Assistant Project

Julia

O’Connor

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EXPERIENCE

nSight,

Inc.

Burlington,

MA

Editorial

Assistant

August

2012-

Present

• Proofread

and

copyedit

educational

materials

for

style,

grammar,

spelling,

and

consistency

Materials

reviewed

include

assessments,

online

courses,

and

textbooks

across

a

variety

of

content

areas

in

higher

education

•

Perform

edits

using

Chicago

Manual

of

Style,

Sixteenth

Edition,

as

well

as

project-

specific

style

guides

•

Utilize

thorough

database

and

Internet-

navigation

knowledge

to

search

for

relevant

course

content

•

Project

Coordinator

February-

September

2013

Trained

and

managed

a

team

of

10

proofreaders

responsible

for

editing

documents

for

higher-

education

courses

delivered

both

•

on-

ground

and

in

an

online

environment

across

a

variety

of

disciplines

Created

assignments

and

verified

compliance

with

project

guidelines

•

Maintained

the

schedules

of

up

to

30

subject

matter

experts

writing

course

materials

•

Performed

final

quality

assurance

checks

and

ensured

on-

time

delivery

of

documents

to

clients

•

Sarah

Colt

Productions

Brookline,

MA

Production

Assistant,

WGBH

American

Experience

February

2012

Transported

equipment

and

assisted

with

setup

of

documentary

film

sets

•

Supported

production

team

and

conveyed

individuals

to

and

from

locations

•

Raveable.com

Contributing

Writer

July-

October

2011

Researched

cities

for

hotel-

review

website

and

wrote

20

short

and

vivid

descriptions

to

be

included

on

cities’

homepages

•

Highlighted

three

attractions

per

city

based

on

target

audience,

i.e.

family

or

couple

•

English

Language

Learners

Program

Waltham,

MA

Teaching

Assistant

Summer

2011

• Assisted

a

teacher

leading

a

classroom

of

12

6-

and

7-

year

old

students

from

Spanish

and

Creole

speaking

households

Supported

below-

grade

level

students

by

teaching

them

basic

reading,

writing,

and

addition

•

University

of

Vermont

History

Review

Burlington,

VT

Editorial

Team

September

2010-

May

2011

Collaboratively

selected

papers

on

historical

topics

to

be

featured

in

annually

published

journal

•

Edited

grammar

and

mechanics

of

papers

according

to

Chicago

Manual

of

Style

•

PUBLICATIONS

inTravel

Magazine

-

“Unexpected

Bliss

in

South

Dakota”

•

http://www.intravelmag.com/intravel/inexpensive/unexpected-

bliss-

in-

south-

dakota

June

2012

Travelmag.co.uk

-

“The

Road

to

Chawton:

A

Young

Janeite’s

Pilgrimage”

•

http://travelmag.co.uk/2012/01/the-

road-

to-

chawton-

a-

young-

janeite%E2%80%99s-

pilgrimage/

January

2012

EDUCATION

University

of

Vermont

Burlington,

VT

Bachelor

of

Arts

in

English,

Minor

in

History

May

2011

Honors

and

Awards:

Phi

Beta

Kappa,

English

Departmental

Honors,

Dean’s

List

(four

semesters)

•

University

of

Kent

Canterbury,

UK

Semester

Abroad

Spring

2010

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