James Kallenbrum

610-***-**** ad1f5n@r.postjobfree.com PORTFOLIO PLACEHOLDER

Professional Skills:

● Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint

● Google Apps including Docs, Sheets, Slides.

● Windows and Mac operating systems

● Written styles including narrative and fiction

● MLA writing guidelines

● Member of the International Association of

Professional Writers & Editors (IAPWE), as

of Aug. 21st 2023

● Intermediate fluency in conversational

French

● Experience using WordPress

● Experience with using Slack

● Experience with using Monday.com

Education:

Champlain College, Burlington, VT Graduated May, 2023 Bachelor of Science Degree in Professional Writing Specialization in Creative Writing and Literature Copyeditor (Independent Contractor) Cyber5W, Burlington, VT Sept. 2021 to Present

● Cyber-security company, editing Word/PowerPoint documents of 20-to-100 pages / 10-to-50 slides long.

● Corrected for grammar, syntax, and word-choice adapting for lay audiences.

● Documents and PowerPoint presentations would later be used to train new cyber-security specialists.

● Independent research of cybersecurity to ensure documents contained correct technical information.

● Completed each assignment at twice the pace expected.

● Work outcomes were highly valued and was asked to edit text for the company's official website. Technical Writer (Marketing Auxiliary) Leahy Center, Burlington, VT Sept. 12, 2022 to May, 3 2023

• Cyber-security company, technical writer for the marketing team.

• Wrote, edited, published 14 blog-posts and articles for LC website.

• Published articles on WordPress.

• Coordinated with team-members using Slack and Monday.com. Store Associate (Hardware) The Home Depot, Frazer, PA Nov. 7, 2023 to Nov. 21, 2023

• Manual Labor.

• Customer Service.

• Product and merchandize organization.

Introduction to Marketing Final Presentation Jan. 2021 to May 2021

● Collaborated with three other students with a goal to conduct research on a particular corporation.

● Designed and presented a hypothetical marketing plan.

● Experience in creating: Company Descriptions, Company Analyses, and Customer Analyses. Reading and Writing Fiction Portfolio Jan. 2021 to May 2021

● Developed a portfolio of work over the course of the semester from weekly writing prompts.

● Created short stories from a list of out-of-context images.

● Planned out narrative of a story using a real news-headline as inspiration for a creative nonfiction story.

● Wrote out a scene using only one-syllable words.

● Constructed dialogue between two characters such that reader knows who they are without exposition. Writing Apprentice Judith Donato Productions, Wayne, PA May 2019 to June 2019

● Connected with Judith Donato weekly to discuss and debrief previous week’s writing.

● Received feedback and thematic suggestions to improve content.

● Worked independently on manuscript, using Judith’s feedback to make improvements.

● Goal was to create publishable content at the culmination of the internship. Independent Work Sept. 2014 to Present

● Ten years of near-constant practice writing fictional narratives. Published Works

● N/A

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