Assistant Service

Sarah Visser

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Education

B.A. in English Writing, Summa cum Laude May 2009

Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois GPA: 3.9/4.0

Experience

Teacher of English as a Second Language, November 2009-Present

Tarrant County College District, Arlington, Texas

Teaching students conversational English, grammar, how to edit writing and

discuss short stories. Taught Multicultural Crafts at both summer 2010

sessions of College for Kids.

Freelance Editor and Writer, Crowley, Texas September 2009-Present

Comfortable Writing and editing copy for homepages of company websites and

blogs (Corporate Business Plan Associates, Cyborg Beetle, Chicago Dance),

writing product descriptions (Giggil), and editing marketing literature

(Vidalia Media). Comfortable handling changing deadlines and following

specific instructions.

Respite Worker, Crowley Independent School District, January-August

2009

Fort Worth, Texas

Cared for a teenage boy with Cerebral Palsy.

Copyeditor, Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction, Eureka, Illinois

March-April 2009

Copyedited manuscripts for the Spring 2009 issue of Eureka Studies in

Teaching Short Fiction.

Editor, Impressions, Eureka, Illinois January-May 2009

Impressions is a student-run publication which publishes writing and art by

Eureka students and faculty. Hired three assistant editors, created

magazine layout from scratch in InDesign, solicited and chose submissions,

coordinated printing.

Communications/Research Intern, Child Trends, Washington, DC September-

December 2008

Published three staff newsletters, wrote articles for Child Indicator

newsletter, copy-edited over 300 pages, formatted Child Indicator, updated

research brief on child pregnancy, and helped compile information on child

poverty for US Senate briefing.

Technical Writer, CPMI Professional Development, February-August 2008

Germantown Hills, Illinois

Researched, edited, wrote and formatted information for study guides for

tests for insurance producers in 20 states, including researching

information for both Life and Health and Property and

Casualty pre-licensing tests.

Intern, Eureka Literary Magazine, Eureka, Illinois Fall 2007-Spring 2008

Poetry Editor in Fall 2007; Assistant Editor in Spring 2008. Read

submissions, worked alongside other interns to select pieces, copy-edited

and formatted issues in QuarkXPress and InDesign.

Peer Tutor, Writing Center, Eureka, Illinois Fall 2006-May 2008

Tutored peers to edit their own papers.

Editor, Delta Zeta Alumnae Newsletter, Eureka, Illinois Fall 2006-Fall

2007

Compiled and edited two 8-page newsletters and mailed to over 80 alumnae

from Pi Chapter of Delta Zeta. Updated contact information database of

alumnae.

Acquisitions Clerk, Melick Library, Eureka, Illinois Spring 2006-April

2008

Sent ordering information to professors; entered data on books; ordered,

created call numbers for and invoiced over 5,000 books; and wrote

instructions for workflow for new staff.

Computer Skills

. Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Publisher,

PowerPoint, Word and Works

. QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign

. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and

various blogging sites

. Basecamp, Constant Contact,

Connexion, EndNotes and Voyager

. Open Office Suite

. Type 70 WPM

Leadership and Service

. Over 300 hours of community service: Volunteered at the

International Museum in Dallas, elected and served two terms as

Student Senator; Student Representative on Academic Affairs

Committee at Eureka College for two years; did grant writing and

helped with freshman seminar classes.

. Four year active member of Pi Chapter, Delta Zeta Sorority: Served

as Secretary, Alumnae Chairman, and Head of Slate Committee.

Inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, honorary English Society.

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