Donna's Resume
My resume is mercifully short -- that's because I've been working independently since 1982. Here are the highlights.
Experience
6/82 -- present DONNA ANDERSEN COPYWRITING, INC.
Creative strategies and copywriting for web sites, brochures, newsletters, annual reports, direct mail, advertising. Specializations: journalistic approaches, breezy consumer writing and technology-made-easy. Resources: designers, photographers, printers, web site developers.
4/84 -- 12/86 RACE DIRECTOR, ATLANTIC CITY MARATHON
Responsible for total organization of Atlantic City's biggest road race, the 26.2-mile Atlantic City Marathon. Supervised 300 volunteers serving 300 to 500 runners.
6/78 -- 6/82 EDITOR, ATLANTIC CITY MAGAZINE
Atlantic City Magazine's first full-time employee. Guided the publication's growth from a quarterly menu book to a monthly magazine. Responsible for content, production, editorial staff supervision. Researched and wrote many full-length articles.
Education
10/93 -- 5/95 WHARTON SCHOOL
Awarded a certificate in Small Business Management by the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Management.
10/80 -- 1/81 STOCKTON STATE COLLEGE
Completed 55-hour real estate salesperson pre-licensing course and passed New Jersey real estate examination. Affiliated with Jersey Shore Realty, now Rosenthal Realty.
9/74 -- 5/78 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Was graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in magazine journalism and psychology. Gannett Foundation Award. Founded campus magazine. Spent a semester in Spain. Production manager of The Daily Orange, student newspaper. Varsity women's crew.
Affiliations
Board member of the Art Directors Club of Philadelphia
Member of the Greater Atlantic City Public Relations Council
Member of the Brigantine Rowing Club
Certified by New Jersey as a Women's Business Enterprise
For many years, Donna Andersen Copywriting sponsored the Erasers co-ed softball team. In 1999-2000, I played for the WB17 team in the Philadelphia Advertising Club softball league. Once we won the league championship in 2000, I decided to retire from softball to focus on my rowing.
