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Jessica Geboers 705-50 Stephanie Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1B3 jessgeboers@gmail.com 647-876-2877 Beverly Petrovic Ryerson School of Journalism 350 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3 May 4, 2015 To Beverly: I am highly interested in the position as reporter / receptionist for the Ryerson University School of Journalism. The position is well suited to my skills, abilities, and life circumstances as a soonto-be graduate of the journalism program. Throughout my time studying and practising journalism, both at Ryerson and Durham College in the years previous, I have developed strong research, reporting, writing and editing skills that will enable me to compile and distribute weekly student / faculty and departmental newsletter, as well as any other possible documents. My time as a journalist, especially during this past academic year on the RRJ, has helped me to further develop clear and effective interpersonal and communication skills through countless interviews, meetings, and project collaborations. As a multimedia editor for the RRJ, I also had the opportunity to learn and practice how to create and edit content such as videos, podcasts and slideshows, and then share them via social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The RRJ also gave me the experience and necessary skills required to work on and organize multiple tasks and projects at once, and to do so successfully as a member of a team. As can been seen on my resume, I also spent several years working as a front desk volunteer at Grandview Children’s Centre in Oshawa, where I completed many receptionist and office related tasks including assisting and answering client inquires, making and answering phone calls, often to schedule or remind clients of appointments, as wells photocopying, filing, mailing and creating documents. Through all of the above, I have also become comfortable with Microsoft Office, and am a quick learner of programs and tasks that may be new to me. I believe I am a good fit for this position, and I very much look forward to the opportunity to discuss it further with you in the near future. Please feel free to contact me anytime at jessgeboers@gmail.com or 647-876-2877. Sincerely, Jessica Geboers 1 Jessica Geboers 705-50 Stephanie Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1B3 jessgeboers@gmail.com 647-876-2877 Career Objectives • To a gain a permanent or freelance writing position • To gain employment in corporate or organizational communications Education Bachelor of Journalism Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario September 2011 - June 2015 Diploma in Print Journalism Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario September 2009 - June 2011 Media and Communications Studies Certificate Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario September 2008 - June 2009 Skills Journalism Skills: • • • • • • Research and writing of news, features and blogs Interviewing, for news, long-form journalism and podcasts Fact checking Copy editing Proofing Basic photography Communication Skills: As a front desk volunteer at Grandview Children’s Centre I: • Greeted and assisted clients • Answered phones • Made appointment reminder calls • Assisted with research and the creation of informative documents • Completed various other office tasks including photocopying, documenting and filing Computer Skills: • Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Addition, Premiere, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office • Comfortable with the Mac OS X operating system, including Pages and iMovie • Social Media 2 Jessica Geboers 705-50 Stephanie Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1B3 jessgeboers@gmail.com 647-876-2877 • Comfortable with Wordpress Career-Related Experience and Publications Multimedia Editor Ryerson Review of Journalism September 2014 – April 2015 • Wrote for and helped to produce the Spring 2015 edition of the RRJ Articles include: “The power of language: voices for the disabled community” http://rrj.ca/the-power-of-language-voices-for-the-disabled-community/ “One of a Kind” http://rrj.ca/one-of-a-kind/ “Maybe the CBC deserves more credit” http://rrj.ca/maybe-cbc-deserves-more-credit/ Multimedia includes: “TEASER: One of a Kind” http://rrj.ca/teaser-one-of-a-kind/ “PODCAST: Conflict of interest” http://rrj.ca/podcast-conflict-of-interest/ “Spring 2015: Meet the Masthead” http://rrj.ca/spring-2015-meet-the-masthead/ Multimedia created as apart of a team includes: “Cyber Trolls” http://rrj.ca/cyber-trolls/ “PODCAST: Allegations of Jian Ghomeshi & the role of journalists covering sexual assault” http://rrj.ca/podcast-allegations-of-jian-ghomeshi-the-role-of-journalistscovering-sexual-assault/ “PODCAST: Emergent. Info” http://rrj.ca/podcast-emergent-info/ Freelance Writer BLOOM Magazine April 20, 2015 – present “Disability is part of my ‘normal’ life” http://bloom-parentingkidswithdisabilities.blogspot.ca/2015/04/disability-is-part-of-my-normallife.html “Feeling judged as a parent? Read this.” http://bloom-parentingkidswithdisabilities.blogspot.ca/2015/04/feeling-judged-as-parent-readann.html?m=1 Contributor Ryerson Folio March 20, 2014 “On Exchange: First Impressions of New Zealand” 3 Jessica Geboers 705-50 Stephanie Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1B3 jessgeboers@gmail.com 647-876-2877 http://ryersonfolio.com/first-impressions-new-zealand/ Intern Durham College Communications Department March - May 2011 • Wrote and edited copy for the college website • Conducted research and interviews in order to write profiles of retiring college staff that later became a booklet distributed by HR Staff Reporter The Durham College/UOIT Chronicle September - March 2011 • Per the requirements of my program, most of what I wrote during my second year at Durham was for the weekly campus newspaper • Wrote articles and features about on campus life and events, as well as reviews of new and popular movies Work Experience Cabin Councillor Easter Seals’ Merrywood Camp, Perth, Ontario June - August 2010 • Worked with a team to supervise and care for children and teens with special needs. • Assisted with various camp activities and procedures Volunteer Experience Front Desk Volunteer and Peer Mentor Grandview Children’s Centre, Oshawa, Ontario • • • • March 2008 - January 2014 Greeted and assisted clients Assisted with various office tasks, including answering phones, documenting and filing Mentored teens with disabilities on transitioning to post-secondary Assisted in teaching a social media workshop for teens with disabilities Extra-Curricular Activities Ryerson International Exchange Program February - June 2014 • Spent the Winter semester studying at AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand • Took courses in Photoshop, Illustrator, Photography, Public Relations and Radio in New Zealand Society 4 Jessica Geboers 705-50 Stephanie Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1B3 jessgeboers@gmail.com 647-876-2877 • Had the opportunity see almost the entire country, while meeting and living with people from not just New Zealand, but all over the world Leisure Activities and Interests • • • • • Listening to music and attending live concerts Going to the movies Current events Travel Disability and accessibility awareness and issues (often in the form of writing and mentoring) References Available Upon Request 5
