Brooke Strickland

Contact

• Education
  
  University of Portland
  Portland, Oregon
  Completed 9 semester credits of Master’s level education courses
  
  Washington State University Vancouver
  Vancouver, Washington
  Bachelor of Arts in English with Professional Writing Certificate
  Completed: May 2004
  
  Clark College
  Vancouver, Washington
  Associates of Arts Degree
  Completed: August 2002
  
  Publications
  
  Northwest Palate Magazine
  Indulge Magazine (formerly Fresh Ideas Magazine)
  Prime Magazine
  Goodness Magazine
  NW Kids Magazine
  Vancouver Family Magazine
  Portland Family Magazine
  True Poet Magazine
  Write On! Poetry Gazette
  Down in the Dirt Magazine
  Nomad’s Choir
  Shemom
  Soul Fountain
  
  Professional Experience
  
  FEP International
  Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Doan
  Title: Contract Medical Editor and Writer
  Duties: Editing medical books and articles from doctors around the country; writing medical and health related articles for website.
  Employed from: August 2009-present (on an as-needed basis)
  
  Zupan’s Markets
  Supervisor: Jessica Howard, Director of Marketing
  Title: Marketing Coordinator and Assistant Editor of Indulge Magazine
  Duties: Editing magazine for grammar, content, and punctuation, while coordinating vendor material submission; preparing in-store signs and materials; managing all social media interaction and communication with customers (Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, Foursquare); writing weekly blog posts; editing store sale sheets; coordinating price quotes for marketing events; updating website events, online shop products, and various other HTML related duties; various other marketing related duties as assigned.
  Employed from: November 2009-present (on an as-needed basis)
  
  Ethos360
  Supervisor: Christina Hersey
  Title: Writer and Researcher
  Duties: Working with clients to create and write the marketing strategy sections of business plan documents.
  Employed from: August 2010-September 2011
  
  MasterPlans
  Supervisor: Caitlin Lilly, Team Leader
  Title: Business Plan Writer
  Duties: editing client feedback on business plan documents; combining financial charts and text into business plan documents; writing the product, market analysis, management summary, and marketing strategy sections of business plan documents with primary focus on the marketing strategy segment.
  Accomplishments: Began as an editor and within a month, was promoted to a writing position; wrote a portion of a business plan for Carolyn Kepcher, famous T.V. personality, most known for her right-hand advising to Donald Trump on The Apprentice
  Employed from: December 2006-October 2009
  
  University of Portland
  Supervisor: Roberta Lindahl, Registrar
  Title: Office Manager
  Duties: manage and assign all academic classrooms for the campus; supervise seven student workers including maintaining weekly schedules, hiring, and training on administrative software; manage salaried Registrar’s Office employee schedules; register students; data entry of grades; daily mail distribution; transcript processing; assisting Associate Registrar with course scheduling for each semester.
  Employed from: March 2005-December 2006
  
  Art Institute of Portland
  Supervisor: Bob Tufts
  Title: Registrar’s Assistant
  Duties: registered students; data entry of grades and attendance; enrollment verifications; processing transcripts; building quarterly course schedule; phones; filing
  Employed from: September 2004-March 2005
  
  University of Portland-Air Force ROTC Department
  Title: Assistant to the Colonel
  Supervisors: Colonel Mike Dredla and Colonel John Julsonnet
  Duties: scheduled appointments; phones, mail; University Suspense Manager; Key Control Official; assisted the Colonel with various assigned tasks.
  Employed from: July 2004-September 2004 (temporary position)
  
  Rainbow West Bookstore
  Title: Sales Clerk
  Supervisor: Dena Dodson, Manager
  Duties: customer service, sales; receiving book orders; answering phones; cash handling; engraving; merchandise display.
  Employed from: August 1999-July 2004
  
  Accent Business Services, Inc.
  Supervisor: Jona Tompkins
  Formal technical writing internship
  January-April 2004
  Produced technical documentation for:
  • The Clark County Sheriff’s Department Evidence Management System
  • Consumers Power PoleTrack system, which manages pole and underground vault inventory for areas throughout Oregon and Washington
  • Created an Issues Summary Report for the creation of a new database for the Clark County Assessor’s and Treasurer’s Office
  • Programs worked with: Robohelp, Visio, Microsoft FrontPage
  
  References available on request and available for freelance work.