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Overview
Work History
Education
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Volunteer History
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Jayden Ford

Capitol Heights,MD

Summary

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure journalism and communication positions. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Editor in chief

The spectral newspaper
09.2023 - Current
  • Oversaw, trained and developed writers to optimize production and quality of work.
  • Communicated directly with writers to collaboratively assess work and guide editorial improvements.
  • Determined readiness of written pieces, made changes, and approved final versions for publication.

Administrative assistant

Town of Capitol Heights
05.2020 - Current
  • Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
  • Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis.
  • Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Developed creative and unique campaign visuals, including videos, GIFs and images.
  • Set up projectors, laptops and microphones for live presentations.

Editor in chief

PGCC OWL newspaper
08.2022 - 12.2022
  • Prepared, rewrote, and edited pieces to improve readability and impact.
  • Communicated directly with writers to collaboratively assess work and guide editorial improvements.
  • Led and managed multiple projects from conceptual stage through to launch.


Ad manager

Owl Newspaper
09.2021 - 06.2022
  • Provided materials and news material for other newspaper members to cover.
  • Wrote and published articles for newspapers and magazines.
  • Directed creative process for traditional and online ads.

Education

Bowie State university

Associates in Mass communications -

Prince George's Community College

Skills

  • Social Media Updates
  • Writing Stories
  • Assigning Articles
  • Proofreading Submissions

Volunteer History

  • The spectral newspaper, Editor in chief, 09/2023-Current, Wrote articles for Bowie state newspaper the spectral, Proofread, edited and polished articles
  • Owl Newspaper, Ad manager, 09/2021-06/2022, Attended events and wrote articles for Prince George's community college newspaper, Provided materials and news material for other newspaper members to cover

Timeline

Editor in chief

The spectral newspaper
09.2023 - Current

Editor in chief

PGCC OWL newspaper
08.2022 - 12.2022

Ad manager

Owl Newspaper
09.2021 - 06.2022

Administrative assistant

Town of Capitol Heights
05.2020 - Current

Bowie State university

Associates in Mass communications -

Prince George's Community College
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