Elizabeth Miles

4711 South Long Lake Drive • Portage, MI 49002 • 269-324-2496 • elzbthmiles@gmail.com

 

Writer/editor with one and a half years experience working in a variety of mediums including technical documents, newspaper, novel, and short narratives.

 

Writing Experience:

Expedia.com

Technical Writer                                                                                                  November 2006 – present

§                     Write technical documents pertaining to hotels, condos, cabins, villas, etc.

 

Associated Press                                                                                                 November 2006

Associated Press Representative    

§                     Collected the Michigan General Election voting totals in St. Joseph County from the County Clerk.

§                     Relayed the totals every hour for all races and proposals to the Associated Press

 

Jeremy Estes

Freelance Writer                                                                                                   November 2006

§                     Produced a requirements document for Mr. Estes

§                     The document was to be used by programmers to build a web site for Mr. Estes.

§                     Project through Guru.com

 

Associated Content

Freelance Writer                                                                          September 2006 – present

§                     Submitted articles on local news and events

§                     After the editor reviews and accepts the articles, they are published on the Associated Content website

§                     http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/22714/elizabeth_miles.html

 

KCMHSAS, Kalamazoo, MI                                                                               July 5, 2006 – September 29, 2006

Secretary/ Receptionist for Medical Records

§                     Filed medical records and answered telephone calls

§                     Opened charts for new consumers and closed charts for consumers who no longer used the KCMHSAS services

§                     Temporary employment through Specialized Staffing Solutions.

 

Associated Press                                                                                                 August 2006

Associated Press Representative    

§                     Collected the Michigan Primary Election voting totals in St. Joseph County from the County Clerk.

§                     Relayed the totals every hour for U.S. Senate (R) to the Associated Press

 

County Wide Newspaper, Kalamazoo County, MI                                        January 2006 – August 2006

Freelance Writer                                                                                                  

§                     Investigated news in Kalamazoo County, mostly for the City of Portage, Comstock Township and Schoolcraft Township

 

Gene A. Carlson, Valkyrie Group                                                                       March – April 2006

Writer                                                                                     

§                     Prepared short narratives and executive summaries for Gene Carlson’s Realtor portfolio

 

Lance Hayden                                                                                                      July 2005 – October 2005

Editor                                                                                                                    

§                     Edited a 254-page novel titled Knights by Lance Hayden

 

Education:

§                     Bachelor of Arts, Communications, English minor

§                     University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD

§                     Expected date of graduation: December 2006

 

Computer Usage:

§                     Familiar with the standard Microsoft Office package, including word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software.

§                     Created my own website, www.mei.net/~theredline