Jeffrey Reese
Austin, TX *****
*****.****@*****.***
WRITING AND EDITING EXPERIENCE:
Reporter for San Antonio College newspaper, The Ranger 2008-2009
Page designer for The Ranger, 2008
Copy editor for The Ranger, 2009
Sports content editor/staff reporter for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi newspaper, Island Waves, 2001-2006
Visual editor for The Borgen Project, 2013-2014
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM AWARDS:
Texas-Oklahoma two-year and four-year college region (Region 8) publication and individual awards:
2010 publication: Ranger Online named Best Affiliate Site
2010 publication: The Ranger named second in overall general excellence
2009 publication: The Ranger print version named second place non-daily publication
2009 publication: The Ranger online named second place non-daily publication
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s Degree, English, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, spring 2005
Associate’s Degree, Journalism, San Antonio College, spring 2009
WORK EXPERIENCE:
May 2009-present: Pearson
Position: Scorer/scoring supervisor
Helping nationwide school districts with accurate student test scores both as a scorer and as a supervisor
As scorer, worked with 10 employee teams consistently ranking as fastest scoring team member at 350-550 responses/hour and scoring correctly with team at 85% to 88% rate while attending occasional team meetings to ensure accuracy
As supervisor, looked over work of teams by checking employee performance by viewing scorer speed and accuracy and looking at responses already done by scorers, giving advice based on what I see or if asked by a scorer; leading occasionally necessary meetings
March 2016- June 2017: Apple contractor
Position: Proofreader
Working with a team of 7 other proofreaders to give indirect grammar and Apple style aide to Apple customer service employees improve quality of writing in previous email communications by checking for consistency in both categories
Attending weekly team meetings to discuss general concerns and review responses done by all team members to ensure team accuracy
October 2013-November 2014: Borgen Project
Position: Visual editor
Found pictures and copy edited stories for publication helping fight against global poverty