TOM FORTUNATO'S RESUME

Experience

 

January 2010—Present

            The Westfield Leader

            Westfield, NJ

            Ongoing position as a freelance reporter.

            Compensation: $25 per assignment (pictures only), $60 per assignment (article and pictures)

 

November 6th--Present

            CATEX

            Princeton, NJ

Ongoing position as an on-call graphic design artist and animator; I make animated demos for CATEX’s products for the reinsurance market.

Compensation: $30 to $50 per hour

 

August 2009--November 2009

            Read Auto Parts

            Scotch Plains, NJ

Delivery driver position; drove a 2001 Nissan Frontier pick up truck to deliver parts to mechanics throughout Union, Somerset and Morris counties.

Compensation: $8.00 per hour

 

Ongoing position starting April, 2009

            McRapperson World Enterprises

            Lake Hills, WA

I am the official marketing director for Lake Hills rapper Rappy McRapperson (real name Josh Katz).

My duties include, but are not limited to, replicating CDs to distribute at a certain music festival in Orlando, FL.

Compensation (starting): commission-based, varies

 

November 3rd, 2008--September 9th, 2009

Shoprite Supermarket

Garwood, NJ

            Work as cashier, handle money, deal with customers.

            Compensation (starting): $7.25/hr ($8.75/hr on Sundays/holidays)

            Compensation (current): $7.60/hr ($9.10/hr on Sundays/holidays)

 

October 30th 2008—November 2nd 2008

            Internship for Rogue Post/Flower Five Films

            Manhattan/Brooklyn, NY

Unpaid internship in which I worked for four days straight doing pre-production and production work for the short film “Heartbreak Haiku” by director Dahlia Devkota

Compensation: free meals

 

May 2008—June 2008

            Putnam Ridge Nursing Home

            Brewster, NY 10509

Volunteer position—I designed the layout from scratch for the newsletter written for and by the residents.

 

August 2008

            Quizno’s Subs

            720 Union Ave, Middlesex, NJ 08846

            Paid job, I worked the store, made sandwiches, cleaned, stocked shelves, cut meat and cheese, cleaned the grease trap, etc.

            deliveries to local residences. I resigned after I was promised a higher paying job at a business closer to my house

           Compensation: $7.25/hr

 

February 2007

            Imagine That! With Robin Richie

East Orange, NJ 07019

Paid to edit a four minute trailer for local access TV show host Robin Richie to put on her website. Finished trailer can be viewed on the main page of my website.

Compensation: $10.00/hr

 

December 2006—January 2007

            The Lisa Durden Show

            Newark, NJ 07103

Worked as an unpaid intern and personal assistant of local access TV show host, Lisa Durden. Operated camera equipment and communicated with Scotch Plains TV34 on Ms. Durden’s behalf. Also was paid to transport equipment in personal vehicle.

Compensation: none

 

Summer 2005—Spring 2006

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education

Evergreen Avenue & Cedar Street

Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

Paid official backup videographer for Board of Ed meetings.

Compensation: $50.00/meeting

 

Sept. 2005—Nov. 2005

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Athletic Dept.

667 Westfield Road

Scotch Plains, NJ 07076

Paid official videographer for high school football games, also videotaped girls soccer and other sports.

Compensation: $25.00/game


Education

High School

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School

667 Westfield Road

Scotch Plains, NJ

Graduated June 2006

Took TV Production (introductory course) and two years of Broadcast/Journalism (producing a local-access news show) all years involved with Channel 34 News outside of classes, and helped to establish TV/Film Club

 

College

Union County College

Cranford, NJ 07016

            Graduated N/A

 

Rutgers Newark College of Arts and Sciences

            Newark, NJ 07102

Graduated N/A

 

Other Education

            MedicineWheel adult wilderness leadership program

Wah wah mountain range

Iron/Beaver Counties, Utah

Graduated December 5th 2007

Lived outside in the wilderness for 63 days straight, hiked an average of 6 miles a day, learned valuable work-life skills, earned a knife as a symbol of trust and was given the name “Western Terrapin”

 

Pratt Institute

200 Willoughby Ave

Brooklyn, NY 11205

Attended 4 week summer classes concentrating in film & video, earned 4 college credits and received straight A’s in all classes.

 

The New York Film Academy

100 E. 17th Street

New York, NY 10003

Enrolled at The NYFA’s 4-week filmmaking program located at Harvard University. Learned how to use Arriflex film cameras, edit with Final Cut Pro, etc. Made 3 movies

 

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