Andy Comer
Huber Heights,Ohio
Summary
Pragmatic City Carrier Assistant delivering mail on specific routes and collecting mail from letter boxes. High performing individual with customer service, communication and decision making skills. Offering reliability and adaptability.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
City carrier assistant
United States Postal Service
01.2023
- Sort mail and packages each day for delivery
- Deliver mail to various locations around Dayton on foot and via vehicle daily
- Collect mail from customers to be sent out
- Community Impact Newspaper
- Copy Chief
Copy Chief
Community Impact
03.2011 - 12.2022
- Oversaw editing of newspaper pages in 36 markets in Austin, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Phoenix, Nashville with about 2.5 million monthly readers; in 2022 my team edited over 8,000 pages and over 12,000 web stories
- Managed two copy editors; responsible for hiring, monthly evaluations, raises, audits of work
- Oversaw editing of website content that garnered over 41 million hits in 2021
- Initiated creation of daily and weekly roundup content that generated over 2.7 million hits in 2021
- Worked in close collaboration with designers and editors to ensure turnaround of content as fast as possible—sometimes as many as dozens of pages and web stories per day per copy editor
- Adhered to timelines and managed priorities to meet milestones and deadlines
- Reviewed and edited content for correct grammar and style
- Mentored team members in best practices
- Recommended copy edits based on knowledge of target audience and internal and external style guides
- Proofread, edited and evaluated final copy to verify content aligned with established guidelines
- Edited and reviewed content for grammar, spelling and punctuation
- Generated and maintained style guides to encourage consistent quality of content
- Developed and maintained editorial standards for content
- Utilized SEO techniques to optimize content for search engine rankings
Copy Editor
The Monitor
07.2006 - 03.2011
- Arranged stories according to newsworthiness within newspaper with circulation of more than 40,000 daily readers, helped to determine front-page news, was key in growth in street sales of newspapers
- Designed pages for local, national and world news sections; worked on editions with breaking news, national and local elections
- Worked on special feature sections
- Designed “Valley Life” feature section for weekend editions
- Edited content for website
- Created copy desk employee reviews
- Oversaw editing before pages sent to press nightly
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communication
University of Dayton
Dayton, OhioSkills
- Proprietary page editing software use
- G-suite tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Proficiency in portable scanners
- Mail handling
- SEO knowledge/headline writing
- Associated Press style
- Expert spelling/grammar skills
- Attention to detail
- Adept at managing deadlines
- Eagle Scout
Timeline
City carrier assistant
United States Postal Service
01.2023
Copy Chief
Community Impact
03.2011 - 12.2022
Copy Editor
The Monitor
07.2006 - 03.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Communication
University of Dayton