Kreuzwieser Resume

MARK KREUZWIESER
Writer/ Editor/ Public and media relations consultant
(843) 305-0004
Mark092257@gmail.com
kreuzwieser@msn.com
http://markcnsghiltonhead.blogspot.com
456 Gardners Lane, Bluffton, S.C.

SUMMARY
I have worked for three decades as a newspaper reporter, editor and photographer, magazine writer, and public and media relations manager. I am proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. I have been responsible for news page design and layout, local and wire copy editing, photo and graphics design, reporting, editorial writing, and mentoring younger reporters, columnists and photographers. My recent writings include freelance for magazines and newspapers, blogging, Wikipedia entries, Internet articles, and Facebook and Twitter entries.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of arts in English and minor in mass communications (journalism independent study), Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C., 1979. Features section editor and reporter for the campus newspaper, The Appalachian, during freshman, sophomore and junior years.

EXPERIENCE
Freelance writer February 2009 Present
 Published articles in Hilton Head Monthly and Celebrate Hilton Head magazines, and Savannah Business Journal, Bluffton Today and Bluffton Sun newspapers. I have also freelanced for Savannah Magazine and Sandlapper magazine
 Work with clients on freelance assignments, including magazine, newspaper and newsletter articles
Hotel front desk January 2009 – July 2010
I worked on the front desk and in guest services at a bed and breakfast in Savannah and a motel on Hilton Head.
Denarius Group (formerly CNSG) Hilton Head Island Jan. 2007–Jan. 2009
Public Relations Manager
 Worked with the agency principal and account coordinators in a variety of functions essential to PR and marketing campaigns
 Responsible for interacting with the media, including local, regional and national newspaper, television, radio and Internet outlets (including Blogspot)
 Wrote and pitched press releases and bylined advertorials
 Researched and wrote reports on media and consumer trends
 Developed story ideas on behalf of clients
 Distributed and tracked coverage of press releases
 Photographed and assisted in photo shoots
 Worked with numerous clients in the region, and coordinated interviews and client events

Bluffton Today April 2005–November 2006
Business Editor/Reporter
Played a key role in the April 2005 launching of Bluffton Today, a nationally recognized daily newspaper that combined traditional journalism with Internet-based communication.
 Wrote business articles and features, business briefs and business calendar events
 Worked closely with other editors, reporters, photographers, page designers and nearly a dozen expert columnists recruited from the local business community
 Responsible for taking many of the photographs that appeared on the business pages and in Lowcountry Business Today
 Used MS Office, proprietary software and Photoshop
Carolina Morning News/Savannah Morning News February 1999–April 2005
Reporter/Weekend Editor
 Jasper County bureau reporter and photographer for the daily South Carolina edition of the Savannah Morning News
 As weekend editor for the Carolina Morning News, assisted in writing, editing and assisting in the design of the paper, which averaged 12 to 18 pages every day, and supervised five other reporters, two photographers and one page designer

Earlier work experience

City Editor • The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. 1998-1999
Paginated local front, inside pages, supervised five newsroom and two bureau reporters.
Assistant Editor/Night Desk Editor/Reporter • Statesboro (Ga.) Herald 1997-1998
Responsible for all news pages design and layout, local and wire copy editing, photo and graphics design, and some reporting, mostly Georgia Southern University, city government and business.
Editor • The (Claxton, Ga.) Enterprise 1996-1997
Covered all news and features, wrote weekly column and editorials, and directed and produced special supplements and tabloids. Coordinated contract and arrangement with new printer that produced first CMYK photographs and graphics in paper's history. Designed and paginated all news and editorial pages.
Reporter/Assistant City Editor • Savannah Morning News 1984-1996
As reporter, beats included the port of Savannah, environment, transportation, business, the military and city and county government. I was a staff co-winner of two Georgia Associated Press awards, for coverage of the mail-bomb murder of a Savannah City Council member and the campaign for and passage of the first roads sales tax referendum in Chatham County, Ga. As assistant metro editor, I supervised newsroom of 12 reporters, plus three bureaus.
Reporter • Durham (N.C.) Sun (now Durham Herald-Sun) 1981-1984
I covered Durham city government, business, the N.C. legislature, Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Reporter • The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1979-1981
My first professional newspaper job after college, I covered city and county governments, environmental issues and farming.

