Jack Sherman

Boston, MA ad38e1@r.postjobfree.com 617-***-**** LinkedIn

Summary of Qualifications:

● Experience writing for academic projects and student newspaper

● Awareness of current trending topics and following them on social media

● Curating variety of sources from across internet, verifying them for use in professional writing

● Familiarity with Excel and Powerpoint

● Ability to produce high-quality written work at supervisor’s request Education:

University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 12/2022 Bachelor of Arts: English

GPA: 3.1

Related Courses:

● Digital Culture & Composition

● Multimedia Authoring

● Advanced Nonfiction Writing

● Professional Editing

Course Projects:

Jack’s Bird Friends

● Went and edited photos of birds around Boston and wrote captions explaining bird behavior and artistic choices regarding photoshop effects for English 311 “Multimedia Authoring”

● https://jacksbirdfriends.wordpress.com/

● Video segment made with iMovie

“Read the Comments” Class Project

● Analyzed the Reddit community r/Qanoncasualties for English 312 “Digital Culture & Composition”

● Delved into intricacies of belief in QAnon and its impact on the behavior/demeanor of adherents

● Analyzed how said belief impacted relationships/families of believers and the harm/betrayal the latter felt

Related Experience:

Education Interpreter

Franklin Park Zoo Boston, MA June 2013-May 2019

● Stood by exhibits and answered question about various animal species behavior/biology

● Provided excellent interpersonal customer service to an incredibly diverse group visitors

● Won volunteer of the month multiple times and received President’s Volunteer Service Award Data Researcher

McCormack School of Government Boston, MA January 2022-present

● Researched threats to social cohesion and domestic extremism in the United States

● Curated information from a variety of sources and annotated in APA Format

● Wrote detailed compendiums on various subjects related to domestic extremism, threats to national security, and the possibility of civil unrest in the United States

● Routinely monitored Twitter/X and other social media to identify, analyze, and warn of potential threats

Sample Articles: Canadian Trucker Protests, Proud Boys, Profiling Portland Protests Sample Bulletins: Active Clubs, Chabad tunnels, Osama bin Laden-TikTok Sports Writer

The Mass Media University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA January 2021-December 2022

● Wrote articles on a variety of sports-related topics, including national (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) and student athletics at UMass Boston

● Covered both teams and individual athletes in a critical, verified manner

● Won several awards for “article of the week”

Sample Articles: MLB Lockout column, Ime Udoka, UMB Coaches’ Classic Sports Writer

PrimeTime Productions

September 2023-present

● Did much of the same sportswriting as mentioned above, this time at a startup publication

● Sample articles: Jaylen Brown, Joe Mazzulla, In-Season Tourament Skills:

Computer: PowerPoint, Excel, PhotoShop, Apple Movies, Adobe Creative Suite Reference: Madhawa Palihapitiya from UMass Boston - John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies

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