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Rhian R. Sasseen

Smith College Box **** * Chapin Way Northampton, MA

********@*****.***, ************@*****.***, 425-***-****

EDUCATION

Smith College, Northampton, MA

Major: English Language and Literature. B.A. degree expected May 2012.

Dean s List 2009-2010, 2010-2011 GPA: 3.44

Honors:

2011 Nominated and chosen to present at annual Smith Elects the World conference on

Literature in the Time of Social Media: Continuing a Digital Presence at Ploughshares.

2009 Smith College Eleanor Cederstrom Poetry Prize.

2008 The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Young Arts Program:

Finalist and Lin E. Arison Endowment Silver Award Winner in Writing (Short Story).

Skills: Basic CSS/HTML; familiar with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign; adept at

Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Wordpress.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Editorial Intern and Reader at The Common September 2011 December 2011

- Collected author data, staffed literary events, updated Tumblr account, wrote November

newsletter, and read fiction and creative non-fiction submissions at The Common, a

literary journal based out of Amherst, MA.

Summer Editorial Intern at Ploughshares June 2011 August 2011

- Sorted and organized slush pile s thousands of nationally and internationally-submitted

stories, essays, and poems for Ploughshares various editors and selection staff members.

- Reformatted official Ploughshares blog, later using this HTML experience to code back

issues for eBook and Kindle distribution.

- Updated official Ploughshares Facebook, Twitter, and Wordpress accounts frequently,

bringing in over 700 new Facebook fans; aided in creation of official Tumblr and single-

handedly brought in 100+ new followers within two weeks of its creation, generating

interest in a previously untapped younger demographic.

Copy Editor and Staff Writer for The Sophian, September 2010 - Present

Smith s weekly newspaper.

- Copyedited weekly submissions, attended weekly editorial meetings, and wrote for the

news and opinion sections.

2011 2012 Editor-in-Chief and Founding Member of September 2010 - Present

Quick Brown Fox, the Five College Literary Journal

- Publicized and gathered submissions from both the Smith College and Five College

writing communities for our inaugural and second issues.

- Used social media to create and publicize all-college readings and events in an effort to

create community amongst the various colleges writing communities.

Smith College Financial Services Student Worker September 2010 Present

- Copied, organized, and filed time-sensitive data concerning the financial needs of Smith

College students, prospective students, and alumnae.

- Trained fellow student workers in the office tasks.

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