Resume

Amy Kant
amy-at-amykant.com | @amykant | LinkedIn

Tools

WWW: Web, mobile and desktop applications for social networking sites, Web 2.0, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Wordpress, Blogger, KickApps, mobile apps, Droid, Blackberry, Topix, Chatango, MySpace, Flickr, Ning, Cover It Live, Mogulus, Ustream, Livestream, YouTube, Digg, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Google and related tools, HTML, CSS with some experience using Flash, XML and JavaScript.

Programs: Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe InDesign, iMovie, I-News, AVID Newscutter, Agility, Avid Unity, Niagara, Microsoft Office and Quark.

Experience

Pink Ink Studios (www.pinkinkstudios.net)
Product designer (October 2008-present)

• Design graphic resources for professional photographers, including storyboards, greeting cards, album backs and album templates.
• Authoring a series of blog posts about incorporating social media into photography businesses

WITI-TV FOX 6 News, Milwaukee, WI (www.fox6now.com)
Online producer, community and social media manager (August 2006-present)

• Develop and manage social networking presence for news, sports, weather and morning show teams, effectively driving brand awareness, engagement and traffic to social media pages.
• Work with the sales team to create dynamic simple pages for clients.
• Implement interactive media strategies, including live video/chat, editorial meeting live blog and special online live events.
• Conceptualize and produce high-profile creative and interactive web material using HTML, CSS and a variety of web applications.
• Perform managerial duties as needed.
• Gather local and national news from multiple sources and reproduce them into compelling on-line news content.
• Work with editorial team to manage daily production of the site and strategize/plan future endeavors.
• Gather and edit video from multiple sources and prepare them for digitizing, encoding and FTP.
• Produced and was on-air talent for a “Hot on the Web” segment on FOX 6 WakeUp News.
• Worked as under-cover producer for award-winning investigative stories.

Assignment Editor (April 2004-August 2006)

• Used computer-assisted reporting techniques for tracking potential interviewees, including searching social media.
• Wrote, edited and uploaded stories to the station’s former Web site.
• Monitored fire and police scanner traffic and managed daily assignments for reporters, photographers, helicopter and live truck operators.

WDJT-TV CBS 58, Milwaukee, WI (www.cbs58.com)
Assignment Editor (November 2003-April 2004)

• Wrote, edited and uploaded stories to the station’s Web site.
• Field produced and wrote stories for broadcast.
• Monitored fire and police scanner traffic, made beat calls and managed daily assignments for reporters, photographers and live truck operators.

Education

University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, Journalism/Mass Communications major, Print Journalism emphasis
Graduated with 3.658 cumulative GPA

• Relevant coursework: Media Writing, Advanced Reporting, Internet Journalism, Legal Writing, Organizational Communication Technology, Human Communication and Technology, Flash MX 2004 – Basic
• Minority Media Association: (Sept. 2005-May 2006, Web Design/Media Outreach). Founding member of the Minority Media Association at UW-Milwaukee. Developed and maintained the organization’s web site and solicited local media personalities to be program speakers.

Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, Communications major, journalism emphasis, Art minor
3.61 cumulative GPA

• Relevant coursework: News Writing and Reporting, Broadcast Journalism, Video Production, Communications Law & Media Practicum, Introduction to Graphic Design, Problem Solving Using Information Technology
• The New Perspective: (June 2002 – May 2003, Features Editor and Co-Advertising Manager). Proofread and rewrote weak sections of features stories. Developed and wrote stories for features, news and arts & entertainment sections. Member of the editorial board and helped solve layout problems. Designed print ads, recruited new advertising clients and managed the advertising income.
• Alpha Gamma Delta: (September 2002-May 2004, Social Coordinator and Ritual Chairperson). International Women’s Fraternity. Raised money for the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Honors and Awards

• 2009 Milwaukee Press Club Award for Best Investigative Report or Series: Drug Doctors (Producer)
• 2008 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Nomination: Dating, Lies and Videotape (Producer)
• 2006 UW-Milwaukee Senior Graduation Honors

References available upon request.