Randall M. Brown’s resume

Randall Brown on LinkedIn (includes recommendations): http://www.linkedin.com/pub/randall-brown/44/6a5/332

I am a life-long Knoxville-area resident and a graduate of the University of Tennessee. I live in Knoxville with my wife and teenage son.

Experience

• Communications specialist for the University of Tennessee College of Engineering, March 5, 2012, and ongoing
• Multimedia journalist, Knoxville News Sentinel, June 29, 1998-December 6, 2011
•  Managed content on website, www.knoxville.com
•  Maintained blog of events, announcements, happenings and more:  http://blogs.knoxnews.com/brown
•  Maintained a database of Knoxville-area music performers and venues
• 2010 Social-Media Award for building following of publication and use of social-media platforms in promotion of primary publication
•  Coordinated event calendars; wrote text and maintained layout
•  Conducted interviews and wrote feature articles: http://www.knoxville.com/staff/randall-brown/ and http://www.knoxnews.com/staff/randall-brown/stories/
•  Managed incoming information from numerous sources
•  Co-organized special projects such as the annual “East Tennessee’s Best” reader’s poll  and a compilation CD of Knoxville performers titled “Preview Presents”
•  Produced video: http://youtu.be/i20wOi40Clw
•  Consistent excellent work-quality evaluations throughout career
•  Worked directly with clients via phone, electronic communications and in person

Manager, promoter and leader of the band Quartjar, 2003-present

• http://www.Quartjar42.com
•  Hired personnel
•  Managed schedules of rehearsals
•  Designed CD packaging
•  Booked venues for performance
•  Arranged for travel and arrival times
•  Budgeted for expenses

Education
University of Tennessee at Knoxville

•  BA in English/Creative Writing, 1995
•  Secondary studies in art and anthropology
•  Worked as English Department secretary
•  Worked as entertainment editor at Daily Beacon student newspaper

Skills

•  Professional, experienced writer
•  Experienced with publication layout programs
•  Familiar with both Macintosh and Windows operating systems
•  Software familiarity: MS Word, Incopy, Indesign, Quark, Photoshop, iMovie, Ellington content management system, Movable Type, Saxotech publishing application, MS Exchange, ProTools
•  Ability to teach myself new software quickly
•  Highly organized