Writing Portfolio:
http://markcnsghiltonhead.blogspot.com/
Links to articles:
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/home-discovery/87-home-discovery/1890-home-discovery-aspiring-to-greatness
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/2-joomla-specific-links/1863-wing-and-a-prayer-a-hilton-head-pilot-lands-in-japan-a-minute-before-the-earthquake
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/the-heritage-2011/146-the-heritage-2011/1839-chipping-in-hilton-head-rallies-in-a-12th-hour-search-for-a-heritage-title-sponsor
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/life-a-style/features/42-features/1852-phyllis-mauney-have-harp-will-travel
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/features/44-features/1843-home-discovery-its-old-meets-new
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/the-green-issue/145-the-green-issue/1808-rejoice-recycle-hilton-heads-islandwide-program-launches-in-april
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2140/march-2011-charity-corner-wingfest-16th-annual-festival-signals-beginning-of-spring
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/features/81-features/1775-extreme-makeover-home-edition
http://savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/construction-building/959-feb-7-extreme-community-economics-of-volunteer-homebuilding-in-lowcountry
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/home-a-garden/home-discovery/87-home-discovery/1776-home-discovery-living-harborside9-cambridge-circle-wexford
http://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/news/68-state-regional-news/923-jan-17-regional-water-woes-may-be-a-matter-of-political-diplomacy
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/money-report/100-money-report/1729-getting-your-financial-house-in-order
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/intriguing-people/140-intriguing-people/1732-drew-laughlin-the-new-guy
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/intriguing-people/1748-mel-gibbens-traveling-shoes
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2094/your-friendly-neighborhood-financial-advisors-morgan-keegan
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/business-a-money/features/58-features/1700-entrepreneurthe-winds-of-fortune
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2076/hello-dolly-colgan-returns-to-direct-hello-dolly
http://www.celebratehiltonhead.com/article/2041/santa-fe-cafe-tapping-the-source
http://issuu.com/hilton_head_hmonthly/docs/hhm_magazine_1011/35
http://www.villageparkgroup.com/news_cardamone.htm
http://www.hiltonheadmonthly.com/news/features/565-the-port-of-jasper
http://www.realwasabi.com/News/index.asp (scroll down a few pages)
http://savannahnow.com/stories/021199/ACCgourmetmarket.html
http://www.knowitall.org/sandlapper/summer2003/summer-pdfs/16-20-Radio-Walterboro.pdf

References
Tom Gardo, owner, Denarius (CNSG) Group public relations, marketing, advertising and issues management consulting, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; (843) 785-3989
Christie Oxford, public schools teacher, Leesburg, VA; (703) 626-9274
Kim Perri, manager God’s Good Thrift Store (Cross Episcopal Church), Bluffton, S.C.; (843) 757-2024
Jeff Vrabel, former editor, Hilton Head Monthly magazine, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; jeff@jeffvrabel.com
Amarien Baldwin, advertising sales, Bethesda, Md.; (843) 305-9012

Other
Founding volunteer board member for Jasper (County, S.C.) Animal Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization based in Ridgeland, S.C.
Volunteer for Church of the Cross Episcopal Church of Bluffton’s God’s Goods thrift shop, and Beaufort County Public Library, Bluffton branch.

This blog has turned to the subject of unemployment, specifically mine.

I've been recently laid off due to the economic turndown, so if anyone has any ideas please email me at mkreuzwieser@yahoo.com or kreuzwieser@msn.com

Previously, I was public relations manager for a communications, advertising, marketing and pubic relations agency. I also have experience as a newspaper writer, editor and photographer, and freelance magazine writer. Other stints include work in hotel and bed and breakfast guest services, retail sales and customer service.

I created the press releases and most of the photographs on this blog for one client while I was at the ad agency. As PR manager there, I wrote and distributed press releases for several other clients, including hospitals, community developers and non-profit organizations.

Good luck, all. Hope to hear from you.
Mark

Tradition National Golf Club Hosts Complimentary Golf Clinic

Hardeeville, S.C. – Having trouble with your golf game or need a tune-up, but don’t have the scratch to pay for a lesson?

Tradition National Golf Club at Tradition Hilton Head is hosting a complimentary golf clinic for all skill levels and age groups at noon Saturday, January 24.

The clinic will be led by David Wilding, Director of Golf at Tradition National Golf Club and a PGA Professional, and his staff. The session will cover all aspects of the game at Tradition National’s new, state-of-the-art practice facility.

Also, special rates and winter promotions for rounds of golf will be offered.

Tommy Fazio designed the new championship course, which has already hosted several tournaments, including the first-ever Under Armour College Golf Combine in July.

Space is limited, and golfers are urged to call Tradition National Golf Club at (843) 208-5353 for more information and registration.

Couples Win Complimentary One-Year Golf Memberships at Tradition National Golf Club

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. – Two couples won complimentary one-year golf memberships at Tradition National Golf Club, the new championship golf course designed by Tommy Fazio at Tradition Hilton Head.

John Lavery and Liz Gillespie, far left in the photo, and Carol and Ted Stanley, on the right in the photo, had registered for the complimentary memberships during Tradition Hilton Head’s Holiday Home Tours on November 22 and December 13.

Approximately 1,200 people who toured several model homes at Tradition Hilton Head on the two dates were invited to donate food items to receive a gift certificate for a complimentary round of golf at the community’s Traditional National Golf Club and to register for the one-year membership. Nearly 1,800 food items collected from the home tours were donated to Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help.

Photo i.d.’s from left to right: Winners of complimentary one-year memberships at Tradition National Golf Club John Lavery and Liz Gillespie, Tradition National Director of Golf David Wilding, Golf Club Coordinator Katie Black, Tradition Hilton Head Public Relations Director Marty Sauls, and winners of complimentary one-year memberships at Tradition National Golf Club Carol and Ted Stanley.

Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help Receive Food, Cash Contributions from Tradition Hilton Head

The Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help received hundreds of food items and $600 from Tradition Hilton Head on Tuesday, helping the charitable organizations assist needy families during the holiday season and unusually difficult economic times.

Nearly 800 items of non-perishable food items were delivered to the organizations, along with $300 each, on Tuesday, December 16, bringing the total of donated food items to nearly 1,800 from Tradition Hilton Head’s two recent Holiday Home Tours.

The charitable organizations said the contributions are doubly significant now, during a recession and the holiday season.

“I have been with Deep Well for eight years now, and I haven’t seen a Christmas with more families needing help,” said Lynn Dezeeuw, the Hilton Head-based organization’s president. “These contributions could not have come at a better time. This is a God send.”

Marty Sauls, public relations director for Tradition Hilton Head, said the community wanted to make an extra effort to help people in an economically difficult time.

“These are tough times for people, and we all need to pitch in,” Sauls said as he helped unload two SUVs loaded with food items donated at Dec. 13’s home tours. “With so many families in need of food and clothing, we all need to pull together.”

Linda Kaufman, president-elect of Bluffton Self Help, said she appreciates Tradition Hilton Head stepping up to help families throughout the Lowcountry.

“We are grateful for everything Tradition has done,” she said. “We have a volunteer who heard about us through Tradition and now is working with us three or four days a week.”

A total of approximately 1,200 people who toured model homes at Tradition Hilton Head on Nov. 22 and Dec. 13 were invited to donate a food item to receive a gift certificate for a complimentary round of golf at the community’s Traditional National Golf Club. Most of the visitors brought several items of food each, Sauls said. Visitors also were registered to win a year’s membership to Tradition National Golf Club.

Tradition Hilton Head’s Eco-Friendly Water Reuse Partnership with BJWSA is First of Its Kind in S.C.

Tradition Hilton Head, a 5,300-acre, master-planned, sustainable green community, has joined with the Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority to provide the water utility’s first water reuse service for residential irrigation here.

While BJWSA has been a leader in reusing reclaimed water for irrigation of commercial areas and golf courses, Tradition Hilton Head is its first residential reuse project. BJWSA will supply reclaimed water for all of Tradition Hilton Head’s irrigation needs, including residential lots, common areas, landscaped medians and the community’s 18-hole Tradition National Golf Club.

“We are excited to join with Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority in this green and environmentally friendly initiative, which exemplifies Tradition Hilton Head’s efforts and commitment to being sustainable and green,” said Bob Swift, General Manager of Tradition Hilton Head.

“Our parent company, Core Communities, has a long and distinguished history of reclaiming water for irrigation of public green areas and golf courses as a significant way to conserve water,” Swift said. “Tradition Hilton Head reuses not only collected stormwater runoff for irrigation but also water recovered from BJWSA’s treatment plant - water that has been treated to standards that allows safe reuse.

“Essentially, treated water from BJWSA will supplement the stormwater runoff we collect at Tradition Hilton Head,” he said, noting that reclaimed rainwater is used for irrigating residential lots, public green spaces and Tradition National Golf Club, in addition to keeping lakes and lagoons filled.

The Tradition irrigation system is not only a BJWSA first, but the first system of its type in South Carolina, according to BJWSA. In the hot, humid Lowcountry climate, irrigation causes a huge increase in water usage during the summer months, and water reuse for residential irrigation is a significant step forward in using an alternative water source and reducing the peak demand on our drinking water system, BJWSA officials said.

For many years, BJWSA has been providing treated wastewater to golf courses for much needed irrigation — a win-win solution for this water-hungry industry. BJWSA serves 12 golf courses overall.

Tradition Hilton Head Holiday Home Tour Brings in Large Donation for Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help

A Holiday Home Tour at Tradition Hilton Head on November 22 brought in a crowd of more than 500, with each visitor bringing a minimum donation benefiting local charities Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help.

Tradition Hilton Head invited participants to bring at least one non-perishable food item and tour homes from several of the area’s most respected builders. Complimentary golf clinics were offered and guests were registered to win a year’s membership to Tradition National Golf Club.

“The Sales Center was overflowing with donations,” said Tradition General Manager, Bob Swift. “We saw this as an opportunity to invite people to see what Tradition Hilton Head is all about while benefiting two worthy, local organizations. We were thrilled with the turnout and community response.”

Deep Well Board Member, Hank Noble, said “I can’t tell you how much we appreciate Tradition Hilton Head and its awareness of the community’s needs. It’s remarkable how the need for food has increased so dramatically in this year alone and we appreciate Tradition’s willingness to make a difference and host events like this that reach out and help the community.”

A second Holiday Home Tour is scheduled for December 13 with non-perishable items again benefitting Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help. For more information on Tradition Hilton Head or the upcoming Holiday Home Tour, call 843-208-5333 or visit www.TraditionHH.com.