Jason Matthew Mueller
Pottstown, PA 19465
Objective
To provide freelance writing services that may eventually open possibilities of investigative and independent journalism.
Educational Preparation
Related Course work: Skills for Learning in an Information Age, Effective Persuasive Writing, Utilizing Information in College Writing, Critical Thinking, Written Communication, Cultural Diversity, Environmental Science, Religions of the World, and World Literature.
Professional Preparation
Pocket Pets
* Memorized a 15-20 minute sales script.
* Learned to checkout customers in a timely and efficient manner.
* Studied background knowledge about Sugar Bears.
* Advanced problem solving skills under tight circumstances with few resources given the amount of travel required.
* On-going participation in Script Training Sessions
* Participated at the Smithhaven, NY Mall Show: 17 straight days of 12-14 hour shifts totaling over $200,000 dollars of sales.
* Passed two week training on an assortment of products varying from make up to energy drinks and everything in between.
* Attend regular meetings at Franconia Heritage to re-focus and keep updated on company happenings.
* Establish a book of business between customers and recruitment for new IBO's.
* Marketing (online and offline)
* Participation through attendance at Synergy 2008 in Nashville, TN
Appointment Setter March, 2006 - July, 2007
*Marketing to leads provided by Headquarters.
*Maintaining in-book clientele concerns.
*Set 12 appointments from cold leads in two months.
*Provide quotes on stones, etchings, and carvings.
State Farm Insurance,
Agency Team Member December, 2004 - March, 2004
*Marketing to in-book and out of book (cold calling) leads.
- Called over 350 in-book leads in two months.
- Called and mailed over 600 out of book leads in two months.
*Bank Certified, 1/24/05.
*Set over 75 appointments in under three months.
*Service work: offering auto and health quotes, answering questions about deductibles and limits, taking claims, recording all activity in a log book.
*Studied on off-hours to take the State Life, Health and Accident Insurance Exam.
*Seeking a company that will sponsor and cover cost for this exam.
Video Warehouse,
Assistant Manager March, 2003 - November, 2004
*Passed training in arming security devices, computer operating systems, scanning and stocking new releases, and proper dialogue during transactions.
*Opening and closing duties including till counting, deposits, new release inventory, returns and late return calls.
*Managed a team of three Customer Service Representatives, and a Third Key Holder.
*Customer Service including special request orders, cross inventory checks with other branch locations, recommendations, and conflict resolution.
Prudential Insurance,
Telemarketer/Mailer May, 2000 - August, 2002 (PT)
August, 2002 - Present (on call)
*Organized lists based on mass mailing surveys received.
*Alphabetized and sorted out-going mass mailings by zip codes.
*Made over eighty cold-calls per shift providing more than forty call-backs and approximately ten leads interested.
*Produced a sale during the first week of working for an independent agent.
Publications
2002-2007: Published on Poetry.com and their annual publication.
"Death of a Dying Dream"
"Plausible Denial"
"The Dying Leaves of a Rose"
2007: Published on www.liberaticorporation.com as financial analysis blogger.
2007: Published on www.vezeo.com as a restaurant review critic.
2008: Published in The Intelligencer as a guest on the topic of the New Britain
Police Department's outstanding public service work.
2008: Published in "Sky Sotheby's International", a high-end real estate
magazine.
2008: Published on www.legalinfo.com for articles on Social Security Attorneys and Zoning/ Land Use Attorneys.
2008: Published in the Pottstown Herald at http://pottstownherald.com/usworkforce138.htm
2008: Contracted by VDO Gamer to write story lines for an up and coming Role Playing Game, (information protected under an NDA)
2009: Published as a reviewer for Cash4Gold.com.
Community Activities:
1994- Present: Private lessons for the trombone
1997-1998: Volunteered at Chalfont United Methodist.
1997-2002: Participated in Jazz Ensembles both in
1999-2001: Participated in the Central Bucks West “Marching Bucks” Marching Band
2000: Participated with the “Marching Bucks” in the London New Year’s Day Parade.
2001: Promoted to 1st chair position in the Trombone Section.
2002: Selected as one of the representatives of Jazz West to perform at a Charity Ball in
2002: Started taking lessons for the guitar
2003: Began playing the trumpet
2005: Began playing at the Philadelphia Clef Club. Performed at North by North West in Mount Airy.
2008: Founded the Hunter S. Thompson Foundation.