Amy R. Goldyn 
2707 North 48th Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68104
 [Send email to request phone number] 80.7481
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OBJECTIVE
Seeking a position in which I can utilize my outstanding skills in editing,
writing, project management, branding, and corporate and marketing
communications.

QUALIFICATIONS 
- Professional writer and editor for more than 10 years 
- Expert project management skills
- Proven expertise in corporate and marketing communications
- Highly effective at developing and carrying out company and product branding
strategies
- Experience in management/supervisory roles
- Superb skills in writing for the Web and online audiences
- Experience writing press releases
- Outstanding editor with firm command of grammar, linguistics, and semantics 
- Prove expertise and experience with journalistic, magazine, and high-level
writing techniques
- Vast experience writing for international publications and audiences
- Able to easily grasp new concepts, including technological concepts
- Able to function successfully on a team as well as independently
- Vast knowledge of style and flow in writing
- Proficient in the AP Stylebook, MLA style, the Queen’s English, and the
Chicago Manual of Style
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
June 2007 to Present — Freelance Writer and Editor, Omaha, Nebraska
- Meet with clients to determine their marketing/writing needs and budget
- Manage client projects from beginning to end, meeting deadlines and ensuring
client satisfaction
- Approach each project with creativity to provide clients with materials that
are fresh, timely, and strategic
- Work with clients to create and develop copy for print and the Web
- Market and promote each client’s company brand and product brands
- Ensure that copy is written professionally, at a high level, and to meet the
client’s expectations and needs
- Edit and revise/rewrite clients’ existing materials

December 2004 to September 2008 and January 2001 to April 2002 — Corporate
Marketing Communications Specialist, ACI Worldwide, Omaha, Nebraska
- Communicated the company’s experience and expertise in marketing materials and
case studies, on the Internet, and in other promotional materials
- Translated technical product information into common, reader-friendly
language
- Proofed and revised information gathered from product managers for sales kits
and marketing materials
- Interviewed product mangers, customers, and account managers to gather
information needed for marketing materials and case studies
- Ensured that all copy (on an international level) was written professionally
with a consistent tone and style
- Served as the point of contact and project manager for new marketing and
collateral projects
- Managed and regularly updated the department’s more than 400 pieces of
collateral
- Gathered information and research to write copy for product brochures, product
summaries, fact sheets, case studies, white papers, and other marketing and
corporate communications materials
- Performed as the company’s sole editor on an international basis
- Promoted company and product brand recognition internally and externally and
ensured consistent branding messages
- Created new and updated existing sales kits
- Served as the department’s functional area representative for the integration
of acquired companies
- Assisted product managers with competitor analysis as needed
- Ghostwrote articles for national and international publications for high-level
company executives
- Edited employee newsletter and customer newsletter
- Assisted the public relations manager by writing press releases as needed
- Developed, assigned, wrote articles, and edited text and layouts for the
company publications

September 1997 to April 2002 and August 2003 to February 2006 — Server and
Bartender, Brother Sebastian’s Steakhouse and Winery, Omaha, Nebraska
- Performed managerial duties as needed (August 2003 to December 2004)
- Demonstrated time-management and organizational skills for up to 30 customers
at a time
- Focused these abilities on a more intimate scale through bartending, helping
to build customer relationships while demonstrating multitasking and
cash-handling skills
- Balanced end-of-day receipts for the entire restaurant and all servers when
bartending
- Demonstrated the flexibility to help in all areas of the restaurant when
needed 

April 2002 to August 2003 — Manager, Charlie’s Seafood Grill, Omaha, Nebraska
- Oversaw and hired staff of servers and hosts/hostesses
- Managed front-of-the-house operations
- Completed payroll for entire staff bimonthly
- Coordinated and managed all marketing, including development and design of
advertising and promotional materials
- Managed all administrative functions for the staff and was responsible for all
front-of-house scheduling
- Worked successfully as part of a management team
- Ensured smooth operation between the front and back of the house
- Monitored food and liquor cost and completed monthly bar inventory

June 1998 to January 2003 — The Reader, Omaha, Nebraska
- Executive Editor and News Editor, April 2000 to January 2001
- Assigned and edited cover stories, news, and other sections of the paper
- Brought the paper’s focus on local news, investigative reporting, politics,
and local culture
- Oversaw the 95 percent of the paper’s content
- Copyedited weekly as needed
- Conducted a final edit of all editorial content
- Hired and managed the entire editorial staff: editors, freelance writers, and
freelance photographers
- Brought in professional freelance photographers (as the photo editor) to give
the paper a professional look
- Worked on editorial layout with production staff members
- Developed, managed, and maintained the editorial budget, payroll, and employee
records and contracts
- Wrote 1,500 words or more every week
- Managing Editor, June 1999 to April 2000
- Associate Editor, September 1998 to June 1999
- Freelance Writer, June 1998 to January 2003

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
- Expert on Apple computers (all operating systems) and the following
applications: Quark XPress; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer,
and Outlook; Filezilla; Eudora; Safari; Firefox; and AppleWorks (iWork), Constant
Contact
- Expert on the following PC applications: Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel,
Access, Internet Explorer, and Outlook Express; Eudora; WebEx; ScanSoft PDF
Converter; and Lotus Notes
- Working knowledge of basic HTML

AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION
- Received several Real Time Recognition awards throughout my years at ACI
- Received President’s Award in January 2006
- Received All Rounder Award in February 2008

PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
May 2006: Pragmatic Marketing “Practical Product Management” seminar, Boston,
Mass.
May 2005: Pragmatic Marketing “Effective Marketing Programs” seminar, Boston,
Mass.
May 2002: Omaha Press Club Investigative Writing Workshop, Omaha, Neb.
October 2001: Wylie Communications Marketing and Public Relations Workshop,
Lincoln, Neb.
June 2000: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Annual Convention, Phoenix,
Ariz.
April 2000: National Writer’s Workshop, Omaha, Neb.
June 1999: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Convention, Kansas City,
Mo.
April 1999: National Writer’s Workshop, Omaha, Neb.
June 1998: IRE Convention, Kansas City, Mo.

References and client list available upon request.