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WEB DESIGN/PUBLICATION PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

Web Assistant, Jenkins Law Library (Philadelphia, PA) August 2003 - Present

• Update and maintain Jenkinslaw.org Web content
• Receive and execute staff requests for Web site updates
• Assist in the ongoing maintenance of Jenkins' Intranet
• Develop and implement online marketing strategies for Jenkins' palawlibrary.com
• Assist in conceptualizing new features and content areas for both Jenkinslaw.org and palawlibrary.com
• Update palawlibrary.com trial and law suit listings daily
• Format and proofread hundreds of legal documents that are posted on palawlibrary.com

Web Designer/Research Assistant, Webster University (St. Louis, MO) (Telecommute) October 2001-Present

• Develop Web site for Webster University's Center for Practical & Interdisciplinary Ethics
• Design promotional brochure and flyers
• Plan, organize and edit Web site and brochure content
• Learn how to develop and promote Web and print publications for specific audiences
• Research ethics centers and online ethics articles for Web site

Related Web Development Experience

• Designed, developed, and conducted research for Web-based lookism tutorial
• Constructed and designed HTML Tutorial Web site and screen-capture images for technical writing group project
• Developed a six-page career development HTML Web site
• Designed online help system using RoboHelp
• Composed an intranet site using Microsoft Office Professional Suite 2000
• Created a Front Page Web using themes

Related Desktop Publishing Experience

• Produced advertisements, brochures, newsletters, menus, order forms two ten-page publications for Desktop Publishing course, View Portfolio

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WRITING, EDITING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

E-ternship (Virtual Internship) Director/Managing Editor, HelpGram, Inc. (Internet- based: HelpGram.com) 08/02-02/03

• Managed e-ternship (virtual internship) program by recruiting and supervising e-tern staff of writers and editors and by planning and developing all aspects of the e-ternship program
• Set production goals
• Created e-tern (virtual intern) job descriptions to meet specific production goals
• Wrote all instructional content for e-tern training Web sites
• Constructed the basic HTML layout of all e-tern training Web pages
• Developed HelpGram topics for writers and editors
• Generated and implemented business and editorial plans
• Wrote and edited HelpGrams (information e-cards)
• Researched information to be included in HelpGrams
• Assisted in designing plans to recruit HelpGram reviewers

Assistant E-ternship Director/Editor, HelpGram, Inc. (Internet-based: HelpGram.com)
06/02-08/02

• Wrote and edited HelpGrams
• Researched information to be included in HelpGrams
• Generated ideas for new HelpGrams
• Assisted E-ternship Director in supervising e-tern staff
• Assisted in recruiting reviewers by researching various online newsgroups and forums
• Maintained and updated Web site content
• Performed miscellaneous administrative duties as requested
  

Writing Coach Webster University (St. Louis, MO) March 2002-June 2002

• Analyzed student essays for focus, development, organization, syntax, clarity, consistency, grammar and mechanics
• Suggested substantive, grammatical, and mechanical revisions to students' papers
• Helped students write essays that conformed to style manual conventions
• Tutored numerous international students

• Researched and compiled extensive workforce development literature and statistical data for the 21st Century Economy Task Force
• Solicited workforce development literature from numerous local colleges and nonprofit organizations
• Facilitated group meeting with the 21st Century Economy Task Force by taking notes that were distributed to task force members at subsequent meetings

Related Writing, Editing & Research Experience

• Edited essays, short stories, and technical documents for writing courses
• Conducted book, journal, and online research for Web development projects and for social science papers
• Composed creative copy for Web sites
• Wrote articles for student newspapers
• Developed instructions, reports, and tutorials for technical writing class
• Performed numerous in-depth interviews for sociology projects
• Wrote fifty-page oral history research narrative
• Completed a twenty-three-page research paper for gender course
• Composed numerous interpretive, analytical papers for various courses

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OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Glassware Washer, Merck & Co., Inc. (West Point, PA) January 1999-December 1999
Service Worker, Merck & Co., Inc. (West Point, PA) March 1996-December 1998

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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Communications & Development Committee Volunteer, YWCA (Marietta, Georgia) (Telecommute) 08/02-10/02

• Assisted in preparing communications' materials

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HONORS

• Magna Cum Laude Graduation Honors
• Recipient of Webster University's 2002 Spring I Semester Outstanding Student Employee Award
• Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Member
• Recipient of Webster University's Phi Theta Kappa Undergraduate Scholarship
• Who's Who Among Students In American Junior Colleges

• Black Americans in Publishing

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