Adam Trawick Resume
Adam Trawick Resume

ADAM TRAWICK 5 TATESWOOD COURT, BLYTHEWOOD, SC 29016 | (C) ------------ | ADAMTRAWICK@PROTONMAILCOM Professional Summary
My aim is to facilitate effective communication and craft compelling content with an emphasis on empathic storytelling all while contributing to a cultured, respectful, independent workplace. With a keen eye and ear for detail and an inherent ability to synthesize a great deal of complex information into readily accessible, easy-to-grasp narratives I am a capable, engaging communicator for all reading and listening levels alike. The English language is my specialty. I�m the guy that will put your message in the right words.
Professional Experience
Writer/Blogger/Journalist at Quiddity
Chief Communications Officer
Quiddity - ------------ - Columbia, SC
� Quiddity: Founder, CCO, Journalistic Ethics Coordinator (JEC)
� Write, proofread, edit online blog; reporting; produce stories for multiple platforms.
� Seek out prospects, conduct research, inquiry/correspondence for future reports/articles/essays.
� **This also serves as my (ever-growing) online writing portfolio.
Annuities Specialist/Marketing Specialist (Contract Work) Trawick Financial Services Inc � Columbia, SC
04/2018 to Present 04/2018 to Present
05/2009 to 09/2019
� Obtain documents, clearances, certificates and approvals from local, state and federal agencies.
� Perform initial client assessment and analysis to begin research process. Analyze departmental documents for appropriate distribution/filing.
� Research and update all required materials needed for firm and partner matters.
� Head of creative design.
� Design, develop, and test embedded software applications.
� Copy, log and scan supporting content.
� Enter financial data such as payments, account information, and call logs into the computer system.
Assistant Golf Professional
The Windermere Club � Columbia, SC
09/2017 to 03/2018
� Accountable for $2000-$4,500 revenue daily.
� Oversee all tournament operations (e.g.: promotions, fundraising, reservations, pricing, food & beverage catering, award ceremonies, etc...).
� Plan client relationship cultivating events to promote growth, resulting in an expansion of clientele base by 60%.
� Face to Face interaction with members and guests to ensure customer satisfaction; increased customer satisfaction by 83%.
� Identify and qualify customer needs, developed sales strategies and negotiated and closes profitable projects.
� Consistently hit and exceeded sales goals by 20%.
� Build strong client relationships and provided high value-adding services.
� Listen attentively to client feedback and work with product development team to introduce revolutionary service.
� Reinvented how staff team interacts with members/guest/potential clients by developing innovative, diplomatic, and effective communicative practices.
Pressure Washer
All-Brite Painting & Pressure Washing � Wilmington, NC
� Director for all general contractor personnel and regulator of job site.
� Secretarial responsibilities (e.g. phoning clients: schedule/reschedule/cancel appointments, follow-up on customer satisfaction).
� Billing (both directly with customer in person, or via telephone).
� Operated vehicle and Pressure Washing Equipment estimated at over $250,000.
� Prepared and followed through on all required punch lists.
Masonry Assistant
Evan Schneider (Freelance) � Wilmington, NC
� Director for all general contractor personnel and regulator of job site.
� Secretarial responsibilities (e.g. phoning clients: schedule/reschedule/cancel appointments, follow-up on customer satisfaction).
� Billing (both directly with customer in person, or via telephone).
� Operated equipment estimated at over $100,000.
� Prepared and followed through on all required punch lists.
09/2015 to 03/2017
07/2015 to 10/2015
Education
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Skills
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Bachelor of Arts: English (Writing Concentration) University of South Carolina Beaufort - Bluffton, SC
Informative, Entertaining, Engaging Writing/Editing (AP & Chicago) style Research/Analytics/Text Refinement/SEO
Strong (written and verbal) Communication/Presentation skills High-Quality English/Grammar/70 words per minute (type)
2017
� Punctual Regarding Deadlines
� Creative/Collaborative/Coachable
� Professionalism/Integrity
� Curious/Self-Motivated/Self-Starter
Accomplishments
� USCB Society of Creative Writers Fiction Award - 2017
� USCB Student Scholarship and Research Day Award, Senior Thesis - 3rd Place - 2017
� USCB President's List for Academic Excellence: Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
� Stylus Poetry Award - Midlands Technical College 2012
� Published author at Z Publishing House: South Carolina�s Emerging Writers: Anthology of Fiction 2018, SCEW: Anthology of Literary Fiction 2019
Affiliations
Secretary of USCB English Alumni Association
Society of Creative Writers Member
Team member and part of editorial staff for the biannual Publication of Student Literary Journal "The Pen" which was the 2016 First Place Winner of the ASPA Contributor to "The Pen" Publication: Poetry and Prose