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Education

• Forthcoming MA in book publishing (will receive degree by end of summer)

• BA in English

• Studied art practices at Portland State

Experience Summary

• Have experience in editing, designing, marketing, and management

• Have experience with InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop

• Have experience with Mailchimp and Constant Contact

ProfessionalExperience

Freelance Copyeditor – Sterling Editing, Portland, OR

• Worked on SeaJourney by Alex Paul

Editorial Intern – Portland Book Review, Portland, OR

• Copyedit submitted reviews

• Update blogs on website

Marketing and Editorial Intern – Sterling Editing, AudaVoxx, Portland, OR

• Research newsletter marketing and offered suggestions to improve audience and advertiser numbers

• Perform developmental and copy edits on manuscripts

• Perform design tasks for newsletter

Write to Publish Manager – Ooligan Press, Portland, OR

• Manage a project team of 2-5 people

• Development tasks such as picking venue, finding panelists, keynote, sponsor

• Marketing tasks such as writing press releases, contacting newspapers, blogs, social media

• Operation tasks such as managing website and budget

• Raised over $5,000 for Ooligan Press

Acquisitions Internship - Dark Regions Press, Portland, OR

• Read submissions and rank according to priority

• Wrote editorial notes about submissions to pass on to department head

Acquisitions Floater - Ooligan Press, Portland, OR

• Have written multiple developmental notes for Ooligan's Acquisitions Department, including one for a title which we have signed to publish

Cookbook Proposal Editor – Cafe Flora, Seattle, WA

• Performed thorough structural editing for a cookbook proposal for premier Seattle vegetarian restaurant

• At employers request, rewrote many of the sections to be more cohesive and smooth

• Performed final copyedit

Awards &Acheivements

Poem "Seven Days" published - Pathos Literary Magazine

Honorable Mention for short story - Writers of the Future Contest