Ahzjah Simons

Started out as a dj/show host. Previous work has been in both talk and music formats. Worked as show producer, host and dj for both music and talk show formats and hybrid programs which utilized both. Written and produced public service announcements,event promotion announcements,weather, etc. Familiar with a variety of industries within health and wellness. alternative medicine, nutrition, environment, green living, holistic living, natural living, yoga, meditation, massage,new age concepts and natural lifestyles and the arts. Currently am a marketing manager at a natural health foods store and independently working on various marketing projects which allow me to Create copy and record voice mail greetings, messages for voicemails, greetings on voice mails, podcasting and audio cds, as well as other media formats. Non-Commercial Broadcast Certification 2001 Commerical Broadcast Certification 2011 Sports Anchor training 2011 Voice Over Training 2011 Creative Studios of Atlanta Started out at singer/songwriter indie artist who began to educate other artist on creating marketing tools for themselves to market their music. Took a broadcast certification class at community radio station in hopes to support independent artists who I created presskits and bios for by next playing their music and distributing it locally. Began sittiing in and substituting for other airshifters when they couldn't do their radio shows. Long term spot opened up and I began to co-host a show and next produce my own music program and then talk show in which music was incorporated. Show focus became creative expression, health, wellness and holistic living. From there created print version of the program in a magazine format. Now producing events. Want to focus on new media next. But announcing/hosting first love. Also have secret desire to act. could make it all happen through the passion of voiceover work. sky is not the limit! mini studio mac and adobe audacity pc and audition Access to large in-home studio for music and voiceovers managed by partner Listing of equipment coming. Passion for media especially radio and voiceover work, marketing. It all goes together and is like air to me. Through my work as a marketing manager I also discovered by accident a skill for creatively naming things and writing copy that create a concept which captures an audience. Have a knack for what people like to see and hear. Would like to nurture that skill however I can.