J Henry Harrison

JIM HARRISON -- OBJECTIVE To enhance the quality, creativity, and accountability of a media/legal firm or organization. WORK HISTORY Researcher/Tracker – American Bridge 21st Century PAC : Washington, DC 2018 Follow congressional candidates’ speeches; travel to meetings and party events; and monitor national political landscape through fact-checking and social media. Document through video and audio recordings, editing and processing files for re-distribution. Occasionally interact with public figures and broadcasters. Capture presidential cabinet events for research reports. Operations Coordinator – Cal Med Orthopedics : Lake Forest, CA - Ensured surgical assets were located at and retrieved from Southern California hospitals. Procured instruments; updated schedules; obtained purchase orders and RMAs; and managed office. Also performed personal assistant tasks for CEO; occasionally worked in cadaver lab; and substituted in the O.R. when cases outnumbered sales reps. Editorial Associate – MPA Media : Huntington Beach, CA - Researched, wrote and edited own articles and those by alternative medicine professionals. Managed publishing schedules and correspondence of more than 50 columnists. Confirmed medical terms and varying chiropractic, acupuncture and massage therapy techniques. QA Tech/Purchaser – Interplay Productions : Irvine, CA - Play-tested and wrote “bug” reports on various first-person-shooter/arcade/role-playing games, offering ideas for improvement in story structure and character development. Later moved to facilities department as buyer for 700-person company. Producer – AMPC Research : Santa Fe Springs, CA - Produced over 30 “edutainment” titles for its U.S. Armed Forces series of CDs. Captured video; created voice audio; and wrote descriptions on air- and seacraft, fighting forces and weaponry. Contract Monitor – Video Monitoring Service : New York, NY - Transcribed radio and television broadcasts in order for clients to search for product/event mentions or placement (telecommuting part-time, overlapping other job durations). EDUCATION    Certificate, Copy Editing – Poynter Institute (ACES) : St. Petersburg, FL A.A., Paralegal Studies – South Coast College of Court Reporting : Orange, CA Certificate, Investigations – FPI/The Emerald Group : Westminster, CA AFFILIATIONS   Mensa – Member since 1989 American Copy Editors Society – Member since 2018 REFERENCES/WRITING SAMPLES Available upon request, should mutual interest be established.