I have extensive experience with organizing
and promoting medium to large size festivals. In 2008 I personally organized
three festivals. My educational background is in journalism, graphic design
and tech support. Specific skills include:
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Tons
of creative ideas
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Remarkable
knack for sourcing materials and personnel
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Planning,
organizing and promoting (sometimes simultaneously)
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Experienced
talent buyer with a great reputation and connections
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Graphic
design, website design, newspaper design
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Professional
writer: news, feature story, column and blog writing
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Genius
with social networks and viral marketing techniques
Employment History
Foss
Waterway Seaport
July 2008 – Dec. 16 Festival
Director Tacoma Winterfest
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Conceptualized new festival to support
shopping local
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Recruited festival committee
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Recruited and coordinated volunteer staff
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Designed and implemented PR campaign
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Arranged an astonishing number of in-kind
sponsorship deals
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Maintained festival budget
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Booked entertainment
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Managed entire festival operation
Ruston
Business District
July 2008 – Present Executive
Director
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Re-organized Point Defiance Music Festival
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Managed entire festival operation
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Hired stage managers, sound engineers
and over 35 bands
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Managed budget
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Recruited and coordinated volunteer staff
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Updated and maintained district and festival
websites
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Designed posters, handbills and newspaper
advertisements
Business
Examiner Newspaper
July 2008 – Sept 2008 Graphic
Designer
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Created signage for events
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Designed magazine and newspaper layouts
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Created advertisements
Latino
Festival/Tall Ship Gloria
July 2008 Volunteer Coordinator
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Contacted local organizations and recruited
volunteers
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Scheduled and managed volunteer staff
Swarner
Communications: Weekly Volcano, Ft. Lewis Ranger, NW Airlifter
05.11.03 – 02.12.08 Associate
Editor, Writer, Columnist, Layout Design, Webmaster
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Wrote 6 articles per week for Weekly Volcano
Newspaper and Fort Lewis Ranger Newspaper
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Responsible for design and lay out of
Northwest Airlifter and Weekly Volcano newspapers
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Maintained Weekly Volcano web site
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Formatted photos for print and for web
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Created advertisements for print and web
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Kept close tabs on community in order
to provide story leads to the editor
Freelance
writing
2002 – Present Puyallup Herald,
Peninsula Gateway, Rockrgrl Magazine, Kaffeine Buzz Magazine, Victory Review
Magazine, TacomaScene.com, Weekly Volcano
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Wrote feature articles about bands, solo
musicians, concerts and events
Ruthiblu.com website development and graphic design
2001-Present CEO / Accountant
/ Website Designer / Marketing Mgr.
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Designed and created web sites for various
clients
Weyerhaeuser Corporation
1998-2001 Help Desk Analyst /
Website Developer
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Provided technical support to internal
customers
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System administration
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Traveled throughout the U.S.
for software installation and training at container board packaging plants
and paper mills
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Hardware and software troubleshooting
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Created and maintained internal web sites
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Created and maintained database for Witron
project