Nick Wenzel
cell: 425-***-****
**** ***** **** ****** **, CA 90066 email: ****.******.*****@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain employment that allows me to work in a field that incorporates intelligence, versatility, creativity, expert
writing ability, an eye for design, and attention to detail. Organization, minor construction work, and manual dexterity
also factor strongly into my repertoire of skills.
EXPERIENCE
Head Editor at Famous Birthdays.com in Santa Monica, CA Feb 2013–Jan2014
• Edited all preexisting site data and reconfigured the whole style and format of the website’s content.
• Employed research to expand and improve the website, while also writing original content.
• Oversaw all incoming content and corrected and guided the writing staff.
Research Assistant/Archivist at Washington State Law Library May 2010-Aug 2012
• Redesigned library wing and coding system upon systematically liquidating obsolete texts.
• Maintained library stacks and all public and private legal materials, paper and digital alike.
Editor of Student Papers, The Evergreen State College Jan 2012-May 2012
Corrected grammar, punctuation, structure and other weak aspects in submitted work.
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Selected, compiled and reformatted both fictional and non-fictional work in publications.
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Academic Researcher for Professor R. Smurr, PhD Sept 2011-March 2012
In depth study of Russian physician and writer Anton Chekhov including gathering all known texts, reading
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and compiling notes, cross examining all findings and writing a summary report.
Presented my article to an academic conference for Russian and Soviet History.
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Grounds Technician for the City of Kirkland, WA April 2009-April 2010
Conducted arboreal maintenance throughout the city.
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Assisted in all irrigation projects.
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Bindery Technician and Printer’s Assistant at PrintWest Oct 2008-April 2009
Used various printing machinery to prepare outgoing packages to clients.
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Worked in the mail room sorting, filing, data entry.
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Assisted head printer in all outgoing jobs.
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EDUCATION
I graduated from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, where I received a 4.0 GPA studying French and Russian literature, and wrote short stories for the school’s literary magazine.