Joshua R. Kennedy
Chesapeake, VA 23320
j.kennedy96@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE: Digital Marketing / Communications Specialist
EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
- 7+ years, Video
Production (non-profit, videography / audio recording)
- 2 years, Radio Media Personality (newscaster; communications media)
- 1.5+ years, Customer
Service / Retail Sales
- 4 months,
Communications / Marketing (digital marketing, social media)
TECHNICAL
EQUIPMENT / COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
- Software: Adobe Photoshop,
Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro X, Avid, MS Office, Adobe After
Effects CC, Adobe Speed Grad CC, Adobe InDesign CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, and
Flash editing, MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Equipment: drones, stage
lighting rigs, gimbals, audio mixers, teleprompters, boom microphones,
Lavalier microphone, Sony HD Cams,
GoPro, Canons, Nikons, & DSLRs
- Camera equipment (cameras, lenses, tripods, camera mounts);
Audio equipment (wireless microphones, audio cables, audio recorders, boom microphones);
Lights (camera lights, footlights, spotlights)
COMMUNICATIONS
EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIO
01/18 – 05/18, Digital Marketing Executive (intern)
VSU College of Agriculture, Petersburg,
VA
- Developed content for social media platforms, including Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram responsible for commenting and interacting
with followers on each platform; responded to inquiries for services with
appropriate responses for customer service, educational
research and responses, and educational branding; created /
posted content on www.twitter.com/VSU_AG, www.Facebook.com/VsuCollegeOfAgriculture, youtube.com/channel/UCMRWJG7BSFzcN4Y4TVGllog
- Collaborated with marketing and
communications teams on standardization, design,
and production of marketing
materials; edited, revised, and quality assures marketing content
2013 – present, Video Production Assistant (volunteer)
Calvary Community Church, Hampton, VA
- Record/edit video and sound projects, select program format for final output, capture/import media, organize
raw media, edit footage and sound files, create and insert static motion graphics, add music/voice-over/sound effects (SFX)
- Conduct on-location videography, in-studio green screen production, and audio engineering using equipment, valued at over $100K, including Data video SEB-1200 SE-1200MU 6-Input
Switcher and RMC-260 Controller Bundle; Sony SHDC-2000 Multiformat Camera System, 2/3″ CCD, 1080p
Resolution, White; 4K Camcorder, ORDRO AC3 Ultra HD Video Camera 1080P 60FPS IR
Night Vision Camcorder and WiFi Camera Recorder 3.1’’ IPS Touch Screen Digital;
Libec LX10 Professional 2-Stage Aluminum Tripod System w/ Floor-Level; PortaCom
COM-60FC 6 Headset Wired Intercom System
- Publish digital content to social media (Facebook, Twitter.), including: www.c3hampton.org/, www.facebook.com/C3Hampton, and www.twitter.com/C3Hampton
09/12 – 06/14, Radio Personality /
Reporter / Newscaster
WFOS 88.7 FM, Chesapeake, VA
- Researched potential news or feature stories; presented
local news and feature reports in the ‘public radio style’ on both local and
national news programs including national news programs,
including Fox News Talk, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC (https://tunein.com/radio/WFOS-887-s44966)
- Investigated, wrote, and produced
investigative and human-interest stories about celebrities and iconic news subjects; combined video,
audio and graphics to convey each story
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
07/18 – present, Sales Associate
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Field &
Stream, Chesapeake, VA
- Perform customer service and
develop sales of merchandise,
interacting with ~150-200 customers (as many as 1,000 during holidays) per 6-8-hour
shift, with sales of $50-$1,000 daily of specialty sports equipment,
including Nordic Track, Schwinn, BowFlex, Horizon, Fitness Gear, and Ethos
brands for cycles, bikes, trainers, treadmills, weight sets / benches, and bags
with retail prices from $149 up to $2K
- Performed cash register
transactions (cash, check and credit cards); upselling customer reward programs;
increased donations ($1-$5) for sports related associations, and upsold
protection plans and warranties
- Perform customer service, floor stocking, and merchandise displays for floor and stock items; responsible
for ensuring inventory on the floor, as well as in stock; setting up
merchandise per planograms; performing housekeeping for floor displays
- Supervise 2-3 sales associates performing
cross-selling of products and processing point of sale (POS) purchases; train new employees on job
responsibilities and tasks, including cash register operations
- Liaise / communicate with vendors on behalf of customers resulting on
resolutions for equipment issues, as well as educate self and associates
on product points for merchandise;
use store sales and coupons to ensure customer purchases
08/17 – 07/18, Full-Time Student
FORMAL EDUCATION
- 2018, Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communications, Virginia State
University, Petersburg, VA; Courses: Audio
Production, Mass Communications, Journalism, Advertising, Public Speaking, Media Technology, Public Presentation, Public Relations, History of Film, Media Theory, Media Management, Media
Law & Ethics, Digital Marketing, Advanced Radio Production, TV Production, Writing for Broadcasting, History of Broadcasting, Voice and Diction, and Photo Journalism
- 2014, Radio/ TV/ Audio Production, Chesapeake Science
of Center and Technology, VA
- Advanced Diploma, Oscar
F. Smith High School, Chesapeake, VA
HONORS / LANGUAGES
- 2014, Member, National
Technical Honors Society, Chesapeake Science Center & Technology, Chesapeake,
VA
- Spanish: basic
conversational level
KEY & TRANSFERABLE SKILL WORDS: Advertising, audio, audio engineering, Audio Production, branding, Broadcasting, CNBC, CNN, Communications Specialist, Customer Service, design, digital content, Digital Marketing, Facebook, Fox News, graphics, green screen, human-interest stories, Instagram, Journalism, marketing, Mass Communications, Media Technology, merchandise displays, MSNBC, music/voice-over, news, newscaster, Photo Journalism, Pinterest, production, Public Relations, Public Speaking, Radio Production, Reporter, social media, sound effects (SFX), Trained, Television / TV Production, Twitter, Video Production, videography, Voice and Diction