Creative Writing Part-Time
Resume:
Bruce Tête
New Orleans, LA 504-***-**** *****.*****@*********.***
EDUCATION
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette
English with a Concentration in Creative Writing Anticipated Graduation May 2026 GPA: 4.00
Honors/Affiliations: President’s List 2022-present, TOPS Honors Scholarship, Cypress Scholarship, Thibodeaux Scholarship, Philosophy Club Chief of Staff, Certificate of Artistry: Creative Writing, Scholastic Silver Key Writing Award, Live Oak Leadership Seminar, DELF 1 Award in French Studies WORK EXPERIENCE
Creative Writing Teacher Lafayette, LA
Bridge Ministry September 2024 - Present
● Worked part-time teaching low-income 6th grade students creative writing, as well as advanced lessons on sentence structure, grammar, syntax, poetics, and various other principles of writing.
● Created my own curriculum, lesson plans, and writing exercises.
● Established an atmosphere of trust and openness, deescalated student conflicts, and disciplined misbehavior. Journalist Lafayette, LA
Student Publications: The Vermilion 2023 - 2024
● Conducted interviews with professors, administrators, students, and deans across multiple departments.
● Researched and wrote articles independently under tight turnaround conditions, meeting all deadlines.
● Met with staff during weekly meetings to edit and revise the newspaper before being published. Camp Counselor New Orleans, LA
Live Oak Wilderness Camp 2018 - Present
● Volunteered as a Counselor in Training for three years, prepared food for 200 campers plus staff, planned and managed events, and worked as a Red Cross Certified Lifeguard.
● Worked for three years as a counselor, was responsible not only for the safety and wellbeing of 12-15 campers for two-week-long sessions but also the development of their leadership skills and values through planned activities, team work challenges, and personal connection.
● Attended monthly Leadership Seminars during the school year. Sales Representative Lafayette, LA
Vector Marketing 2022
● Sold over $10,000 worth of product to clients procured independently through networking.
● Identified customer needs; developed sales strategies and skills like persuasion, handling objection, and follow ups.
● Negotiated and closed profitable sales.
● Was selected for and attended managerial training. PROJECTS
In Shadow: Senior Project New Orleans, LA
Willow Charter School 2021-2022
● Spent an entire school year working on a cumulative project, used all of the writing skills and literary knowledge accumulated in a four year writing program.
● Constructed a fictional history of a continent as well as its dominant cultures, religions, and political factions.
● Researched history, mythology, biology, and basic astrophysics to build a believable world.
● Project was reviewed and critiqued by a panel of judges, who then issued me a Certificate of Artistry in Creative Writing
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Technical: Fiction Writing, Adobe Indesign, Journalism, Interviewing, Research, Customer Service, Illustration Languages: Fluent in French, English
Certifications: Louisiana Certificate of Artistry in Creative Writing, CPR Certified, Red Cross Certified Lifeguard Volunteering: Volunteered as a Coach in Training at Live Oak Wilderness Camp for three consecutive years
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