A
dedicated and enthusiastic professional seeking a challenging position that
will utilize my experience and education to offer performance-based opportunities
for advancement.
Distinctive Qualifications
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Self-motivated
personality capable of independent and collaborative tasks.
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Highly
organized initiative capable of tackling multiple and simultaneous tasks.
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Strong
listening skills anticipate necessary tasks.
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Well-developed
customer service skills diffuse stressful and aggressive situations.
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An
innovative approach ensures a productive, efficient, and exciting work
environment.
Professional Experience
Yellowbook,
King of Prussia, PA·November 2011-April 2012
Web Content Writer
Conducted
telephone interviews to identify advertiser’s goal and establish website
direction and relevancy. Developed targeted benefit-rich copy to convey company
products and services to encourage immediate user action for 5-20 page
websites. Added all necessary SEO data to create a search-friendly page that is
properly indexed by Google and Yahoo! Used creativity, enthusiasm and
confidence when confronting new and complex challenges.
Key Contributions:
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Handled
the weekly Aged WIP List report for my supervisor, increasing the website
workflow.
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Created
training materials to help ease new copywriters into the fast-paced and complex
work environment.
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Earned
the highest quality score, 9.9 out of 10 in March.
Pennwriters, Inc.,
Langhorne, PA·July 2011-May 2012
Online Courses Coordinator
Managed
and marketed Pennwriters, Inc. online writing courses. Used B2C Internet
marketing, reaching a national audience through direct response marketing via
email, LinkedIn, Yahoo! groups, Twitter and Facebook. Facilitated the courses
to provide the instructor and students with any technical or non-class specific
assistance. Updated the Online Courses webpage. Reported enrollment statistics
at board meetings.
MetroKids Magazine,
Philadelphia, PA·Fall 2010
Intern
I revised
the 2011 print and web editions of the Family-Find
It Book. Researched and fact
checked new and existing attractions via the Internet and telephone to provide
updated information. Wrote short and long attraction descriptions.
Key Contributions:
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Wrote
the article “10 Great Family DVDS,” published in the February 2011 issue of
MetroKids Magazine, with an 110,000-reader circulation.
Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School,
Philadelphia, PA·2009-2010
English Language Arts
Teacher
Taught
reading and writing to 8th grade inner city students with original
teaching, testing and bulletin board materials. I covered two novel units with The House On Mango Street and The Giver that included essays and a
project that required students to create their own utopian society. Ended the
year with a research paper unit on capital punishment. Prepared students for
the PSSAs and proctored the state test. Participated in 8th grade
team, English department and faculty meetings.
Key Contributions:
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Participated
in an after-school/tutoring program to provide the junior and senior high
school students a safe place to go and to help them with homework, math skills
and studying.
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Collaborated
with the school’s grant writer on a grant for a book club we received providing
20 copies of three novels that dealt with death, abuse and alternative
families. I facilitated the book club with 10-15 junior and senior high school
students.
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Contributed
to the highest parent involvement (87%) in the 10 years the school had been
opened.
Richard C. Crockett Middle School,
Hamilton, NJ·2008-2009
Long-Term Reading
Substitute Teacher
Taught
reading to 7th grade students with a combination of existing and
original teaching, testing and bulletin board materials. I covered a short
story unit that included pieces by Gary Soto, Dean Walters, Amy Tan and Rudyard
Kipling, a poetry analysis unit, a drama unit with A Christmas Carol and two novel units with The Westing Game and Where
The Red Fern Grows that included a diorama project. Prepared students for
the NJ Ask and proctored the state test.
Key Contributions:
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Participated
in the 6th grade Stokes Wilderness overnight educational trip in
November and March.
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Collaborated
and piloted a team teaching class with special education and remedial reading
students that the school implemented into the reading program.
Sylvan Learning Center,
Langhorne, PA·2007-2008
Tutor
Lead
tutoring sessions for beginning readers, academic readers, advanced readers,
writing and study stills to students’ ages 5-62. Used positive reinforcement to
motivate and encourage students. Maintained a communication log on students’
progress after each hour. Managed student behavior with a 1:3 ratio.
Key Contributions:
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Conceived
and managed a project to strengthen students’ understanding of adjectives and to
expand their creativity. Students described the look of a monster. Then had an
artist draw the monster from their descriptions, which is displayed in the
Sylvan tutoring area.
Education
Holy Family University
2006 Secondary English Teaching
Certificate
Northeast Philadelphia, PA
Penn State University
2003 Bachelor of Arts in English
State College, PA
Professional Organizations - Bucks County Writers Group
Computer Skills - Proficient skills in Microsoft Office
Suite, scheduling programs and web design programs.
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