Kayla Erin Kesselman

(304)-629-4795
kekesselman@mix.wvu.edu/ kaylakesselman.wordpress.com/@KaylaKWVUNews

Work Experience
Teletech Inc.
Aug 2013-Present
Morgantown, WV

Customer Service Representative

On a normal workday, I help people solve problems with their BankofAmerica credit
cards.

WVU Arts and Entertainment

Aug 2012- Present
Student Employee
Morgantown, WV

On a normal workday I either assist guests with finding their seats, welcome guests
into theatre, help set up the stage, and/or work at the concession stand.

Elder-Beerman
Oct 2011- Aug 2013
Bridgeport, WV

Sales Associate

Assisted customers; opened and closed registers; took phone orders; maintained a
clean and friendly working environment.

Manpower
May 2012-Sep 2012
Office Assistant
Bridgeport, WV

Assisted customers; worked the front desk of large business firms such as PNC energy
by taking phone calls, and directing employees into their business meetings.

U92 FM College Radio

Jan 2013-May 2013
Intern
Morgantown, WV

Gathered information from online and newspaper sources, and then typed up three
news casts that would then be podcasted on live radio.

Skills
Broadcast

Camera Work/Script Writing/Interviewing/Gathering B-roll/readers, VOs, VO SOTs, and

Packages/Editing

Print

Beat Reporting/Web and AP Style Writing/Audio Recording for Interviews

Multimedia

Blogging/Photography/Storytelling/Wordpress Websites

Programs/Equipment

Adobe Creative Suite/Final Cut Pro 7/Audacity/Canon Vixia HD Camera

Education
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Reed College of Media
Graduation Date: Dec. 2015
Major: Television Journalism with a minor in Dance

Selected to participate in the 2014-2015 Reed College of Media Professional

Mentorship Program. Currently paired with Aaron Williams; news director at
WBOY-TV.
Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism Scholarship
Aug 2013-May 2015

References
Gina Martino Dahlia, Chairman of the Television Journalism Sequence at WVU
Cell Phone: (304) 376-1281
Email: gina.dahlia.wvu.edu
Nicole Porter, WVFX Fox 10 anchor for WDTV
Cell Phone: (412) 657-1412
Email: nporter@wdtv.com
Stephanie Lorenze, WVU Dance Education Professor
Cell Phone: (304) 293-6723
Email: Stephanie.Morris@mail.wvu.edu