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    A N D E R S O N E V A N S423-240-8434 [email protected]

    1 Broadway Terrace Apartment 3B New York, New York 10040http://tv.gawker.com/people/Anderson.Evans/posts/ http://www.sagatrope.com

    Professional Experience

    Gawker.TV New York, NYContributor, Site Launch - Present- Assisted editors in the creation of editorial formats and guidelines still currently in use.- Respond to requests of Editors to write long-form pieces about television, movies, and pop culture topics.- Write long, well-researched articles that are easily promotable online to gain traf c and new visitors.- Wrote, formatted and promoted Lost: Choose Your Own Adventure.

    The Daily Beast, New York, NYVideo Editor, November 2009 - January 2010- Followed trends in politics, media, and television in order to pitch ideas for videos.- Edited videos for the video blogs.

    Gawker Media New York, NYVideo Intern, August 2009 - Present- Critically analyzing television programming and pulling clips for editorial write-ups by the Gawker Mediaeditorial staff.- Created original video content, mashups and galleries.- Video Software: Final Cut Pro, iShowU, Slingbox, iMovie, Snapz Pro- Marketing Site Utilization: Digg, Reddit, Social Networking Sites

    Columbia University Barnes and NobleTrade Book Supervisor, December 2008 - July 2009- Extensive experience in a variety of elds, including customer care, merchandising, and administration.- Creative interpersonal skills. Able to appreciate speci c abilities both social and labor related among employeebase.

    - Familiar with an array of computer related skills from Excel spreadsheet to professional web design.

    Books-A-Million Chattanooga, TNAssistant General Manager, October 2006 - November 2008- Managed the nancial and physical operations of a high-volume retail store selling an array of both ction andnon ction titles.- Involved in setting up community events to boost sales of bestsellers and new releases. Handled large institu-tional sales for bulk purchases by local organizations.- Accomplishments: Corporate Customer Service Award (2007)

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    Tutor, Los Angeles, CACalifornia State University at Long Beach August 2002 - December 2002- Tutored challenged students in early level ethics and logic. Assisted non-native English speakers with gram-mar and sentence syntax.

    Creative and Extracurricular Experience

    Author - The Despair (novel) 2008- The Autobiography of a Self Loathing Narcissist (novella) 2005

    Critic - MovieHoppers.com, 2006

    - Reviewed movies and penned web cartoons for a edgling animation company in Los Angeles.

    Humorist - ThemelessWonder.com, 2001 - Present- Founding member and writer of articles for eccentric humor based website.

    Extra - Film/Television- Background artist on Flight of the Conchords, Law and Order, The Bounty, Wall Street 2,Nurse Jackie, etc.

    Design -- - Experience designing and building websites using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and- Dreamweaver- Built (and still maintain) Sagatrope.com, Ekphrastic, and BoobTube.

    Education

    The New School New York, NYCreative Writing/Media Studies 2009 - Present

    California State University at Long Beach Los Angeles, CAPhilosophy/Creative Writing 2001 - 2002Honors Program, improv groups, tutoring experience.

    The McCallie School Chattanooga, TNGraduated 2001. Honor Roll, accolades in theater and music.