George C. Upper III
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3300 Dawn Ridge Court Greensboro, NC 27410 |
336.393-0013 gcupper3@yahoo.com |
Objective To obtain contract work writing and editing non-fiction, technical or
promotional materials, particularly web content or HTML code.
Skills Exceptionally
organized and detail-oriented team player
Superior
written and verbal communicator and rhetorician
Experienced
service and marketing management professional
Proven
results-oriented trouble-shooter
Experience 2000-present Self-Employed Greensboro,
NC
DHTML
Web Developer
Co-designed
and coded original website for The Art Mart of Boone, NC
Designed
and coded original website for The Lightning Bell Poetry Journal
Wrote
and edited extensive website content with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.
2000-present Self-Employed Greensboro,
NC
Contract
Writer
Published
numerous critical essays in Beacham’s Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction
Researched
and wrote essays based on significant literary-historical discoveries
Published
several pieces of original poetry
2000-2001
University of North
Carolina at Greensboro
Tutored
graduate and undergraduate writers across a variety of disciplines
Proofed
research papers, personal essays, narratives, etc. under strict deadlines
Trained
other consultants in English written grammar, style, etc.
1995-1999 Oakwood
Homes Corp. Greensboro, NC
Established
and managed all functions of national customer service call center
Traveled
nationally to deliver original training programs to sales force
Organized
and implemented responses to complaint letters, media, litigation, etc.
Education 2000-current University
of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduate coursework towards M.A. in English
with a 4.0 GPA
Interests: technical (web) writing, modernism,
detective fiction, American poetry
1989-2000
University of North
Carolina at Greensboro
Bachelor of Arts, English,
with minor in Psychology
Awarded
Outstanding Public Speaker, for Fall 1980 semester
Awarded
Undergraduate Research Essay Award for 1999 school year
Spring
1998 University of North Carolina at
Greensboro
Diploma,
Program for Management Development
Successfully
completed intensive 13-week “mini-MBA” program
Interests Reading,
ASP, XML, Java, cinema & theatre, church and community service