Bethany Rolfson Email & Phone Number

United States

Enforcing company standards to support a positive customer experience environmentCreating training materials for offshore support vendorsDesigner and co-creator of Quality Assurance team training and reference materials

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Remote

• Designed 18-30 newspaper pages for print daily
• Weekly proofed and copyedited 50-100 daily U.S. newspaper pages

Syracuse, New York Area

• Used creative strategies to design packages in multiple daily print newspapers across Northern New York.
• Brainstormed new concepts to allow each news item to attract readers’ attention.
• Marketed page layouts using InDesign to craft each paper based on its specific brand.

Libby, Montana

• Oversaw the planning and operations of a editorial department at a twice-per-week, deadline intensive, local newspaper.
• Aligned objectives and bridged communications with the advertising team to increase advertising, web traffic, social media presence, and circulation.
• Authored and published 20-40 accurate stories per week, meeting deadline demands and achieving the respect and commendations of senior management, co-workers, and the community.
• Showcased strong journalism ethics, trustworthiness, independence, creativity, quick-learning, adaptability, organizational skills, and work ethic, quickly obtaining a senior reporter promotion.
• Demonstrated expertise in providing complete, concise, and coherent articles containing quantitative and qualitative research of both anticipated and spontaneous news for print, website, and social media platforms.
• Assured detailed coverage of courts, government, economy, crime, environment, health, education, local recreation, features, community events, and sports through polished, professional, and in-depth interviews.

Minot State University

• Fostered an educational, supportive, and creative environment, giving fellow students the tools they needed to write, brainstorm, structure, and perfect their assignments.
• Adapted to each student’s specific needs, including students with various learning disabilities.
• Created a supportive and encouraging environment for students with limited knowledge of the English language.

Bachelor’S Degree, English

Activities and Societies: English Club NotStock• Member Of Minot State English Club • Senior Research Project: Under the supervision of.

Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: English Club, Film Club

Cultural Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Anthropology Club

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: FCCLA, Pep Band, and Theatre.Member of FCCLA, Pep Band, Theatre, and participated in Close Up and North Dakota.