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Aniela Marie Wolkonowski

51 Main st.	amw@aniela.us
Phelps, NY 14532
(315) 548-5255	cell: (585) 857-0261

OBJECTIVE

To be an integral team member, where motivation, creativity, and initiative are paramount to success. To work for a company that is making a difference in the world. To be more than I am.

RELATED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Well-established people, public speaking, and phone skills.
  
• Goal oriented
  
• Organizational Writing (letters, memos, press releases, pitch letters, est.)
  
• Team player
  
• Photography (digital, film, black/white and color, processing, and composition)
  
• Well Organized and Highly Efficient
  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, Outlook), Photoshop, and the Internet.
  
• Familiar with Quark Xpress, ProfNet, and some web design.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts degree, May 2003
Marist College; Poughkeepsie, New York
Major: Communications, Concentration: Public Relations
Cognate: Photography
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Associate degree, May 2001
Monroe Community College; Rochester, New York
Major: Liberal Arts, Concentration: Photography
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RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Document Control Manager
Eaton Aerospace Corp., Canandaigua NY
October 2007 to Present

• Refined a system to organize and disseminate all drawings, specifications, and manufacturing documentation in compliance with ITAR regulations
  
• Ran Customer Reports for new drawings/documentation
  
• Created Change Notices and Revision Tracking for all new drawings/documentation
  
• Designed and maintained Access databases for use site wide to improve efficiency
  
• Coordinated engineers and manufacturing functions to pass new changes to product
  
• Created communications for Customers and other Eaton facilities both domestic and international

Technical Writer/Videographer/Transition Assistant
Eaton Aerospace Corp., Phelps NY
May 2006 to October 2007

• Documented on film, as well as in writing, inspection forms, assembly and engineering procedures, and collected “tribal knowledge” for transition training
  
• Trained new employees in non-certified assembly operations
  
• Prepared routers and data entry using WDS software
  
• Created a repertoire with employees in an otherwise hostile environment
  
• Packed and shipped technical components internationally in compliance with ITAR regulations

Campaign Manager
Community Party, Town Supervisor and Town Council Seats, Phelps NY
August to December 2005

• Composed press releases, posters, and informative media
  
• Fielded questions from the public
  
• Staffed Candidates at events and meetings
  
• Planned and advertised events (meet the candidates, canvases, volunteer and fundraising efforts)
  
• Advised in policy and strategy

Assistant Press Secretary
Samara Barend Congressional Campaign, Corning NY
May to September 2004

• Composed press releases, press packets, and pitch letters
  
• Fielded questions from reporters and the public
  
• Staffed Ms. Barend at events and meetings

Public Relations Intern
Marist College, Public Affairs Office, Poughkeepsie NY
January to May 2003

• Composed press releases, press packets, and pitch letters successful in receiving many media hits including some front page articles in city newspapers
  
• Represented Marist College at an event for HRH The Duke of York hosted by the Roosevelt Institute

Photographer/Office Assistant
Country Studio of Photography, Manchester NY
1998-2001 and Summer 2003 to Spring 2004

• Assisted in all aspects of studio and location photography (i.e. shooting, lighting, sets, neg. cropping, and ordering)
  
• Assisted in all office duties (i.e. bookkeeping, production, organization, and graphic design)

Editor In Chief
Monroe Doctrine (Monroe Community College’s student newspaper)
June 2000 to June 2001

• Modified publication layout to a more professional format (switching from Illustrator to QuarkXpress)
  
• Increased readership by 23%
  
• Completed an upgrade and overhaul of the software and technology used by the staff
  
• Headed a staff of 12 writers and editors
  
• Administered budget and advertising sales, distribution, and ordering
  
• Acted as a liaison between staff and advisors, other clubs and organizations on campus, outside printers, and the college administration

Media Relations Director
WMCC (Monroe Community College’s student radio station)
October 2000 to June 2001

Associate Editor
Monroe Doctrine
March to May 2000

Photography and Illustration Editor
Monroe Doctrine
September 1999 to September 2000

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Substitute Teacher, Phelps-Clifton Springs School District, October 2003 to Present
Sales Personnel, Joann Fabrics and Crafts, Poughkeepsie NY, August 2002 to May 2003
Sales Personnel, Bonsai Designs, Poughkeepsie NY, August 2001 to October 2001

ACTIVITIES

English Country Dancers of Rochester, March 2011 to Present
Jane Austen Society of North America, Winter 2010 to Present
Habitat for Humanity, Geneva, NY Fall 2008
Continuing Community Education Student, RHS and PCC Spring 2007 to Present
Public Relations Society of America, February 2006 to January 2008
Phelps Democratic Party, August 2005 to Present
Phelps Community Library, Press Work and Fundraising Volunteer
Director of student-run One Act, “Vanities,” Fall 2002
Marist Fencing Team, Fall 2001 to Spring 2003
Media Chairperson on Campus Student Center Budget Committee, March and April 2001