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Kurt Steiss
Stillwater, OK • Richardson, TX
(214) 930­7845 • kurt.steiss@okstate.edu • Kurt.Photo
EDUCATION
» Oklahoma State University • Stillwater, OK
2013 - Present
» Strategic Communications Major (possibly adding in Multimedia Journalism).
» Expected graduation in May 2017.
» J.J. Pearce High School • Richardson, TX
» Graduated with a 91.51 on a 100-point scale.
2009 - 2013
WORK EXPERIENCE
» The O’Colly (formerly The Daily O’Collegian)
2013 - Present
» Held staff positions at least once as a staff writer, videographer and photographer.
» Hickory Farms Mall Kiosk
» Worked retail selling products at a busy Plano, TX mall kiosk.
Winter 2013
» Gained valuable customer services skills.
» Canyon Creek Country Club
» Coached at a summer tennis camp in Richardson, TX.
Summer 2012 & 2013
» Will be working summer of 2015 to coach and take photos for the camp.
SKILLS & STRENGTHS
» Knowledgeable: Canon and Nikon cameras, photo composition, Sony Vegas, HTML, AP
style, various non-Adobe editing software (one of which is Paint.NET and GIMP), social
media.
» Basic Knowledge: Photoshop and Adobe Creative Suite (recently started a subscription
with Adobe Creative Cloud), PHP scripting.
» Strengths: Accountable, can work independently, can work in a group, creative, thorough,
communicates effectively, can lead.
REFERENCES
» Elizabeth Ledford | eledford@messiahlutheran.com | (972) 398-7509 | Youth leader at my
home church where I have been a counselor and helper at numerous camps.
» David Schroder | ThePapaDavid@aol.com | (214) 842-0624 | Manager for Hickory Farms.