1. Kyle S. Holley
3319 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Washington, DC 20032
302-249-5355
KyleShawnHolley@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a position that allows me to effectively utilize as well as improve on my skills in writing, copy-writing,
speech writing, editing, public speaking, strategic planning and/orperformance.
EDUCATION:
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Pursuing a Bachelor's in Journalism/Communications, concentration in Magazine Writing
GPA: 2.709
Graduation: May 2015
Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School (TMA)
2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE
Washington,D.C. 20020
Received Diploma in General Studies and Writing
GPA: 3.01
Graduation Date: June 2011
WRITING EXPERIENCE:
Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago
Served as an Assistant Campus News Editor
Thurgood Marshall Academy’s “The Other 17 Hours” Blogger Site
Served as Senior Editor and Staff Blogger
Thurgood Marshall Academy’s "The TMA Brief" Newspaper
Served as Staff Editor and Feature Writer
Teenocracy of Washington,DC
Served as Senior Editor/ Writer
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Columbia College Chicago – The Columbia Chronicle
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Assistant Campus News Editor
August - December 2014
• Wrote and published 30+ articles focusing on activities and information that involves the student body.
• Cover major news, artistic events or exhibits on campus and attended editorial meetings.
• Provided two/three written stories per week for print in the weekly newspaper.
Impact Family Center
509 West 111th Street #3
Chicago, IL 60628

2. Kyle S. Holley
Student Mentor and Journalism Instructor
June 2013 – September 2013
• Taught students (age 13-17 yrs. old) Journalistic, sentence structure and editing skills.
• Assist the students with writing scripts and developing video/audio presentation.
• Assist the students in developing their creative voice.
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) – Federal MotorCarrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
Washington,DC 20905
Office of Communication
Summers Intern – 2010 thru 2013
• Compiled and organized clips daily, essential to the USDOT database.
• Researched and edited articles used for press releases and campaign purposes.
• Provided an alternative and cutting edge perspective to transportation issues and submitted new concepts of
approach for upcoming campaigns.
• Lead intern of a team composed to organize and conduct various charity events,drives and department
initiatives, as well as collecting and managing donations.
• Photographed various events,later published on the USDOT website, as well as compiling and edited all
related information.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Teenocracy- Teen Political Advocacy Awareness Group
2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE
Washington,DC
June 2009 – June 2011
• Served as Outreach Coordinator and Assistance Executive Director of Public Affairs assisting building
public relationships within the business and political community in the 8th Ward of Washington,D.C.
• Served as Senior Editor and Image Coordinator for web posting.
• Led the annual “Open Writing Forum” and maintained the Blog Website.
• Organized various donation funds for event planning.
• Mentored youth in the community and surrounding area to become active participants and develop their
political voice.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Winner of the 2015 Music Artist of the Year by CUMA (Columbia College Chicago’s Urban Music Association)
● Awarded the honorduring the 2015 Columbia’s Got Talent Award Show, after competing with 15 other
student artist and winning out of the final 6 nominees. The award honors a stellar musical catalog,
performance history and fan base on Columbia College and around the city.
Winner of the TMA "America's Next Top Blogger" Writing Competition, Washington,DC
• Selected as a three time winner of a school-wide writing contest,writing on various randomly selected
topics focused about current, community, and school-based events.Earned a seat as a Staff Blogger for the
school's "The Other 17 Hours" blog site.
Member of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Washington,D.C
• Recommended by TMS staff to participate in a series of the ADL focus groups that organized and
conducted various meetings/exercises targeted at finding the origin of racism, sexism and prejudice within
public schools and the surrounding communities.

3. Kyle S. Holley
Program Honoree PNC Bank’s "Dollars & Sense" Financial Awareness Program, Silver Springs, MD
• Recommended by TMA staff to be a part of the Dollars & Sense program, which required each participant
who showed interest and skill in the knowledge of financial discipline and accounting.
• Represented the TMA and PNC Bank at the 100 Black Men Foundation's annual "Dollars & Sense"
mentoring weekend in San Francisco, California. I participated in a National Accounting Competition
against groups from United States,Africa and China.
ACTIVITIES:
The Opulent Eye Company (Video and Media Production Company)
● Serve as Co-Founder with Emmy Award Winning Director, Deandre Berry (Est. 2014)
● Lead Artist Relations Liaison
Cloud IX Productions Company, Washington,D.C.
• Serve as CEO/Founder and Recording Artist – Washington DC
• Serve as active Recording Artist, Talent Scout and Public Relations Consultant
TECHNICAL/NON-TECHNICALSKILLS:
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
• Highly skilled in Writing, Editing concentrating in Speech Writing
• Proficient Public Speaking
• Ability to Lead, Organize and work within a Team Setting
• Skilled Photographer
REFERENCES:
Mr. Curtis Lawrence
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Journalism at Columbia College Chicago
Phone: (312)369-8905
Email: clawrence@columa.edu
Mrs. Anne S. Ferro
President and CEO
American Association of MotorVehicle Administrators
Phone: (703)908-5766
Email: aferro@aamva.org
Mrs. Theresa Rowlett
Senior Policy Advisor
U.S. DOT – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Phone: (202)366-6406
Email: theresa.rowlett@dot.gov