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Melody Elwell Romancito's Resume
Writer, editor, theme music composer and sound editor, video editor,
web designer, photographer, search engine optimization specialist, project
manager. Computer fluent across both Mac and PC platforms. Has lived
in Taos since 1986.
Employment History
December 2005 to Present
Paginator for The Taos News, using NDesign, Adobe Photoshop,
and NewsEdit Pro. January 2007, promoted to producer for The
Taos News Media Center.Various
audio and video editing programs and media management.
August 2005 to Present
Freelance.
April 2003 to July 2005
Webb Design, Inc., 610 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Suite 100, Taos, NM 87571.
Web editor for www.taoswebb.com, a tourism-related site for Taos and
Northern New Mexico, and www.musee.com, a site devoted to museum shops
and museum shop providers, world-wide. Also, sound editing, web marketing,
copy writing, editing and design, using Reason, Audacity, N-Track, Web
CEO, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, ImageReady, InDesign and Quark.
August 2001 to April 2003
The Taos News, P.O. Box U, Albright Street, Taos, NM 87571. Chief Copy
Editor and Calendar and Events Editor for an award-winning weekly newspaper
with a circulation of 10,000. Duties include preparation and tracking
of news briefs, letters to the editor, anouncements, and items for Tempo's
"Poquito de Todo" and "Que Pasa" sections; copy
editing, copy flow through the editorial department's Baseview and NewsEditPro
system.
March 2001 to Present
Editor, webmaster and owner. TaosExperience.com, an online calendar
of events and information portal for Taos, New Mexico, and surrounding
areas. Now a private site for use by her husband, her daughter and herself.
March 1994 to Present
Freelance writer. Current projects: Taos correspondent for ArtTalk Magazine,
regular interviews for Taos Magazine, articles for The Taos News, regular
advice columnist, "Ask Mabel," of Tempo, writer for CBS HealthWatch.
Past projects: writer and Taos correspondent for Southwest Art and Thirsty
Ear magazines.
April May 2000
Taos Pueblo Head Start, P.O. Box SS, Taos, NM 87571, 505-758-5819.
Grant Writer and Information Systems Analyst Assisted Head Start Director
Carmen Lieurance develop and produce the grant for full-year-full-day
services, which has been awarded. Also, helped prepare the initial set
up for the demographic database system, streamlined electronic document
retrieval and coached staff on effective print communication.
April 1999
Patty Taylor Public Relations. P.O. Box 964, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557,
505-758-5845.
Travel and press release writer. Wrote eight press releases for the
City of Farmington Chamber of Commerce press packet.
May 1999 to February 1999
Editor and publisher. Taos Experience, an entertainment calendar of
events locally distributed, listing entertainment throughout the Taos
area. Handled all aspects of the publication.
January 1997 - January 1999
Taos County Historical Society, P.O. Box 2447, Taos, New Mexico, 87571.
Edited, designed and wrote articles for the society's semi-annual historical
publication, Ayer y Hoy, Yesterday and Today in Taos County and Northern
New Mexico.
March August 1994
Columbine Printing, 201 Camino de la Merced, Taos, New Mexico, 505-758-8486.
Graphic designer and pre-press. Prepared projects, either electronically
or mechanically, for press runs on a 4-color press. Quark Express, Adobe
Illustrator, Photoshop. Also made photo-mechanical transfers.
June 1990 - March 1994
Bryans Gallery, 121 North Plaza, Taos, NM 87571, 505-758-9407
Assistant director and bookkeeper, handling payroll, accounts receivable
and payable, coordinating advertising, artists and yearly show schedules.
March 1988 - Dec. 1989
The Taos News, 120 Camino de la Placita, P.O. Box U, Taos, New Mexico
87571, 505-758-2241. Aug. 88 through Dec. 89: Editor of Tempo, The Taos
News' weekly arts and entertainment section. Also edited twelve year-round
special supplements. All aspects of journalism; reporting, reviewing,
feature writing, photography, page composition and design using an IBM
desktop publishing system. March 88 through Oct. 88: Advertising assistant.
Display advertising design, typesetting and layout using a MacIntosh
desktop publishing system. Placed second in the New Mexico Press Association's
1989 competition for Best House Advertising.
March 1987 - Feb. 1988
Taos CommLines, Paseo del Pueblo Sur, P.O. Box 2826, Taos, New Mexico
87571, 505-758-1935. No longer in business. Part owner. Graphic design
and layout, computer graphics desktop publishing, publication planning
and copy writing.
April 1986 - July 1987
Independent Programmers' Guild, 7269 Topeka, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117.
No longer in business. President of a cooperative software publishing
association. Programmer membership and royalty administration, program
evaluation and testing, package design, production and marketing of
software for the Epson QX10.
Jan. 1984 - March 1986
Rising Star Industries, 25500 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 2000, Torrance,
California 90505. No longer in business.
May 85 through March 86: Editor of The Rising Star, RSI's monthly marketing
magazine. Writing, editing, copy editing, design, layout and publication
planning. March 85 through March 86: Executive assistant. Worked for
RSI chairman and founder Chris Rutkowski as his chief assistant. Program
design and testing, correspondence, documentation and marketing.
January 84 through March 85: Documentation writer. Wrote manuals for
software for the Epson QX10.
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