Katherine N. Clement

kat.clement@gmail.com
http://katherineclement.wordpress.com/

EDUCATION

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg (1/05 – 12/08)

Bachelor’s degree in mass communications with a minor in sociology   

St. Petersburg High School (8/00 – 5/04)       


EXPERIENCE

Technical Writer, Consulting, The Proposal Center, Orlando, FL (8/09 – current)

-          contributed to the past performance section for two proposals

-          served as section lead for past performance on a recent proposal

-          created the section layout with assistance from an InDesign expert

-          utilized InCopy skills to further create, design, and edit the section

Marketing Assistant, Temporary, Advanced Protection Technologies, Clearwater, FL (4/09 – 7/09)

-          updated more than 4,000 database entries using research methods taught in journalism courses

-          photographed products for marketing and technical materials

-          created, assembled, and mailed marketing materials

Freelance Event Photographer, Kat Clement Photography, St. Petersburg, FL (2/06 – current)

-          professionally photographed three weddings and a baby shower

-          edited pictures from two weddings and the baby shower

-          created digital materials to distribute to guests of the baby shower

-          professionally photographed Burning Tree, a local St. Petersburg band, live

Assistant Editor, Crow’s Nest, St. Petersburg, FL (8/08 – 12/08)

-          directly responsible for content-editing stories written by two reporters

-          frequently published front-page, breaking news articles on last-minute deadlines

-          photographed events for my own stories as well as others

-          copy and design-edited the publication before it went to press                  

Intern, Creative Loafing, Tampa, FL (10/07 – 2/08)

-          fact-checked and copy-edited minor articles before publication

-          wrote a cover story the third week

-          photographed events

-          contributed to larger cover stories

Contributing Writer and Photographer, The Crow’s Nest, St. Petersburg, FL (2/07 – 5/08)

-          contributed articles and accompanying photographs

Clerk, Web Clerk, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL (2/06 – 10/07)

-          performed clerical tasks such as answering phones, running errands, updating databases and delivering faxes and proofs

-          took over a web clerk position line-editing copy for publication to the web using Coyote, Speed Writer and the St. Petersburg Times News Processor

-          selected and edited photographs to accompany stories on the web

-          edited stories for submission to Lexis Nexis

Staff Writer and Photographer, Indie, Orlando, FL (8/04 – 12/04)

-          accompanied reporters on stories to photograph events

-          pitched and wrote stories for publication

Staff Writer, Palmetto and Pine, St. Petersburg, FL (8/02 – 5/04)

-          pitched and wrote stories for publication

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Assistant Accountant and Collections Specialist, AAMP of America, Clearwater, FL (5/08 – 9/08)

-          applied payments on accounts

-          called clients for late payments and made notes of progress

-          served as credit manager for short periods during credit manager’s absence

-          recovered over $100,000 of overdue payments within a three-month period

Retail Representative, Centerplate, St. Petersburg, FL (3/08 – 9/08)

-          counted incoming inventory

-          stocked and organized six stores within Tropicana Field

-          responsible for opening and closing stores, counting inventory and cash and securing storefront

-          handled hundreds of transactions with no more than five cents error each shift

Micrographics Technician, City of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL (7/06 – 5/09)

-          processed boxes of documentation for microfilming

-          microfilmed city records

Cashier and Server, Tijuana Flats, St. Petersburg, FL (2/05 – 10/05)

-          handled hundreds of transactions each day with little error

-          cleaned restaurant

-          served guests

 

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite: Word (64 WPM), Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook

Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Acrobat, InCopy

Coyote, Speed Writer, St. Petersburg Times News Processor, Dispatch

 

HONORS, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Awards

The St. Petersburg Times journalism scholarship: $10,000

Florida Bright Futures scholarship

 

Seminars Taught

 “How to Develop a Story Idea that Will Get Your Article Published”

(Seminar given, by invitation, at Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg, FL)

 

Memberships

Society of Professional Journalists

 

Programs Attended

WMNF Broadcast News Training Course, WMNF, Tampa, FL

The High School Journalism Program at the Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL

The Global Young Leaders Conference, Washington D.C. and New York, NY

Make a Free Website with Yola.