Chris Griswold's Resume

Chris Griswold

917-720-7291 [email protected] 230 E. 14th St. Apt. 4Q NY, NY 10003

Advertising and PR

MSJ, Journalism Ohio University Classes: Advertising campaigns; advertising management; researc h methods; mass communications theory; mass communication la w; online journalism ethics; advanced feature writing; biographic writing; online journalism; magazine research and development; magazine production; and magazine editing.  Activities: Director, improv group; theatre group; sketch come dy, 48-hour film festival. Promotional Marketer Organized and managed product promotions and surv eys; booked venues; scheduled and promoted events. Brands inclu ded Rockstar Games, Nintendo, Glamour Magazine, Comcast, He alth-EGrad.com, Coors, Winston-Salem, SurveyU. Public Relations Intern Mattress Factory Created promotional materials for world-renowned installation-art museum; planned and executed annual fundraiser.

BA, English, German, Film

Media

University of Pittsburgh Classes: Science writing, advanced reporting, history of mass com munication, television drama, masculinity in film Activities: The Pitt News, Youth Empowerment Project, Friday N ite Improvs

Upright Citizens Brigade Training Center Improvisational comedy Creator and Editor

Overheard in Pittsburgh Edited reader submissions; promoted site; marketed content to pu blishers. • Best Pittsburgh Web site, City Paper Readers Poll.

Administrator

Wikipedia Created and coordinated projects; settled disputes; investigated, di sciplined and blocked users; edited and deleted articles.

Chris Griswold

917-720-7291 [email protected] 230 E. 14th St. Apt. 4Q NY, NY, 10003

Media

Associate Editor Southeast Ohio Generated article ideas; wrote; edited; coached writers. Associate Producer, Talent Director Friday Nite Improvs Recruited entertainers for talent showcase; taught improvisational acting classes; promoted weekly comedy show. Opinions Editor, News Editor The Pitt News Edited news and opinions sections; wrote news, features, reviews, and humor columns; managed and trained employees. • Two Keystone Press Awards for editorial writing. News Intern

KDKA-TV2 Wrote and edited video segments for broadcast; assisted reporters with location shoots; interviewed subjects including Boy George a nd Jaromir Jagr.

News Intern

Venango Publishing Wrote and reported news and features; photographry.

Research Experimentation Ohio University Administered communications experiments to voluntary participa nts under controlled conditions; maintained experimental data. Graduate Associate Ohio University Scripted and coded computerized surveys; created marketing mate rial for the Voinovich Center for Leadership and the E.W. Scripps Survey Center; conducted survey research; managed and trained e mployees. Legal Clerk

BMBB, LLP Investigated police misconduct at Republican National Conventio n; issued subpoenas; maintained large legal archive; transferred pa per archives to digital files; transcribed depositions; filed docume nt requests.