Résumé

Kona Gallagher

Email: kona99@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Extensive professional writing experience, including entertainment, copywriting and corporate.
• Proven business management and leadership skills.
• Web experience, including e-commerce and webmaster responsibilities.
• Strong administrative/office management experience.

EXPERIENCE:

2007-Present     Various Websites                                         Ashburn, VA
Freelance Writer

• Staff writer for sites including Blend Television, AOL’s TV Squad, CliqueClack Television, and CliqueClack Food. Writer/Editor for Medium Dreams.
• Write news stories, feature articles, and reviews.
• Host online chats and conduct celebrity interviews.
• Make media appearances on behalf of the websites. Currently appearing bi-weekly on TV Talk Radio, also a contributor to the TV Squad Podcast.

2006-2009      Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing                            New York, NY
Project Coordinator/E-Commerce Manager

• Maintained online presence for flagship property, www.ccgmp.com, and auxiliary property, www.pharmacyexamreview.com. Constructed and managed company-sponsored non-profit website, www.friendsofanimalrescue.com.
• Responsible for billing and order fulfillment, including creating and processing invoices, estimates and reports in Quickbooks and Excel for online book orders.
• Managed all components of CCGMP e-commerce solutions, including PayPal account as well as inventory and product pages for Amazon.com.
• Worked with third-party vendor to coordinate logistics for large-scale book shipments.
• Created and maintained Access databases of doctors nationwide for distribution of medical textbooks.
• Functioned as corporate HR liaison; responsible for hiring temporary employees, as well as processing paperwork for all new hires.

2005-2006     NuGenesis                                                    New York, NY
Promotional Sales Manager

• Managed a 10-15 person promotional team for The Laugh Factory
• Planned and ran daily sales meetings.
• Responsible for daily receipts, reports, and general accounting.

2003-2005     Adelphia Media Services                                                    Staunton and Roanoke, VA
Copywriter/Production Coordinator

• Responsible for scriptwriting and coming up with creative concepts for local advertising campaigns for the southeast region.
• Authored and edited content for region-wide in-house publication.
• Attended and supervised commercial shoots where I acted as a liaison between the production department and the client.
• Acted as a liaison between sales staff and outside production agencies.
• Produced in-house corporate video projects.
• Responsible for training new production department hires.

2002-2003     WHSV TV3                                                    Harrisonburg, VA
Production Assistant

• Responsible for floor direction, camera operation, and audio for daily newscasts at an ABC affiliate station.
• Created graphics for news programs and edited video segments.
• Transcribed interviews for reporters and producers.

EDUCATION:
August 2003  James Madison University     Bachelor of Science Degree Harrisonburg, VA
Media Arts and Design Major with a Digital Media concentration and a Digital Video focus. Film Studies minor.

COMPUTER SKILLS:
Microsoft Office Suite, including Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
Photoshop
Basic HTML
Proficient in both Mac and Windows operating systems