Assistant Design

MEGAN EMILY RYAN ***** Sugar Hill n Houston, Texas 77042 n 281-***-**** n ************@*****.***

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EXPERIENCE

The Battalion, Texas A&M Student Newspaper, College Station, Texas

Managing Editor May 2010 Present

Work 40 50 hours per week, 5 days a week, as second in command to the editor in chief

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n Assist in maintaining a $1,000,000 budget

n Direct workflow in the newsroom

n Operate the copy desk

n Organize planning and budget meetings

n Lead a staff of at least five desk editors

n Edit all content

n Design or manage design of front page and inside pages

n Proof pages

n Send pages to be printed at the end of production each night

The Battalion is named No. 5 college newspaper in the nation by The Princeton Review in 2009 and 2010

City Editor May August 2010

During the summer of 2010, the positions for city editor, photo chief and managing editor were merged because of budget cuts.

n Found and assigning all news stories

n Led a weekly meeting for city reporters

n Edited stories

n Planned front page packages

n Wrote stories and coaching new reporters.

Photo/Video Chief December 2009 August 2010

Supervised staff photographers and videographers

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n Scheduled assignments

n Utilized Photoshop to prepare photos for print

n Led weekly meetings for photographers and managing equipment.

Lifestyles Desk Assistant May December 2009

Designed the lifestyles page

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Edited content

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n Wrote stories weekly.

Lifestyles Reporter January May 2009

Wrote feature stories.

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EDUCATION

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas August 2007 Present

Bachelor’s of arts degree in English with a concentration in creative writing and a minor in Psychology

Graduation: May 2011 n GPR: 3.35

SERVICE

Grace Bible Church: Nursery volunteer August 2008 Present

Assisted in childcare two Sundays a month

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SKILLS

Mac OS, Adobe InDesign CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Newswriting, Editing (AP Style), Microsoft Office

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