Need help with your editing or writing? I can lend you a helping hand to accentuate your personal creative flair for your next project.
Nice to meet you, I’m David Joo.
With a BA in Journalism from SUNY New Paltz, I’m currently a Marketing Coordinator at GSH Group, a New Jersey-based Facilities Management company, and a School Administrator at HOHA, a New York-based beauty school.
Being a first-generation Korean American, exploring new concepts and ideas are nothing new for me. I grew up juggling the desires of my traditionalist Korean immigrant parents and my desires in a progressive country.
Writing was always a passion of mine, but I never took it seriously until I went to community college. On one of my papers, my WRT101 professor wrote, “You have a talent for writing. You should consider a career in it,” next to a bright, red “A”.
Since then, I’ve involved myself with writing by going for a degree in Journalism and joining school newspapers and online news sources.
During my college career, I have spent many hours teaching writing in tutoring centers and editing articles in college newspaper editorial boards — along with writing an NJPF award-winning article.
Now, as a professional, I am continuing to exercise and expand my skillsets through various creative mediums.
Marketing Coordinator
GSH Group
Liases with regional directors and curates responses to RFPs and RFIs from a multitude of industries within both the public and private sectors.
Produces digital content for presentations for clients and GSH personnel.
Maintains, monitors, and regularly updates sales reports and web leads lists via Monday CRM, MS Excel, and MS Sharepoint.
Produces physical and digital marketing pieces, like short video ads, press releases, print ads, and social media posts. Creates email campaigns and templates via ConstantContact.
School Administrator
HOHA
Managed all enrollment and financial accounts of incoming, current, and past students.
Managed and updated all student ledger records, transactions, and other financial responsibilities.
Maintains all company social media accounts, e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Meta Business Suite, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube.
Creates and oversees all aspects of monthly newsletters and magazines from writing and editing to photography and graphic design. Scheduled and headed regular meetings like General Interest and Virtual Open House Meetings.
Liased with local agencies like Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce and Poughkeepsie Smart Staffing Group as the school’s ambassador at events.
Producer/Creator
The LG Buzz
Created a news podcast that covers everything NYS, from small-town scuffles to state-wide issues for the Legislative Gazette, an Albany-based news source. Managed and appointed tasks to podcast team members. Created infrastructure and social media platforms for posting and advertising content. Overlooked research and edited writings and scripts.
Editor
Held multiple editorial positions in numerous college news sources like Bergen Community College’s The Torch Newspaper and SUNY New Paltz’s Little Rebellion news site.
Tutor
Tutored both in the private and public sector as a personal tutor for dozens of students ranging from K-12 and as a student tutor at Bergen Community College’s Cerullo Learning Assistance Center.
Creativity is the name of the game. Aside from writing, I love to exercise my creative muscles through photography and music as well.
Yale University in New Haven, CT
Taken on iPhone 12
Shore Trail in Closter, NJ
Taken on SONY a6000
New Haven, CT
Taken on iPhone 12
Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadephia, PA
Taken on SONY a6000