Résumé

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Natasha Taggart

EDUCATION

Concordia University — BA Journalism, Minor Computation Arts, September 2011 – 2015

John Abbott College — Creative Arts: Media (DEC), August 2009 – June 2011

Lindsay Place High School — Secondary V Certificate, September 2004 – June 2009

EXPERIENCE

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, THE CONCORDIAN, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY – APRIL 2014 – APRIL 2015
As assistant to the Production manager, my work involves laying out each issue of The Concordian in Adobe InDesign. I ensure that both readability and design are taken into account to provide the highest possible quality of product.

TEACHING ASSISTANT, JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY – SEPTEMBER 2014 – DECEMBER 2014
I helped produce the radio class and video production class’ broadcasts each week ensuring functionality of all technical equipment. Additionally, I assisted students with any issues they had using the video or audio editing software.

ONLINE EDITOR, THE CONCORDIAN, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY — APRIL 2012 – APRIL 2014

Weekly duties include uploading the week’s articles to our WordPress website. Daily duties include using social media like Twitter and Facebook to connect and interact with the university’s 45,000 undergrad and graduate students and managing theconcordian.com, ensuring functionality and ease-of-use for every visitor.

LAB DEMONSTRATOR, JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY — JAN 2014 – APRIL 2014
I hold lab hours throughout the week to help students with their audio/visual projects.

SALES ASSOCIATE/KEY HOLDER, HALLMARK; DOLLARD-DES-ORMEAUX, QC — JUNE 2010 – PRESENT
Responsibilities include assisting customers, opening and closing the store, balancing the cash, stocking shelves and organizing the store.

TEACHING ASSISTANT, JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
SEPT 2013 – DEC 2013, JUNE 2013 – JULY 2013
Responsibilities included meeting with students who needed help with assignments, performing tutorials using audio/visual editing software, performing general tasks as the professor required.

NEWS COPY WRITER, CJLO RADIO, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY – JANUARY – SEPTEMBER 2013
As part of the news team, I wrote copy stories for the radio news show on a weekly basis

WEBMASTER, DJ, EVENT PLANNER, CSKY RADIO, JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE – SEPT 2009 – MAY 2011
As a member of the executive team, I was responsible for updating the CSKY website with new, relevant content. I also held a weekly radio music show.

SKILLS
LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND WRITTEN: English, French

JOURNALISM SKILLS
o Pitching and writing stories for television, radio, print, web
o Editing TV segments, radio pieces
o Experience with court and business reporting
o Experience with feature photography, videography

COMPUTER SKILLS
o Mac OS X, Windows 7, Windows XP
o WordPress CMS
o Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, Flash
o Editing software including Audacity, GarageBand, Final Cut Pro X, iMovie
o HTML, CSS
o Processing (basic)

WORK SAMPLES

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