Leah Peterson,
Ventura County, California
(760)594.4212
leah(AT)leahpeah.com
www.leahpeah.com

Summary:

Multi-faceted professional with ten years of experience in project management, marketing, and business development. Cross-trained in print, web design, and photography. Skilled at interacting with clients to ascertain project scope, and then following through to completion. Good with details, adaptable, disciplined, and focused.

Professional Experience

Freelance Journalist
Freelance Columnist
Video Journalist
2004-Present

• Leahpeah.com, AlphaMom.com, Huffington Post, JPG Magazine, Craft Magazine, LAB Magazine, Fray

Social Networking Community Founder, Manager
2005-Present

• RealMental.org, FlawedbutAuthentic.com, BloggerNetwork.org, Craft.Leahpeah.com

Event Coordinator
LA Angst
LA Bloggers Live!
Los Angeles, California
2006-Present

• Both reading groups were created and are hosted by Leah Peterson in the Los Angeles area.

Co-Founder
Crawberts Web Development
Simi Valley, California
Aug 2005 to April 2007

• Project Director
• Client Relations
• Web Designer
• Graphic Designer
• Front-end Programmer, HTML, CSS, some PHP

Project Director
International Diversified Products
Sherman Oaks, California
Dec 2004 to Feb 2006

• Director over a variety of simultaneous projects
• Created both print and web designs for venues
• Flash Slideshow creation
• Helped create working project models and outlines

Program Director
Gordon Training International
Solana Beach, California
March 2003 to Nov 2004

• Managed over 100 Instructors worldwide, maximizing their efforts for successful classes
• Innovated successful online seminars involving over 130 client participants by researching and organizing all facets of program
• Assumed responsibilities of four staff members, saving the company over 120K in annual salary
• Certified in G.T.I. Training Programs: Leader Effectiveness and Family Effectiveness.

Writer & Photographer
Writer's Monthly (Web Magazine)
North Magazine (Monthly Magazine)
San Diego, California
2003-2004

• Monthly contributor of articles, interviews and photographs

Web Designer
Office Manager
DLLDATA Web Consulting
Vista, California
1997-1999

• Maintained quality client interaction
• Designed and updated client online resume and business card pages

Software & Digital Skills

Office Microsoft Office Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Operating Systems Windows Macintosh

Desktop Publishing Microsoft Publisher Microsoft FrontPage Adobe Pagemaker Adobe Acrobat Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator CorelDraw Collecting files for print

Digital Photography Canon 30D Sony 717 Digital Camera Web Design HTML &CSS Flash SmartFTP Webinar Software VoxWire Groupware Glyphics Teleconferencing

Customer Relationship Management Basecamp Goldmine BlueHornet Internet Outlook Internet Explorer Firefox Safari