Worked in the bilingual office at the SU Abroad Madrid center during the Fall 2012 semester. Assisted housing director, health director, academic directors, business staff, internship coordinator, and office coordinator in both Spanish and English. Helped peers in tasks ranging from booking hostels to filling out forms for missing Metro cards. Greeted and attended to clients, including potential host families, in Spanish. Performed clerical duties.
Wrote several stories featured both in print and online for Central Penn Parent magazine; copy edited and fact checked stories; proofed pages before sending to publisher; attended editorial meetings; assisted with interviews and photo shoots for feature stories in the July, August, and September issues; assisted with clerical tasks such as organizing the morgue
Assisted Director of Sales & Marketing by editing promotional and sales material (both for content as well as in Adobe InDesign to improve design and readability) for potential clients; assisted with clerical tasks such as scanning and archiving old job files in order to create a more efficient, paperless workflow; assisted estimating department by regularly communicating with potential subcontractors
Oversaw a team of two copy editors and two fact-checkers; assigned stories monthly to be edited by copy editign and fact-checking teams; attended two editorial and art proof sessions per month/issue for a semester; compiled edits to produce final clean copies of stories for publication; represented Jerk Magazine at campus events
Mentored four first-year magazine journalism students; helped acclimate them to the ins and outs of Syracuse University and the specific requirements of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication
Fact-checked stories for publication on Jerk Magazine's blog; pitched ideas for web features at weekly staff meetings; utilized Wordpress to bring the print edition of the magazine to the web
Brainstorm, assign, edit, and help create content for the front of book section of Syracuse University's only music-based publication. Cultivate sources for writers and assign stories. Attend weekly staff meetings. Hold meetings for students interested in writing for the front of the book, for the feature well, and/or for the website. Write content for the front of the book and for the 20 Watts website, 20wattsmag.com, as necessary.
Maintained database records for 26,000 Maxwell graduate and undergraduate alumni; Updated and maintained relevant social media accounts, including services such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Wordpress, Tumblr, Shutterfly, Pinterest, Foursquare, PING.fm, Wikipedia, Flickr, Skype, and Meltwater to facilitate communication with Maxwell alumni; utilized HTML within a Ektron/CMS system to update Maxwell's alumni website; designed posters, flyers, and bulletin boards to encourage current graduate and undergraduate students in the Maxwell school to interact with both the Department of Alumni Relations as well as the Maxwell Career Development Office; assisted with clerical duties
Magazine Journalism
Concentration: Women's and Gender Studies, Spanish language
Activities: Jerk Magazine, S.T.A.N.D., Newhouse peer advising, Newhouse Student Representative Committee
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