AUDREY MCCRONE
Cleveland,OH (USA)
[email protected]

Objective

To use my helping skills. Fast-paced, client-oriented, virtual working environment is ideal, fully intending to further educate myself.

Skills

COMMUNICATION

Impeccable oral, written, interpersonal, and visual communications skills. Seeking a certificate within this broad area. Strong work ethics and persuasion skills. (Background in marketing management and quality control not otherwise noted in this resume.)

COMPUTER

Windows, Word, WordPerfect, MS Office (plus FrontPage), Adobe Photoshop, Internet, learning HTML and Javascript. 12 years experience with PC and familiar with Mac. Web research, word processing, and database experience.

LEADERSHIP

Producing my best under pressure, I did no worse than an occasional "B" in college, sharing that same dedication with work. In marketing, I headed off the verification department of the Fuerst Group's Parma office (run by J.B. Traffic Builders). Strong desire to inform and be helpful.

LANGUAGE & ARTS

Spanish is my second language. "Arts" include photography (35mm), drawing, and videography.

RESEARCH & ORGANIZATION

Survival skill in college, and as a writer. Detail-oriented and able to multitask under deadlines. Stickler for spelling, as typos take away from text! 

Employment

FREELANCE WRITER & EDITOR: 1998-Present
Independent Contractor Online

Research, writing, and editing. Clients include various dot-corn start-ups (such as reviews for ePinions.com and Digital City Cleveland's "Best of City"), local publications, and Q&A at Askme.com, where I placed among the top three experts in each category I chose (Books & Literature, Essay Writing & Poetry) for about a year (on a voluntary basis). Former Contributing Editor at Suite 101.corn, where I published critical essays on American authors. Maintaining my own Index these days.

SECRETARIAL WORK: 1996-1998; 2003(Feb.)-Present
Various Northeastern Ohio Companies 

Alpha-numeric data entry, answering phones, etc. Fast-paced office environments with heavy faxing and light office cleaning. Hunt & peck about 45 wpm; 10-key by touch. Much more office experience than is noted in this resume.

Education

Associate of the Arts: May 2001
Cuyahoga Community College (Western Campus) Parma, OH

Dean's list student. Cumulative GPA 3.5, while unweighted it was above 3.81 for two years straight. 1999 James Sheridan Memorial Scholarship awarded. Published through my college literary magazine. Fine Lines.

References available upon request.