DAVID AGUILAR

1512 Mill Street #7 | San Luis Obispo, California 93401 | 831.261.3049

davidaguilar831@gmail.com |Twitter: davidaguilar92|linkedin.com/in/davidsaguilar
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Fluent in spoken and written Spanish Active social media user
Strong passion for national, state and local politics Strong work ethic
Committed to producing compelling and accurate
news stories
Ability to work in deadline driven
environments
MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Multimedia Journalist, Mustang News TV, San Luis Obispo, California September 2012-Present
Multimedia Journalist at Mustang News TV, a student-run daily news show at California Polytechnic State
University.
Pitch story ideas, shoot, edit and write news stories in VO, VOSOT and PKG format, log interviews, work
in various production jobs, work with Adobe Premiere.
Production Technician, KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, California April 2013-June 2013
Production Technician at the NBC affiliate in the Santa BarbaraSanta Maria San Luis Obispo DMA.
Operated studio cameras, audio board and CG system during live newscasts.
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
News Intern, KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, California June 2013-July 2013
Wrote web articles, wrote on-air scripts using ENPS, logged and edited video in Velocity, shot video,
accompanied reporters and photographers in the field, shot reporter stand-ups.
Intern, KCOY-TV/KKFX-TV, Santa Maria, California November 2011
Election Night Intern at the CBS and Fox affiliate in the Santa BarbaraSanta MariaSan Luis Obispo
DMA.
Monitored and input election results into ENPS for live ticker.
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Skills: Proficient with Adobe Premiere, JVC gy-hm1500u, MAC and PC; working knowledge of ENPS, Velocity,
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
Familiar with studio and control room equipment (switcher, audio, teleprompter, Chyron)
Interests: Politics, current events, sports, music.
EDUCATION
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California Graduation June 2014
Bachelor of Science: Journalism; Concentration: Broadcast
Relevant Coursework: News Reporting and Writing, Introduction to Web-Based Journalism, Multimedia
Reporting and Production, Broadcast News, Broadcast Announcing and Production, Broadcast Journalism
Practicum, Mass Media Law, Journalism Ethics
WORK & EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCE
AT&T Mobility, San Luis Obispo, California March 2012-Present
Retail Sales Consultant that works to develop an extraordinary customer experience and attain sales
objectives.
Responsible for: providing efficient, courteous customer service, selling company products and services,
administrative aspects of sales, maintaining strong knowledge of all products, services and competitive
offers.
Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity, San Luis Obispo, California May 2011-March 2013
Active member of the Pi Rho Chapter at California Polytechnic State University.
Alpha Kappa Psi is an internationally recognized professional business fraternity focused on developing
well trained, ethical, skilled, resourceful and experienced leaders; gained these skills through professional
development workshops, conferences and networking.
Peer Community Standards Board, San Luis Obispo, California September 2010-June 2011
Worked on a four-member board that met weekly to review policy violations within the five on-campus
communities at California Polytechnic State University.
Learned how to effectively work with a team, gained leadership skills and worked on deadline to produce
reports on weekly hearings.
Princeton University Summer Journalism Program, Princeton, New Jersey August 2009
Participated in a 10-day seminar with journalists from The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New York
Times, The New Yorker, The Daily Beast and others.
Learned the basics of news writing and gathering, blogging and podcast production; contributed a news story,
which was published in The Princeton Summer Journal.