Robert Huffaker's Resume (Last updated September 28th 2009)

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Robert Huffaker
Website Content Coordinator
San Giovanni, Rome, Italy

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Reporting and Web Site Officer	March 2008 - February 2010 Circo Massimo, Rome, Italy
	Maintained and updated the "FAO and Emergencies" web site within TYPO3 content management system. Met with members of the Disaster and Relief Management Working Group to discuss and compile suggested revisions, changes and updates to the web site. Analyzed user feedback and suggested web site improvements, including information architecture, navigation, presentation, and implement modifications. Prepared advocacy material including leaflets, brochures, CD covers, E-cards, PowerPoint presentations, etc., undertaking basic layout and design, editing and insertion of text and photos, and liaising with internal printing unit. Reviewed and edited documents in accordance with FAO Reporting and Editorial Guidelines, including: final reports for Trust Fund projects, appeals, project documents, progress reports, Letters of Agreement and other documents. Managed official FTP folder for xxxxxxxx Updated web site newsfeeds using RSS and Twitter. -
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Information Systems Consultant	June 2007 - March 2008 Circo Massimo, Rome, Italy
	Initiated online Marine Protected Area (MPA) and high seas fisheries database comprised of over one hundred references. Conducted bibliographic research activity on deep-sea fisheries in the Mediterranean high seas and MPAs. Identified relevant external publications and web resources to be included in the database. Researched internal UN releases and publications and simultaneously organized hard-copy documents. Administered internal FAO web site to make these resources available for internal use using internal content management system. Updated and enhanced the MPA project website in terms of format and content. -
	United Nations World Food Programme Human Resources Division Intern	May 2006 - Sep 2006 Parco dei Medici, Rome, Italy
	Developed and assessed new Help Desk project, AskHR, that receives HR-related enquiries and requests from WFP staff members in the field within a Lotus Notes automated system. Compiled standard correspondence within all HR units though interviews to coordinate where staff queries would be directed. Categorized over 300 forms of queries for clients' use. Gathered demographic statistics from these queries and created charts and graphs for statistical use. Assisted and wrote reports related to the data found and developed further project proposals. Designed pamphlets, PowerPoint presentations, all-staff emails and E-cards. Created and proposed template for project website using Dreamweaver. -

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VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Asssitant Content Moderator	Oct 2007 - Jan 2008 Circo Massimo, Rome, Italy
	Compiled weekly summaries from the discussions that took place within the Forum. Gathered further relevant reading material into a literature review. Collected information for bi-monthly newsletter. Analysed demographic information from the list of members, and organized mailing list to cater to member's expert fields. Revised website in terms of content using TYPO3. -
	United Nations World Food Programme Assistant Content Moderator	April 2007 - June 2007 Parco dei Medici, Rome, Italy
	Managed and organized the creation of over twenty-five country "spotlights" published as web pages by compiling event coordinator's accounts from the field. Completed over seventy-seven country profiles for the website of "The Gap" project and ensured other relevant materials (PDFs, Documents) are accessible for public use. Facilitated web outreach and communications projects through social networking websites and further promoted campaign through distribution of videos on platform sites. -

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EDUCATION	University of Rome III Master of Arts in Human Development & Food Security	Oct 2007 - Nov 2008 Rome, Italy
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	Richmond, the American International University in London Bachelor of Arts in International Relations	Aug 2003 - Dec 2006 London, England
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	AFNORTH International School Department of Defense High School Diploma, Graduated Valedictorian	Dec 2000 - May 2003 Brunssum, the Netherlands
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SKILLS	Operating Systems Mac OS X, Windows 98, 2000, XP, Ubuntu/Linux Software Advanced MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Front Page, etc.), Advanced iLife suite (iMovie, iPhoto). Intermediate Adobe Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator, etc.), HTML, XML, CSS. Basic Dreamweaver and QuarkXpress. Web Application Experience Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter, Yammer, Youtube, Revver, Google Apps Suite (Reader, Blogger), Skype Telephone Conferencing Languages English: Mother Tongue French: Intermediate Dutch: Intermediate German: Conversational Italian: Conversational

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INTERESTS	Current affairs, technology and international development, immigration law, issues related to human rights, web template and image design, print media, and photography.

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