Park University

Freelance Copywriter, Blogger, Music Journalist.

•	Assisting clients, demoing systems, and writing client proposals in a high-end showroom environment
•	Installing sound systems in the homes of clients

The Sound Environment

Sales Consultant

•	Assisting customers with questions about outdoor/mountaineering gear
•	Shipping online orders

Moosejaw Mountaineering

Sales Associate

•	In charge of buying and pricing for vinyl section
•	Assisting customers and maintaining the shop
•      Buying books from sellers for store inventory, Assessing value of rare & valuable items

Half Price Books

Book Seller

•	Resolving customer orders & handling customer refunds
•	Teching returned items & determining where they should be sent
•	Multitasking- utilizing a number of computer programs simultaneously while resolving

Musician's Friend

Returns Associate

Contributed album reviews for the music culture-focused blog EmoAtHeart.com, based out of New York.

EmoAtHeart.com

Staff Writer

•	Providing customer service and assisting shoppers
•	Organizing & maintaining both of the store’s stockrooms
•	Awarded for sales in December, 2013

The North Face

Stock Associate & Sales Associate

Composes blog entries for the company website of Kansas City screen printing business, Bandwagon Merchandise. Subjects covered include event promotion, featured client interviews, local culture, and screen printing trade information. Proofreads, advises and helps develop content.

Bandwagon Merchandise

Contributing Copywriter

Wrote content (blogs, infographics, "Search 4" pages, BS, BSD, PPC) for many of PlattForm's clients including Radians College, Stratford University, Strand College, Med Tech, Pharmacy Tech, Fortis College, PCI and Iverson

Published in the Fall 2012 issue of Career College Central after writing the "Making Headlines" section

Helped Develop the PlattFormula campaign for PlattForm's future interns as part of the summer intern project. Wrote content for the PlattFormula section of the PlattForm website as well as the PlattFormula brochure. Also narrated the PlattForm tour video for the website.

Assisted in the development of the "Your First Step" ad campaign for Brown Mackie College as part of the summer intern project. Developed the "Your First Step" tagline, created a print ad for the campaign, and presented the ad and tagline to PlattForm at the end of the internship.

Heavily involved in the creation of the June and July issues of PlattForm's in-house employee magazine The Podium. Wrote several articles including the June edition of "My favorite Yearbook" and "Say 'Hello' To Your Summer 2012 Interns!"
	
Assisted in creation of events for the 2012 Office Olympics
	
Attended PlattForm's summer Cross Training

PlattForm Advertising

Content Intern

Assisted, Taught, and Performed in Various Programs
Organized, Designed, and Constructed Visual Displays
Wrote reviews of fiction for library website
Participated in research focus group for library website, September 2010- May 2011
Led Young Adult Book Club in Summer 2008
Accomplishments at Mid-Continent Public Library:
Awarded for outstanding customer service in 2010
Band featured on the Mid-Continent Public Library Blog in January, 2012

Mid-Continent Public Library

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Wrote Reviews of various albums and music DVD's for both the internet and the printed magazine
Took Live Concert Photography of Various Bands
Sold advertising space for the magazine
Did street-team work in order to promote the website and distribute the magazine

Accomplishments:
Collaborated with a number of important major and independent record labels including: Capitol Records, Metal Blade Records, Epitaph Records, Tooth and Nail/ Solid State Records, The Militia Group, and Saddle Creek Records.

Paul Pursell