Freelance Writer Program Assistant
Resume:
CV
Sarah Lawrence
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Education:
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Class of 2018
High Honors in English with a Sub-Concentration in Creative Writing History Minor
GPA: 3.84 out of 4
Sept. 2014-Apr. 2018
Graduated with Distinction, April 2018
Work Experience:
Item Writer I/II
American Institutes for Research/Cambium Assessment Washington, District of Columbia
October 2019-present
I was employed to write stories, poems, articles, plays, and questions to correspond with said literature for standardized English language arts testing. My position required the ability to move quickly between projects with vastly different needs, as well to meet tight deadlines. Further responsibilities included reading literature to find testable passages, training new colleagues in both writing and software-use, working with the copyright team and publishers, and editing passages and tests written by colleagues. Employee of the Month, February 2021
Promoted to Item Writer II, March 2021
Spot Award for writing, May 2021
Bilingual Preschool Teacher
BMSL Flyinge
Flyinge, Sweden
August 2018-June 2019
I worked with a class of 44 students, aged one to six, teaching the Swedish preschool curriculum in addition to teaching English. Further responsibilities included writing children’s books so that the school might have more material in English, developing ties between the school and the local retirement home, and working as the head of gender pedagogy, i.e. ensuring gender equality and neutrality within the school.
Bookseller/Assistant Supervisor of Regalia
Barnes & Noble
Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 2017-July 2018
I served as a customer service representative at the University of Michigan Bookstore, working as a cashier and bookseller, responsible for training and overseeing new hires in the customer service department, overseeing sales, answering the phone, stocking, keeping the sales floor organized, and managing sales of regalia.
Stacks Assistant
University of Michigan Libraries
Ann Arbor, Michigan
May-August 2016
I was responsible for maintaining the stacks at Hatcher Graduate and Shapiro Undergraduate Libraries at the University of Michigan. Further duties included sorting and shelving books, shelf reading, ranging, call slip searching, and assisting with stacks projects.
Undergraduate Consultant/Program Assistant
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
July- August 2015
I participated in ELI/CRLT 994, a prospective graduate student instructor course in language and pedagogy, sponsored by the college of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan, employed for practice teaching sessions and providing feedback to instructors. Nanny
Ann Arbor, Michigan
June-July 2013, August 2014
I babysat for a Swedish family, taking care of an 18 month-old girl and her 7 year-old brother. In charge of cooking, cleaning up after the children, taking them to the park, etc. Speaking only Swedish.
Writing Experience:
Undergraduate Thesis 2018
One of fifteen students to be accepted into the Creative Writing Sub- Concentration for English Majors at the University of Michigan Completed eighty pages of polished short fiction
Gave a public reading of an excerpt from my story, “The Longest Day of the Year”
Furrow Magazine Spring 2018
Short fiction published in UW-Milwaukee’s Literary Journal
“Light Your White Candles”
Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Contest 2018
One of eight finalists in the drama category
In 2009 they killed a man
Awakened Voices Literary Magazine Issue 6
Poem published in the May 2018 issue
“I will.”
Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Contest 2017
Runner-up for the Dennis McIntyre Prize
Coming to the Surface
A Night of Plays 2016
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Collection of one act plays written and performed by University students Worked as a playwright and actor
Strangers
Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Contest 2015
One of eight finalists in the drama category
Flowers for a Ghost
Kungsholmen Drama Day 2013
Kungsholmen Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden
Worked as a playwright, casting director, stage hand and actor for a One-Act Play festival.
Best Script Award
Flowers for a Ghost
Full Circle: Huron High School Literary Magazine 2012 Ann Arbor, Michigan
One short story, two poems, and a photo published in Full Circle Awards and Accomplishments:
Phi Beta Kappa
Invitation received and accepted in February, 2018 University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and the Art University, Non-Degree Honors
Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Fall 2015, and Fall 2016
University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and the Arts Additional Skills:
Swedish Language
Fluent, mother-tongue, excellent speaking and listening skills
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