Leah Peterson
Moorpark, CA 93021
(760)594.4212
leah@leahpeah.com
www.leahpeah.com
Summary:
Published freelance writer and multi-faceted professional with over ten years experience in project management, marketing, and business development. Cross-trained in print, web design, and photography. Skilled at interacting with clients to ascertain project scope, and then following through to completion. Good with details, adaptable, disciplined, and focused.
Professional Experience
Freelance Journalist
Freelance Columnist
Video Journalist
2004-Present
Complete Writing Credits can be found here.
TELEVISION- Consultant on Showtime’s United States of Tara, created by Steven Spielberg and written by Diablo Cody
BOOKS – Essay, True Mom Confessions: Real Moms Get Real, Print Date: April 7, 2009,
Essay, Things I Learned About My Dad in Therapy, Print Date: May 1, 2008
ONLINE – Leahpeah.com, AlphaMom.com, Huffington Post, BlogHer.org, WorkItMom.com, TryHandmade.com
OTHER PRINT- JPG Magazine , Craft Magazine, LAB Magazine, Fray
Social Networking Community Founder, Manager
2005-Present
RealMental.org, FlawedbutAuthentic.com, BloggerNetwork.org, Craft.Leahpeah.com
Event Coordinator
LA Angst
LA Bloggers Live!
Los Angeles, California
2006-2007
Both reading groups were created and hosted by Leah Peterson in the Los Angeles area.
Co-Founder
Crawberts Web Development
Simi Valley, California
Aug 2005 to April 2007
Project Director, Client Relations, Web Designer, Graphic Designer, Front-end Programmer, HTML, CSS, some PHP
Project Director
International Diversified Products
Sherman Oaks, California
Dec 2004 to Feb 2006
Director over a variety of simultaneous projects, Created both print and web designs for venues, Flash Slideshow creation, Helped create working project models and outlines
Program Director
Gordon Training International
Solana Beach, California
March 2003 to Nov 2004
Managed over 100 Instructors worldwide, maximizing their efforts for successful classes
Innovated successful online seminars involving over 130 client participants by researching and organizing all facets of program
Assumed responsibilities of four staff members, saving the company over 120K in annual salary
Certified in G.T.I. Training Programs: Leader Effectiveness and Family Effectiveness.
Writer & Photographer
Writer’s Monthly (Web Magazine)
North Magazine (Monthly Print Magazine)
San Diego, California
2003-2004
Monthly contributor of articles, interviews and photographs
Web Designer, Office Manager
DLLDATA Web Consulting
Vista, California
1997-1999
Maintained quality client interaction
Designed and updated client online resume and business card pages
SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL SKILLS:
Adept on both Windows and Macintosh machines
Software/Applications
Microsoft Suite, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe ImageReady CS2, Photoshop Elements 2.0, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Acrobat, Graphic Converter, Macromedia Flash 8, Open Office 2.0, Skype, iChat, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie HD, OmniGraffle, ImageMaker
Customer Relationship Management
Basecamp, Goldmine, BlueHornet, SilverStripe, limited database knowledge
Web Design/Programming
HTML, FileZilla, Interarchy, limited Flash, CSS, limited PHP, BBEdit,
Photography Equipment
Canon 30D, Sony 717, Canon FS100 Digital Video, Sony DCR PC110 Video
Website List
www.leahpeah.com, www.realmental.org, www.bloggernetwork.org, www.crawberts.com, www.leahpeah.com/blog, www.labloggerslive.com, www.laangst.com
