Assistant Content

Mary A. Smith

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Providence, RI 02909 *********@*****.***

Work Experience

**/**-*******: Communications Coordinator, Serve Rhode Island, Providence, RI

Manage website content development project for non-profit; writing and editing content using

Emacs. Continue to write weekly articles for 21 Rhode Island publications.

07/09-07/10 Public Relations AmeriCorps VISTA, Serve Rhode Island, Providence, RI

Work with the executive director to promote volunteerism across the state of Rhode Island

through outreach, social networking and print media. Write and edit a weekly column that is

printed in over 21 Rhode Island publications, as well as press releases. Coordinate membership

fundraiser, raising over $10,000.

12/07-12/08 Editor in Chief of The Independent Scribe, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Co-founder and editor of student run University publication for two semesters. Direct

writing committees and manage production of student content. Edit academic essays

according to the MLA style-guide as well as poetry and creative writing. Copyedit the

publication using InDesign.

01/08-12/08 Teaching Assistant, URI Department of Philosophy, Kingston, RI

Edit and grade honor student work; provide weekly tutoring for up to 60 undergraduate students.

02/06-12/08 Office Assistant, URI Department of English, Kingston, RI

Freelance Publications

Pawtucket Times, Present

Attend meetings and contribute weekly budget reports on City Council and School Committee

news.

Options Magazine, April 2010

Contributed front page article, “Hacking Gender Identity”

KidoInfo.com, March 2009-April 2010

Contribute 12+ shop, restaurant and children’s book reviews.

Research and Innovation, 2009-2010

Write eleven articles about various University of Rhode Island research projects in disciplines ranging

from oncology to business administration for yearly alumni publication.

Technical Skills

Microsoft Word and Excel, AP and MLA Style, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Basic HTML,

Emacs, Content Management Systems

Education

University of Rhode Island, December 2008, B.A. Magna Cum Laude, English Literature and

Philosophy

Honors Thesis "Postmodernism & Paradise Lost: Reconsidering Knowledge, Politics and Literature"

Leeds University Fall Term 2006, English Literature and Ethics

Certification of Completion for Grant Writing (URI, 2010)

Creative Writing Workshop with Chris Cleave (URI, 2007)

Honors

1st Place, Rumowicz Maritime Essay Contest (URI, Spring 2008)

2st Place, University of Rhode Island Critical Essay Contest (Spring 2008)

Nancy Potter Scholarship Award for Excellence in English Studies (URI, Spring 2008)

Dana Shugar Memorial Scholarship Award to female for Excellence in English Studies (Spring 2008)

Kaumf Award Research Grant for Proposed Research Study in the Humanities (Fall 2007)

American Programs International (API) Merit Scholarship (Spring 2006)

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