such as op-ed placements and radio and television interviews; acting as the liaison between members of the College community and the media; creating and placing advertising; creating brochures; overseeing in-house design of publications; editing the College's alumni magazine (10,000 circulation); editing the in-house newsletter; writing the President's Newsletter; writing speeches; managing publications editor, secretary and student workers and handling budgets of over $200,000.