====== Resumé : Bill Powell ======

**Bill Powell** is **Wineskin Media**.

//A book is not a package, but a craft.//


===== Objective =====

You know what you want to say. Let’s say it. I will write, edit,
proofread, lay out, typeset, illustrate, design a web site---whatever it takes.

===== Writing and Editing =====

  * My work has appeared in //Bibliophilos, Listen, The Arlington Catholic Herald,// and //The Troubador//, as well as abcteach.com and speroforum.com.
  * Advised revisions for portions of //The Tarrant Chronicles// (Tarrant Books, 2002), by Dr. Warren Carroll.
  * My one-act comedy //Can Someone Who Knows He Exists Go Call the Police?// was produced in April 2003.

===== Layout, Typesetting, Illustration =====

Note that many of these projects have also **included editorial work**.

  * Currently compiling and laying out the //[[:calendars/socialjustice/2009/|Social Justice Engagement Calendar 2009]]//, forthcoming from IHS Press.
  * Typeset and designed cover for //[[:portfolio/dawson|Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson]]//, forthcoming from Christendom Press.
  * Typeset //Distributist Perspectives II//, forthcoming from IHS Press.
  * Redesigned typesetting and redesigned cover for new edition of //[[:portfolio/timb-founding|This Is My Body]]//, Mark Shea, Christendom Press.
  * Completed cover for //[[:portfolio/timb-founding|The Founding of Christendom]]//, Dr. Warren Carroll, Christendom Press.
  * Typeset the academic journal //Faith & Reason//:
    *  vol. 31, no. 2 
    *  vol. 31, no. 3 (forthcoming)
  * Wrote content for, edited, designed, typeset, and drew [[http://www.billpowellisalive.com/cat/art|illustrations]] for numerous educational workbooks published by Seton Press.
  * Did layout for five weekly planners published by Holy Family Gifts Press.
  * Designed ads for Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference, 2002.
  * Designed logos, letterheads, flyers, catalogues and ads for Holy Family Gifts, Inc.

===== Web Design =====

I have designed, constructed, and installed the base software for several web sites.

  * Shopping cart site for The Upper Room, [[http://www.upperoom.us/|www.upperoom.us]] (oscommerce, PHP).
  * Brochure web site for CA Media Pro, [[http://camediapro.com/|camediapro.com]] (WordPress, PHP).
  * Brochure web site for Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference, 2002.
  * Shopping cart site for Holy Family Gifts, Inc (Javascript).
  * This portfolio site, [[http://wineskinmedia.com|wineskinmedia.com]] (WordPress, PHP).
  * My personal site, [[http://billpowellisalive.com/|billpowellisalive.com]] (WordPress, PHP).

===== Software =====

Up to several years experience with:

==== Linux, Open Source ====

  * Vim editor, OpenOffice
  * LaTeX typesetting language
  * Scribus, a professional open source DTP
  * The Gimp graphic editing suite
  * HTML, MySQL, PHP
  * osCommerce, WordPress, DokuWiki

==== Proprietary ====

  * Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Acrobat
  * Adobe Photoshop, CorelDraw, CorelPhotoPaint
  * Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel)
  * Microsoft Visual Basic, Javascript
  * Session 8, Studio Vision Pro, Pro Tools audio editing software

===== Acting, TV, Radio =====

  * Tevye in //Fiddler on the Roof// (Fall 2002)
  * Assistant director of //Can Someone Who Knows He Exists Go Call the Police?// (April 2003).
  * Finalist, Fourteenth Annual Christopher Video Contest for College Students. Submisson: [[http://www.billpowellisalive.com/2001/05/one-foot-can-make-a-difference/|One Foot Can Make A Difference]].
  * Production Intern at EWTN Studios, Birmingham, AL, Fall 2000.
  * Scripted, directed, edited, and produced several half-hour television shows for the Franciscan University Austrian Program. Used both an S-VHS toaster and an Avid editing system.
  * Crew member for EWTN television series, “Franciscan University Presents.”
  * Scripted, performed, and produced several radio comedies for WFRS 88.3 FM.
  * DJ for WFRS 88.3 FM, three semesters.
  * Audio Engineer in independent production, //My Confession to my God//.

===== Leadership =====

  * Married to amazingly beautiful woman and currently father of two.
  * Co-founder and Coordinator for "The Apprentices of St. Joseph," a student organization at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH.
  * Completed Leadership Project Weekend.

===== Homesteading =====

  * Completed Catholic Homesteading Week at the Catholic Homesteading Movement, Norwich, NY (May 2005).
  * Attended Natural Building Fundamentals at the Ecovillage Training Center, TN (March 2005).
  * Farm Intern for 2004 growing season at a small organic farm (references available upon request). Responsibilities included horse care, seeding, weeding, harvesting, CSA, farmer’s market.

===== Academics =====

  * National Merit Scholarship Finalist
  * SAT score: 1560
  * Graduated //summa cum laude// from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH, May 2001.
  * B.A. in Philosophy, B.A. in Communication Arts (Radio/TV Concentration)
  * Member, Honors Program at Franciscan University of Steubenville
  * Member, Alpha Chi