Resume

EMERSON COLLEGE, Boston, MA

Masters in Publishing and Writing (Anticipated, December, 2024)  

 

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, Orono, ME

Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (2019-2022)                     

• English concentration

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EDITORIAL AND MARKETING INTERN, August 2023 – Present

BenBella Books, Inc., Dallas, TX

• Drafted sales copy materials for business, fitness, parenting, science, and self-help titles

• Conducted comp research and organized data for trade-nonfiction and children’s books 

• Coded and formatted more than fifteen trade-nonfiction and fiction manuscripts

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PROFESSIONAL WRITING INTERN, January 2022 – May 2022

Welcome to Housing Home Goods Bank, Inc., Old Town, ME

• Networked with three other organizations to initiate opportunities for expansion

• Crafted and edited a proposal for the Maine Association of Realtors to establish a charitable partnership 

• Composed and organized continuance materials for future interns to easily transition into work

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PUBLISHING MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION, Fall 2023

• Identified current publishing trends and their value to the publishing marketplace

• Examined key management issues and problem solved progressive solutions

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BOOK PUBLICITY, Fall 2023        

• Designed publicity plans including media hits, events and tours, tip sheets, and mailings

• Modeled and adapted media pitches via email and phone 

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EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING, Summer 2023 

• Analyzed the current educational publishing landscape and adoption process

• Evaluated core and supplemental school publishing materials for student and teacher usability

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METADATA, Summer 2023         

• Created more than fifty XML/HTML metadata records, including TEI, ONIX, and OPF 

• Studied and applied Dublin Core, Schema.org, and other discipline specific schemas 
   

BOOK PUBLISHING ESSENTIALS, Spring 2023

• Enhanced understanding of different book publishing departments and their roles by preforming mock duties and meetings

• Advanced knowledge of effective publicity and marketing campaigns for increasing sales 

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DIGITAL PUBLISHING ESSENTIALS, Spring 2023

• Furthered HTML, CSS, and XML skills by writing various HTML and HTML codes

• Increased knowledge of UX, project management, and metadata by creating, analyzing, and working with digital content 

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COPYEDITING, Fall 2022

• Established a thorough understanding of the Chicago Manual of Style rules

• Refined ability to spot and correct mechanical errors and inconsistencies, errors or infelicities of grammar, usage, and syntax, and errors or inconsistencies in content

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MAGAZINE MEDIA ESSENTIALS, Fall 2022

• Gained knowledge of the magazine industry and the inter-workings of magazine publishing

• Expanded creative writing, editing, research, and communication skills by conducting research and interviews, and writing and editing a long-form feature

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FIELD EXPERIENCE IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING, Spring 2022

• Enhanced professional writing and editing skills by composing, editing, and workshopping documents for real clients

• Developed an understanding of various communicative contexts through analysis and practice

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Copyediting/Track Changes, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Video Editing, Proposal Writing, XML, HTML, CSS, Metadata Literacy, Copywriting
 

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