Edward A. Kanet

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA—LAS VEGAS, Las Vegas, NV
Master of Business Administration (May 1992)

HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL/RADCLIFFE COLLEGE, Cambridge, MA
Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course (August, 1980)
   Area: Book and Magazine Publishing

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Provo, UT
Bachelor of Arts, Communications (April, 1980)
   Major: Public Relations/Organizational Communications
   Minor: Business Management
   Minor: Chemistry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSOR—-Community College of Southern Nevada (since Aug. 1996)
INSTRUCTOR—Community College of Southern Nevada (Sept.1991-Aug. 1996)
   Full-time position in the Department of Media Technologies

• Teach classes—Introduction to Computer Graphics, Layout & Typography Fundamentals, Electronic Publishing, Web Publishing
• Served as coordinator of the Computer Graphics Program
• Develope and maintain the Computer Graphics Program web site 
• Developed degree and certificate programs for Computer Graphics, Web Design, Multimedia
• Served on College-wide Marketing Committee, Safety Committee, DACUM committees
• Manage computer graphics lab and assistants

TEACHING ASSISTANT—Clark County Community College (now CSN) (Sept. 1989-Aug. 1991)
   Full-time position in the Graphic Arts Department, I&ST Division

• Managed the Macintosh and IBM Windows-based computer graphics lab
• Taught Introduction to Computer Graphics and Computer Illustration classes
• Managed the photo lab, supervised, and assisted photo students using the facilities
• Taught photo lab demonstrations
• Instructed, advised and assisted students in lab with computer graphics and photography assignments

PR/RESEARCH WRITER—American Museum of Historical Documents(1987-1989)
    Handled a variety of writing activities and promotional assignments

• Wrote, edited and laid out monthly in-house newsletter
• Handled special public relations and sales projects—audio-visual show, copyphotography, written presentations, marketing research
• Prepared news releases and handled respective mailouts, writing style book
• Research, copywriting, editing and proof reading

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY RELATIONS—BYU-Hawaii  (1984-1987)
   Managed media that reached internal and external audiences for small 4-year institution

• Served as Director of Publications and managed a staff of 20 part-time workers and all functions of the Publications Office
• Designed and laid out brochures, special sections, fliers, display ads, and special print projects and publications using Macintosh-based graphics software
• Edited weekly in-house bulletin, monthly state-wide newspaper insert
• Performed all staff functions—writing, photography, computer graphics
• Set up a computer-based (Macintosh and IBM-PC) system to produce publications, graphics, ads, and collateral materials
• Served as newspaper's and annual's editorial advisor/director
• Taught Journalism, Publishing Procedures, Photography classes

MANAGING EDITOR—Millard County Gazette, Fillmore, UT  (1980-1984)
   Handled all aspects of editorial, production, promotion of a weekly newspaper

• Reported on all major county-wide stories including hard news, features, issues
• Supervised a dozen part-time production personnel and freelance contributors
• Performed all staff functions—editing to typesetting; proofing to darkroom
• Designed front page, major features, and special sections
• Designed and regularly pasted up two weekly and several special publications
• Worked with local leaders in government, education, business, and community

EDITOR-in-CHIEF—BYU Media Services, Provo, UT  (1979-1980)
   Directed every aspect of Brigham Young University's yearbook--an $80,000 project

• Directed a staff of two dozen in the book production, marketing, and promotion
• Handled book design and specifications, printer relations, staffing, personnel and production management; supervised and edited copy-heavy features section
• Designed critical spreads and special layouts

STAFF SPECIALIST—Mountain Bell-Utah, Salt Lake City, UT  (Summer, 1978)
   Summer full-time intern for the Public Relations Department

• Filled writing (for in-house organ) and photographic assignments
• Developed presentation for upper management--compiled results of a consumer/employee attitude survey; designed visual materials, wrote script

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

• PUBLISHER, The Guide for LDS in Southern Nevada  (since 1990)
  Handle all aspects of an annual publication of 25,000 circulation


• OWNER, Kanet Communications (since 1989)
  Freelance commercial art , photography & printing projects


• PRINT PUBLICIST, State Parks Cultural Arts Board (Summer 1990)
  Photography and press releases for Super Summer Theatre productions


• PHOTOGRAPHER, Signature Productions (Spring 1995)
  Publicity prints for Saturday's Warrior


• EXTERN
• Style Wise Design, a firm which does web sites, digital media, cd-roms (Summer 1999)
• LazerGraphix, a full-service service bureau (Summer 1997)