The Experienced Writer for Your Project(s)

Nina M. Sherwood
P.O. Box 9
Whiting, NJ 08759
732-300-7973
nmswriter1@gmail.com
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OBJECTIVE

RESULTS DRIVEN SUPERIOR WRITING / EDITING / CUSTOMER SERVICE / SALES / MARKETING / MANAGEMENT

QUALIFICATIONS 

• RESULTS ORIENTED COMMUNICATION – PERCEPTIVE VERBAL, WRITING, EDITING, RESEARCH, TRAINING
Created / edited hi-impact, audience / results-oriented writing, advertising, sales/marketing material
Excellent customer service face-to-face interpersonal and phone skills
Designed / revamped web site content and product packaging
Wrote internationally-read commodity investment newsletters (Fortune 10000, Wall St.)
Analyzed, tracked data, predicted price cycles as principal sugar commodity researcher
Edited / wrote / researched CEO, VP and outside consultant reports
Trained and supervised margin clerk (Fortune 10,000, Wall St.)
Taught elementary school through grade12 level literature, writing, math, remedial 

• CREATING REALITY – EFFECTIVE SELLING, ADVERTISING, CUSTOMER SERVICE
Increased annual sales by $150K for Wall St. company
Top inside salesperson / highest close rate in department, including lead generation and cold calling
Successfully stimulated new service /product sales and encouraged returning business
Successfully trouble-shooted and resolved sensitive client issues for Senior VP (Wall Street, Fortune 10,000)
Improved customer service and elevated client satisfaction levels
Succeeded with general public, Internet, business owners, small to Fortune 10,000 companies, executives, investors, educators, students, and non-profits
Successfully ran entrepreneurial home care agency as sales/marketing manager, office administrator, customer service representative, advertising / web site writer/editor, Human Resources (HR) recruiter
 

• CREATING THE FUTURE -- INTENSE MARKETING
Successfully generated new leads, phone sales, and expanded client bases
Wrote advertising, collateral, telemarketing scripts, marketing, and public relations material
Successfully designed sales presentations, advertising, web sites
Developed marketing plans and strategies
Promoted services and products (wholesale, retail, residential, commercial, mail order, Internet)
Introduced innovative new entrepreneurial retail product 

• IMPROVING EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZING, MULTI-TASKING, DETAILS-ORIENTED
Successfully achieved high levels of customer interaction and sates
Interviewed, hired, trained, and/or supervised new retail sales personnel and agency home health care aides
Designed original store displays improving products’ visual appeal
Organized new store’s products, aisle shelves, fixtures, displays, end caps
Maintained proper shelf capacity and inventory flow
Spearheaded and developed innovative, time/space-saving inventory store storage system
Trouble-shooted zoning and employee scheduling problems 

EMPLOYMENT

1990 - 2024 Freelance Professional Writer/Editor/Proofreader/Researcher (full and part time)

2011 - 2023 Certified Substitute Teacher, Preschool through Grade 12, Public School System, NJ 

Through 2018 Sales/Marketing Manager, Office Administrator, Recruiter, Home Care Agency, NJ

Through 2013 Sales Assistant, Kohl’s Department Store, NJ (part time)

Through 2009 Merchandise Supervisor, newly opened Walmart’s, NJ (seasonal)
Through 2004  Primary full-time Family Caregiver and Legal Guardian for elderly home-bound parent, NJ
Through 1995  New Product Manager, Inside Phone Salesperson, Advertising Writer, Soil Technologies, IA
Through 1989  Desktop Publisher Proofreader, Customer Service Rep, Database Manager, Corporate University, Inc., IA
Through 1987  English High School Teacher, Public School System, NYC
Through 1985  Commodity Researcher, Investment Writer/Broker, Customer Service Rep, Cargill Investor Services, NYC
Through 1982 Sales/Customer Service Representative, Editor/ Researcher, Commodity Planning Associates, NYC
Through 1980  Office Administrator / Sales Assistant, Drimal-Brudner Insurance Agency, NYC
Through 1978  Editorial Assistant, College Summer Breaks, Newsweek Magazine, NYC 

EDUCATION / LICENSES 

B.A., Literature with Honors 4.0 GPA, College at Purchase, State University of New York (1978)
Education / Teaching program, 4.0 GPA, Hunter College, City University of New York (1987)
Certified Substitute Teacher, Preschool through Grades 12, NJ (current)

English High School Teaching License, NYC (1985)
Commodity Broker License, New York and Chicago Board of Trade (company sponsored, 1982)
Life / Health Insurance Licenses, NYC (company sponsored, 1979)