Resume

Kenneth R. George

176 Park Avenue Arlington, MA 02476
781-646-2599
kennethrgeorge@yahoo.com
Resume in Word
CAREER SUMMARY

Over ten years of professional experience in web producing and/or project management for news and information websites.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WBUR, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA
www.wbur.org
New Media Production Manager, 2000 – present
Managed a team of web producers, designers and programmers and supervised updates of wbur.org and affiliated websites.

Created multimedia features with graphic, audio and/or video components

Managed special projects including award-winning site on Madagascar

Managed breaking news updates during intense news cycles

Collaborated with marketing staff, producers and designers on special projects

Wrote online features including reviews and blog on the build-up to the war in Iraq

Rewrote and copyedited radio news summaries

Edited and prepared audio and images for web use

Supervised and trained interns

Produced weekly podcast: conceptualized topics, wrote scripts, edited audio

MASSLIVE, Springfield, MA
www.masslive.com
Production Editor/Manager, 1998-2000
Coordinated aspects of web production during the start-up phase and spanning several successive design rollouts.

Created online technical style guide

Reviewed page templates for compliance with company standards

Trained news producers in web methodologies, graphics software and HTML

Collaborated with the designer on homepage redesigns

Moderated online community forums

Wrote email newsletters

Created graphics and prepared photographs

Editor of special college section and of Western Massachusetts visitor’s guide

Wrote headlines and summaries for the homepage

Wrote headlines and summaries for the homepage

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, MA
www.csmonitor.com
Web Production Assistant, 1996-1998
Part of the production unit responsible for the international newspaper’s online presence.

Wrote headlines, summaries, reviews and news quizzes

Produced and edited online audio news summaries

Compressed video for the web

Created graphics and prepared photographs for the homepage

Rendered text and informational graphics from the newspaper into HTML

Supervised daily production during production manager’s absence

COMPUTER/WEB SKILLS

Authoring Tools:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, RealMedia Producer, Macromedia Dreamweaver, HomeSite, Microsoft FrontPage, BBEdit, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, SoundForge, FastEdit,
Audacity

Languages:
HTML, Use (not creation) of ASP, Pearl, Javascript, Java, UNIX, PHP

Platforms:
Windows, Mac

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Art, 1989
Earlham College, Richmond, IN

Additional course work in graduate level journalism, communications and web production at Harvard Extension School, Boston University, and Emerson College

INTERESTS

Current events, writing, internet technologies, news media