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Jarrod K. Thacker120 E. Main St. Apt 1609 Lexington, KY 40507 | 859-559-7499 | jarrod.thacker@uky.edu

Education:

08/2010 - 05/13 | University o f K e n t u c k y | Lexington, KY 40509

Bachelor of Arts in English

Bachelor of Arts in Film, TV, and Digital Media

01/2008 - 05/09 |Big Sandy Community and Technical College | Pikeville, KY 41501

Associates of Arts in General Education

Skills and Attributes:

Expansive journalistic and academic writing portfolio. Familiar with various composition styles andcurrent technological trends.

Taken courses in composition, editing, tutoring, document design, and graphic and web design. Experience with film and digital SLR photography, and photo manipulation software.

Able to adapt quickly and work effectively in a group or unaccompanied.

Experience with workplace public speaking.

Computer and design skills:

O Apt with Windows, Macintosh and distros of Linux, as well as most hardware and peripherals.

O Experience with: Microsoft Office suite, Sony Vegas, Markup language, Adobe Photoshop,Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks.

O Web design experience (mostly WYSIWYG; Drupal and Wordpress, with little

HTML and CSS coding.)

Work Experience:

08/2010 to Present | University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY 40506

o Distance Learning | Multimedia Assistant | 05/2012 Present Assist faculty and staff with the production of online content, making content accessible to

the hearing impaired.

o Writing Center | Writing Tutor | 01/2012 - Present Assists undergraduate students with the writing process and multi-modal compositions.

o Kentucky Kernel | Reporter and Photographer | 02/2011 05/12 More than 40 news and feature articles published, along with several published

photographs. KY Press Award. Portfolio can be provided upon request.

o UK Academic Enhancement | Exam Proctor | 08/2011-Present Prepare COMPASS exam software for testing sessions that contains up to 30 students,

assist the students when necessary, and troubleshoot any technical issues that arise.

05/2009 to 07/10 |Appalachian States Analytical Lab Analyst| Pikeville, KY 40501

O Conducted regular water analysis and performed initial demonstrations of capability for 16 different

parameters, such as fluoride and mercury.

O Promoted to Laboratory Safety Coordinator and established laboratory safety education

program.

O Developed new automatically updating quality assurance data representation system used for

Kentucky and West Virginia state inspections.

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08/2007 to 05/09 | Gearheart Communications-Sr. Technical Support Rep. | Harold, KY 41635

O Supported technical internet related issues for a diverse clientele over telephone, email and Live PHP.

O Maintained large user databases.

O Managed new customer accounts, and took payments for existing services.

Activit ies and Honors:

01/2012 | Kentucky Press Association |2012 Excellence in Kentucky Newspaper award

08/2011-Present | Sigma Tau Delta| Member

08/2011 | Shirley Rose Scholarship award

08/2011 | Carol Sutton Scholarship award

03/2011-Present | Society of Professional Journalists| Student member

References:

Megan Beach |Academic Enhancement- Assistant Dir. for Marketing and Outreach|megan.beach@uky.edu

Ama Bentley |Appalachian States Analytical - President|ama@appalachian-states.com

Judith Prats | Writing Center - Director|judithgprats@uky.edu

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