Tara Shea

180 St. Paul St. Apt. 1 Brookline, MA 02446

2 Sword St. Shrewsbury, MA 01545

Tel: 508 414 8980 tshea@bu.edu taracshea@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position in television production that allows me to utilize my education, training and
proven track record in communication excellence, presentation, sales, and customer service.

EDUCATION
Boston University, Boston, MA Expected : May 2010
Boston University Collaborative Degree Program
College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
College of Communication Bachelor of Science in Journalism Concentration in Broadcast

EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Boston University College Of Communication, Boston, MA Sept. -Dec. 2009
Assisting Professor Frank Shorr in teaching his Broadcast Sports Journalism class. The class makes a sports news
show once a week. Help students with writing for broadcast, linear and non-linear editing, CNN’s Pathfire,
ENPS, studio equipment: cameras, audio, switcher, chyron, teleprompter, tape playback.

Intern, New England Sports Network, Watertown, MA May -Sept. 2009

Worked for the Boston Bruins Producer. Logged games, interviews, and b-roll. Assist on sets at shows and inter-
views. Sent out on shoots with reporters to cover local sports events. Worked on the Jimmy Fund Telethon. Re-
search and gather information. Watched and helped on live productions from the truck, stand in for various
jobs at live shoots.

Sales Associate, Ed Hardy, Boston, MA Nov. 2008-Present

Part of the grand opening team. High-end fashion, sales driven environment. Customer service, clientele, cash-
ier, phones, open/close. Employee of the Month several times.

Sales Associate, City Sports, Boston, MA Sept. 2007- Feb. 2009

Focused on selling sporting goods, sales, customer service, register, train staff on register, product knowledge,
open/close, phones.

Sales Associate, Olympia Sports, Westborough, MA July 2005-August 2008

Part of the grand opening team. Sales, customer service, register, product knowledge, open/close, phone.

Sales Associate, Thunder Sports Marlboro, MA Sept. 2004-June 2005

Sales, customer service, register, product knowledge, open/close, phone, tennis racquet stringing.

SKILLS
Linear and Non-Linear editing, Final Cut Pro and Express, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, video camera, studio
equipment, AP’s ENPS, Photoshop, Soundslides, Audacity, Adobe Flash,

VOLUNTEER
Talent and Crew, The Wire Sept. 2008- April 2009
Work in television studio for daily news shows, basic studio functions/jobs, research and report for stories. Airs
on BUTV10, uwire.com and butv10.com

Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Host March 2008-Present
Help answer questions from prospective freshman; assist with college activities-planning, organizing, fundrais-
ing; plan and run four Freshman Fridays, represent the College of Arts and Sciences.

References available upon request