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Resume -- What I do
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n Richard
G. Beemer, 997N-300W 260-356-6338 rickybeemer@yahoo.com n CAREER SUMMARY As an editor, writer, hospital community/media relations specialist and creative thinker, I have much to bring to the table for an organization
seeking a talented individual to help it grow to meet the demands of its market. My objective is to become an intimate member
of a team of dedicated employees who interact professionally and respectfully to reach a common goal. n WORK EXPERIENCE Duties include, among other things, writing
all news releases; marketing and promoting of March 2004-August 30, 2005: Editor, The Huntington County TAB, a twice-weekly community free newspaper. As Editor, my duties included supervising one staff writer, writing features and news articles, reporting and shooting photographs, editing
the entire contents of each edition of The TAB, and planning features and special editorial sections. March 2003-Present:
President, WordWorker, a freelance book editing and proofreading business. Since the above date, I have edited or proofread many books for a variety of religious publishers, some of which
are: Our Sunday Visitor, 200 Noll Plaza, Virginia Cyr: Letters to Mother from God’s Little Hobo Saintly Women of Modern Times Saintly Men of Modern Times Essentials of The Faith De-Coding DaVinci How-To Book of The Bible The Catholic Answer Answer Me This! I Ask St. Philomena Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with St. Padre Pio The Holy Eucharist Prayer Book (proofreading only) Malhame/Regina Press, A Child’s Life of Jesus A Bible for Children Prayers for Every Day Rediscovering the Rosary Christmas ABCs Sing a Song of Faith The Pocket Prayer Book Saints of the Prayers in Time of Loss Stations of the Cross Sacred Heart Prayer Booklet Infant of Mary Prayer Booklet St. Gerard Prayer Booklet St. Jude Prayer Booklet St. Michael Prayer Booklet The Children’s Book of Saints 1972-2003: Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., a national Catholic publishing company (Managing Editor, 15 years; Associate Editor, 16 years) As Managing Editor of periodicals, I supervised five employees, worked hands-on with
10 periodicals, developing and managing all work-flow schedules. I was a team member in strategic-planning sessions, responsible
for securing professional art and photography for most of the periodicals via assigning photographers and illustrators, acquired
art using the Internet or telephone, and negotiated fees for a substantially large pool of freelance photographers and illustrators.
I also co-managed, with the editor, the department’s operating budget. In the early years, I oversaw the editorial makeup, copyediting and completion
of 16 diocesan newspapers, into which Our Sunday Visitor inserted its “national” edition. I literally formed each
and every page of those newspapers by hand with typewriter, paper layouts, tape and scissors. I was responsible for page makeup,
copyediting, proofing, final OK and press checks. I also edited numerous books for Our Sunday Visitor. n AWARDS As Managing Editor of the nation’s largest national Catholic weekly, Our Sunday
Visitor, I was responsible for overseeing the editorial and graphic application of text styles to a new, integrative database
platform designed to organize work flow more efficiently. For this effort, I was awarded the “Above And Beyond”
award for that year (2001). I also won many awards for graphic design and cover design with editorial
elements from the national Catholic Press Association. The Open Door (see Interests and Activities, second page), which I co-founded,
was awarded the Citizen of the Year award in 2003, sponsored by the Huntington Herald-Press. It recognized the work of the
approximately 200 volunteers. My most recent award was the United Way Chair’s Award, given for excellence
and commitment to the n EDUCATION Currently enrolled in a Master Gardener class with Purdue Extension. n COMPUTER
SKILLS My computer experience includes in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Word, Photoshop, InDesign, Quark Express, Microsoft Power Point and Microsoft
Publisher. Some Excel. I am also very knowledgeable of a database platform from Agile, Inc., called Teambase,
the same database used by Time and U.S. News and World Report magazines to organize and manipulate text and graphics files. n PUBLICATIONS
& PATENTS I was a regularly published columnist for Catholic Parent magazine for 11 years, from 1995
to 2006, a national parenting publication that ceased publishing in the spring of 2006. The name of the column was “Loud
And Clear,” in which I reviewed the lyrics to popular music for parents, who in turn could then make informed decisions
about which artists and bands their children could listen to. I am currently redefining that column on the Internet as a portal,
called Big-Dads-Reviews.com, on which in addition to the review of CDs I intend to include recently released DVDs. It should
be available on the Web by May 2007. I also currently edit books on a freelance basis for my former employer,
Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, and other publishing companies. I have edited more than 20 books in the last year. I possess patent number 6,213,314 for an invention of mine called “Portable
Rack For Garden Tools.” I am currently attempting to market it to a national retail outlet, such as Home Depot, Lowes,
etc. I have sold about 50 of them locally. n INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES I am an avid gardener, and out of that interest was born the idea for my invention. It
allows the gardener to store his/her tools upright while working in the garden, rather than bending down to pick up the tools
from the ground. I enjoy running, and run three to four miles every other day. Seventeen years
ago I founded I enjoy writing, and as a result of that interest I was a member of the Cosmopolitan
Club for 12 years, a literary club, consisting of 25 members and which meets once a month nine months out of the year. I recently
took temporary sabbatical from the club to devote energy to completing my bachelor degree. I co-founded with another I am a former member of Rotary International and an active member of
the local Optimist Club, for which I am the publicity contact for local media as well as a board member. I am a former board member of Current board membership: Board member, Youth Services Board of Huntington County. Board member, Pathfinder Services,
Inc., I have served on the parish council at my church in I also have an inactive real estate license, but I am currently not associated
with a broker. Finally, I have CDL Class A driver’s license with hazmat. n HOBBIES I enjoy playing the drums, guitar and harmonica, writing music and listening to music. I also
raise bees, which pollinate my garden and yearly provide me with about 30 pounds of honey. In addition, I practice conservation by planting groves of trees, such as
Walnut, Red Oak and Ash. I enjoy raising livestock for my family, and have raised cattle, hogs, chickens, geese, ducks, rabbits,
sheep and turkeys. I am also a coin collector.
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