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Coleen Bondy

WORK EXPERIENCE

Grover Cleveland High School — Teacher
2006 to present
Teach English and journalism and serve as adviser to student-run newspaper, Le Sabre, at this Reseda, Calif. high school.

Brigham Scully Public Relations Firm — Staff Writer
2003 to 2006
Wrote press releases, articles and other collateral for clients including GE Security, Ingersoll-Rand's Security and Safety and Recognition Systems divisions, Delta Scientific, Kaba Benzing America, and Realization Technologies. Products represented ranged from biometric hand readers, to project management software, to locking systems and physical access barriers.

Freelance Writer / Communications Consultant
2001 to present
Write and edit a wide variety of content for the Web and print publications for clients including Macromedia, Hewlett-Packard, SGI, CEO Books, Electroglas, Venture One Capital Research Firm, IDG Books, Stockmaster.com and Visa International.

Macromedia — Managing Editor
1999 to 2001
In One-to-One Marketing Group at this leading Web design and development software firm, helped launch and served as managing editor for the Macromedia EDGE newsletter, an opt-in HTML e-mail newsletter with more than 1 million subscribers. Wrote monthly user experience column for newsletter. In Technical Marketing Group, wrote and edited case studies and feature stories for macromedia.com.

California Society of Certified Public Accountants — Senior Editor
1997 to 1999
Managed content for CPA Wire, an online news magazine at www.calcpa.org. Developed the "Ask a CPA" feature for the CPA Society Web site. Wrote and edited stories for award-winning quarterly magazine, Outlook, and monthly newsletter. Served as managing editor for annual Technology Review Guide and quarterly newsletter for CPA attorneys.

Visa International — Manager, Corporate Communications
1997
Edited VisaNews, an international newsletter distributed to 4,000 Visa employees worldwide; wrote other internal communications.

San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune — Staff Writer
1995 to 1997
Covered politics, business, technology and the environment as a reporter for this daily newspaper on California's Central Coast.

Dive Training Magazine — Regular Contributor
1991 to 1999
Wrote travel, feature and instructional articles for Dive Training Magazine, an international scuba diving magazine.

San Luis Obispo County New Times — Staff Writer
1993 to 1995
Produced in-depth news and feature stories for this magazine-style weekly newspaper.

Central Coast Sun-Bulletin — Staff Writer
1991 to 1993
Covered city government and general assignment stories for this weekly in Morro Bay. Edited a weekly entertainment tab.

Merced Sun-Star — Staff Writer
1989 to 1991
Covered higher education, crime, and civil and criminal courts; wrote general assignment stories at this daily newspaper in California's San Joaquin Valley. Edited a weekly entertainment section front.

COMPUTER SKILLS

HTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, BroadVision, Microsoft Office

EDUCATION