George C. Upper III

 

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

Writing Consultant

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

Consumer Relations Manager

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