Resume
Megan Swaine
LinkedIn Profile
Megan.Swaine@gmail.com
Work Experience
Capcom Interactive Canada (Capcom Mobile)
Writer
- Writing/Proofing game design documents
- Scripting in-game dialogue
- Writing trivia questions
- Proofing technical documents
- Writing promotional copy when needed
May 2008 to Present
www.capcommobile.com
CNW Group
News Centre Associate
- Proofread press releases and prepared them for distribution
- Used working knowledge of distribution networks to set up work orders for each release
- Managed Fax and Email lists
- Answered Customer Inquiries
August 2007 to March 2008
www.newswire.ca
Philip and Henry Productions Inc.
Writer
- Designed and implemented Online Marketing strategies
- Wrote landing pages for the website
- Designed, created, and maintained company blog “Every Magic Day”
- Wrote press releases and created press kit
- Wrote articles on subject matter relating to the company
February to May 2007
www.philipandhenry.com
Vintara Systems
- Moderated profiles and promoted the dating websites, as well as other general maintenance and writing duties.
October 2005 to October 2006
Published Titles
Published Books
Rosen Publishing Group, January 2008
A book for high school students on how to turn their digital hobby into a career.
Rosen Publishing Group, September 2007
A book for high school students on how to turn their digital hobby into a career.
Education
Post-Grad Diploma in Online Writing and Information Design: Centennial College. OWID is a small program that builds skill sets in the field of New Media for the purpose of designing and writing content.
September 2004 to July 2005These skill sets include:
- Research
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Team Building
- Packaging/Proposals
- Writing and Editing
- “Interactive Storytelling”
Honours degree in the Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing: York University
The CW program is a small program that only accepts 25 people per year and is structured as editing workshops and readings.
September 2000 to May 2004
- Short Fiction
- Poetry
- Short screenplay writing/ Dialogue Writing
- Some technical/professional writing
Multimedia Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Office 2007
- Minor video editing experience
- Macromedia Director
- HTML
- A variety of web 2.0 applications
- Online Marketing tools such as Google Adwords and Yahoo Search Marketing
- Blogging platforms such as WordPress and Blogger
Volunteer
Toronto Roleplaying Association – “Content Coordinator”
- Proofread modules and wrote for the ‘Out of Game’ section of the newsletter
- Encouraged involvement and content contribution from the members
- Planned and implemented various content strategies with the organization’s Directors
2005 to 2008
Shelter Valley Folk Festival – Archiving Booth
- Collected digital photos from festival attendees, and downloaded them to disk
- Helped and organized materials from past festivals
- Helped create promotional materials
Labour Day Weekend 2007 to Present
References available upon request.
