Anthony Ford

ANTHONY J FORD SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS I am well organized and detail-oriented. I have excellent communication skills with rapid decision making abilities. Capabilities include: FCC Licensed: Disc-Jockey Morning Drive/News Anchor Copywriter Producer Board Operator Sales EXPERIENCE Broadcasting Composed and edited commercial/news copy including commercials, station breaks, weather, and human interest stories for major market radio and television stations for non-profit and profit. Still and video camera operation work for major market televisions stations for non-profit and profit. Prepared advertising copy for production. Operated Control Console, kept program logs and clerical information. Selected and hired staff, conducted staff meetings and coordinated production. Interviewed guests and worked closely with the General Manager. Responsible for community affairs, talent shows, pageants in the Special Events Department of WMCA Radio. Customer Service Responsible for all customer service for refrigerant gas company, automotive company, charge card company, cable television company and other Fortune 500 companies. Also handled trouble-shooting, survey analysis, and customer care. I acquired over 4,500 accounts over 5-year period via cold calling, mailings, research, and outstanding, above telemarketing expertise for chemical company. Over 10 years of Customer Service experience; 10 years in the Telemarketing field. Sales I was responsible for all account maintenance and telemarketing sales for customer base for refrigerant gas company. President of PIP (Partners-in-Progress program.) An outreach program specifically designed and geared to community churches and local organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In addition, I was responsible for sales, acquisition, customer maintenance and professional grade telemarketing for high end DFW auto dealer located in Dallas - Fort Worth area. Responsible for Cadillac auto sales in excess of $1,000,000 retail sales. Extensive sales background, telemarketing, auto sales, advertising sales and industrial sales. Also have experience with various forms of data entry for fortune 500 companies. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY May 17 2010-July 2010 Apple Technical-Technical Consultant, Telecommute Home July 2008 – Sept 2008 Adtel, Sales, Research and Acquisition Dallas, TX May 2007 – July 2008 Frank Kent Cadillac, President Partners- in-Progress Fort Worth, TX Jan 1996 – Feb 2003 WFME, TV Production Supervisor/Morning Drive Anchor West Orange, NJ June 1990 – Dec 1995 Refron, Customer Service Sales Queens, NY Crown Business Institute (Articulation, Speech, Production) David Zema Workshop. (Voice-Over Character Study) Host of "The Anthony Ford Broadcast" airs on the Fishbowl Radio Network,every Wednesday, 3-5PM CST. SAM Broadcast full studio/Camstasia Audacity,Logitech. Extensive copy writing, non-profit and for-profit, production, WNYC TV New York, commercial delivery, sales. Direction Radio/Televison Production Supervisor WFME, NJ.