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Computer Skills

Microsoft: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Frontpage

Adobe: PhotoShop, Illustrator, Pagemaker, ImageReady, GoLive

Quark: QuarkXPress

Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand

Coda: Finale

Languages: HTML

Book Production

(See here for samples.)

Ambushed, 528 page nonfiction by Anne DuBose Joslin (Henley & Luce): internal page design, typesetting, and some editing

The Redwood Review (2002 & 2003), 144 & 192 page literary reviews (Timshel Literature): editing, internal page and cover design, grant proposals and ad sales, production, and typesetting, including online

Just Thinking, Volume I, 186 page column collection (Timshel Literature): author, editing, internal page and cover design, production, and typesetting

A Whispering Through the Branches, 344 page novel (Timshel Literature): author, editing, internal page and cover design, production, and typesetting

Tackling Moby-Dick, 86 page essay (Timshel Lit.): author, editing, internal page and cover design, production, and typesetting

Employment

IDC (International Data Corp.)—Framingham, MA (11/99–present)

· Copyediting, formatting, and proofreading of technical documents and IT market reports

Holy Trinity School—Fall River, MA (9/02–6/03)

· Design of curricula for grades K–8

· Teaching general computer skills, usage of productivity software including Microsoft Office, graphic design concepts, and Internet research strategies

· Initiation and maintenance of a shared Web server for a student Web page and student file backup

Lightolier—Fall River, MA (10/00–5/01)

· Use of QuarkXPress to create and modify product specification sheets

· Copywriting for catalogues, presentations, and promotional materials

Publicom, Inc.—Acton, MA (6/99–11/99)

Publishing Assistant

· Heavy contributorial editing of manuscripts for Great Source Education Group Daily Geography

· Design and production of maps for Great Source Daily Geography grds. 1–8 and Glencoe World History textbook

Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics URI—Kingston, RI (9/97–6/99)

Advertising/PR Designer and Office Assistant

Partnership for the Coastal Environment URI—Kingston, RI (5/98–4/99)

College of the Environment and Life Sciences & Graduate School of Oceanography URI—Kingston, RI (6/98–12/98)

Technical & Copy Writer and Graphic Designer

Publications

Books: Just Thinking: Volume I, 10/29/01–10/21/03 (collection), A Whispering Through the Branches (novel)

Short prose (fiction and nonfiction):
Tech Central Station, The Redwood Review, Editorial Eye, Providence Journal, Westerly Sun, Narragansett Times, East Greenwich Magazine, University Pacer, Block Island Times, Warwick Beacon, Cranston Herald, Good 5¢ Cigar

Web Pages: Timshel Arts & related pages, Partnership for the Coastal Environment (1998 pages)

Poetry: The Redwood Review, Syncopated City

Education

The University of Rhode Island (9/96–5/99) —Kingston, RI

B.A. in English, Music Minor, GPA: 3.86, Dean’s List every semester, GRE: 700v/670q/620a/590lit

Carnegie Mellon University (8/93–5/94) —Pittsburgh, PA

River Dell Regional High School (9/89–6/93) —Oradell, NJ

Honors Student, Top 5th of class, 1390 cumulative SAT