Joshua C.

Bouchard
Objective To highlight skills and experience in support of a position in general Communications Education Algonquin College. Dip. Professional Writing (pending graduate). Elliot Lake Secondary School. OSSD. Valedictorian; graduated with honors.

Publications X Amount of Taps Short story, SpineOnline.ca Hipsters Just Want to be Unique Feature, SpineOnline.ca What Remembering Says Not To Poetry book, self-published jan. 09 jan. 23 One poem, Breadcrumb Scabs Magazine hardcore porn One poem, Haggard and Halloos Magazine Three Poems DITCH, Magazine Two Poems Thieves Jargon Magazine fig. 14 One poem, Right Hand Pointing cultured systems One poem, The Standard Newspaper the moon hung low and tiding One poem, What If? Magazine 2011 2011 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007

Planning and Coordination Fiction Editor for Spineonline.ca Associate Managing Editor for Spineonline.ca Mediated Creative Writing Seminar group discussions Written and designed government-oriented decks Self-published, edited, distributed 50-poem chapbook Associate Managing Editor for graduate showcase magazine Intern, Assistant to the Managing Editor for Arc Poetry Magazine Writing Over 10 published poems; one self-published poetry chapbook Completed and published 1 feature, 3 reviews and 1 short story for Spineonline.ca Completed courses in Writing for Business and Writing for the Government, including funds proposals, briefing notes, critical analysis, background research, memorandums, sales letters/pitches Completed courses in Communications, including article summaries, group/individual presentations Completed Creative Writing seminars, including short story writing, story analysis Research NGOs and government departments/agencies

Municipal/provincial/federal policies Government statistics Primary research in the form of interviews, event profiles Secondary research conducted online and print

Desktop Publishing and Elementary Print Design Designed book layout and cover for self-published poetry chapbook using Adobe PDF software Completed courses in Design Application courses, including the use of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign for print-publishing design of brochures, newsletters, book covers, newspapers Marketed and sold printed/digital poetry chapbook through website Jcbpoetry.com Web Writing and Social Media Written and designed sales copy, sales pages and web application content for MonetizeDesign internet marketing group Acted as Fiction/Associate Managing Editor for student-ran Spineonline.ca website Proficient in the use of blog design/managing software such as SquareSpace and Tumblr Designed, managed, edited and marketed personal creative writing website Jcbpoetry.com Managed social media promotion pages on Facebook and MySpace Computer Skills Gained proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe PDF, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, SquareSpace, Tumblr Proficiency in internet research databases Proficiency in basic HTML coding language Awards and Achievements First Prize, Times Award for Best Fiction for X Amount of Taps published on SpineOnline.ca, judged by Margaret Webb Honorable Mention, Helvetica Award for Best Feature for Hipsters Just Want to be Unique published on SpineOnline.ca, judged by Tim Falconer Scholarship Award for the Arts by Elliot Lake Secondary School Chosen Valedictorian for Elliot Lake Secondary School graduation Interests Reading and writing minimalist poetry and flash fiction News and popular culture Alternative movies and plays Composing and performing music Publishing and marketing processes Sociology and philosophy

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