Copy Editor, Designer, Writer

EMILY

GIST

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Copy Editing/Fact Checking

Proofreading

Interview Conducting

AP Style

SKILLS

LITERACY ACTION COOKBOOK

I collaborated with a team to compile recipes, proofread recipes, and design a cookbook for my technical writing class. We collaborated with Literacy Action of Central Arkansas and the cookbook was printed and sold.

PROJECTS

I am a creative professional with in-depth experience with the Adobe suite of programs. I am proficient in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. I am also proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of programs. I have vast writing experience including content writing and copywriting and am knowledgeable about SEO and using keywords in my writing. I am detail oriented, deadline driven, and technically savvy. I seek a creative role within a stable business.

Online Portfolio: prosebeyondborders.wordpress.com

PROFILE

COPY EDITOR/PAGE DESIGNER

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Little Rock, AR Nov. 2020 – Present

I started by copy editing the news section for grammatical and factual errors. My duties soon expanded to editing the various style sections using AP style and an in-house style guide. My secondary duties involved designing various style sections of the newspaper. My job involved:

Editing and proofreading content for the print and online publication of the newspaper

Using Adobe InDesign to design various style sections of the newspaper as needed using knowledge of typography and white space

Training another editor on my duties while I covered for other sections while other designers were on vacation

GRANTS MANAGER

City of Hope Outreach Conway, AR Jun. 2020 – Jan. 2022

I collaborated with the director and founder of CoHO, a nonprofit organization that works directly with homeless individuals and low-income communities. My job involved:

Researching and writing proposals tailored to specific CoHO Initiatives

Interviewing initiative experts and creating grant budgets

Establishing working relationships and rapport with grant donors

Organizing a work calendar and tracking grant proposals using Microsoft Office Suite of programs (i.e. Word and Excel)

LAYOUT EDITOR

The Vortex Literary Magazine Conway, AR Aug. 2019 – May 2020

Staff praised my designs for their crisp delivery and innovative approach and the designs brought traffic to the Vortex website. The three editions (fall online, spring online, and print) experimented with unique concepts which highlighted the diversity of the literary magazine. My job involved:

Using Adobe InDesign and Illustrator to create compelling cover designs and design between 100-250 pages of print and online content

Exporting the literary magazine designs and publishing them online using Issuu

WORK EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

University of Central Arkansas / Conway, Arkansas

GPA: 3.975 (4.0 in all major and minor classes)

Major: Creative Writing

Minors: Journalism, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies

2016 – 2020

ACMA (Arkansas College Media Association) Awards: 3 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, honorable mention

Presidential Scholar (4.0 gpa): fall 2016, fall and spring 2017, fall and spring 2018, fall 2019

Dean’s List (3.5 gpa): Spring 2016

Vortex publications: nonfiction, poetry, and photography

The Echo publications

Alpha Chi (Top 10% of juniors and seniors)

UCA Schedler Honors College mentor

AWARDS/HONORS

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Echo Newspaper Conway, AR Dec. 2018 – May 2019

I oversaw newspaper production alongside the Editor-in-Chief and we scrutinized every detail of the paper down to the last pica. Our collaboration improved the newspaper’s efficiency and accuracy as we effectively delegated tasks. Other tasks included:

Communicating information related to the paper with campus community members

Editing and fact-checking the entirety of the newspaper three times during production night

Leading and directing team members during production week

EDITORIAL CARTOONIST

The Echo Newspaper Conway, AR Jan. 2018 – May 2018

I drew the weekly editorial cartoon for the opinion section and based the cartoon on one or a combination of many opinion articles written for the opinion section. My duties involved:

Designing/drawing the weekly editorial cartoon for the opinion section

Exporting the drawing into a digital file for placement on the page

OPINION EDITOR

The Echo Newspaper Conway, AR Dec. 2017 – Nov. 2018

I designed the opinion section and wrote editorials that spurred debate and earned The Echo multiple awards. My job duties involved:

Designing the opinion section using InDesign (I spearheaded a redesign of the section using Adobe InDesign’s advanced text wrap options and headshots.)

Researching local and national news and writing a weekly editorial column

Proofreading and fact checking opinion articles

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