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OBJECTIVE: ASSISTANT EDITOR/RESEARCHER

WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Editor, Confidential,
December 2009 to present

  • Manage the slush pile, type and mail rejection letters, process subscriptions, manuscript editing, handle bank deposits, filing, other clerical work as needed

Intern Confidential,
July 2009 to May 2010

  • Assist the Night Manager by tidying the theater and lobby, manning the box office and concession stand, as well as answering phones and clerical work as needed

Stadium Vendor, Confidential,
Summer 2008-2010

  • Carrying substantial weight on shoulders, sold concessions to customers in the stands; handled money, calculated sums and made change on the spot, without a calculator

Archivist, W&L student newspaper, “The Trident,” 2007

WRITING EXPERIENCE
Co-writer: three original feature-length comedy screenplays:

  • Men of Action: Winner of Bronze Remi Award at the Houston International Film Festival, 2007
  • More Action, More Men!
  • Prison Action (No, Not that Kind of Action)

Writer: two short comedy screenplays:

  • LaZer Rock
  • Slash Dashing and the Robot from the Future

The George A. Mahan Award in Creative Writing: Sophomore Prose Prize

ACTIVITIES

Actor, W&L Theater Department One-Act Plays, 2007, 2009

    • Performed the role of Raphael Lemkin in “The G Word”

Cameraman, “A Week in General,” W&L’s own TV news show,2008

  • In a group, developed plans and ideas for news packages, as well as interviewed candidates
  • Helped to edit filmed content into a 1 ½ minute package

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts cum laude, GPA 3.476, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, June 2009, Major in European History, Major GPA 3.8, with 24 credits in English Literature
Classes of interest:


  • Advanced Creative Writing
  • Advanced Seminar: Fantasy in Untamed Nature
  • Shakespeare
  • Chivalric Literature
  • The Middle Ages: 325-1199
  • Germany, 1815-1914
  • Fantasy Literature
  • International Relations: 1919-1989, Europe
  • The Italian Renaissance
  • Social Psychology
  • Women’s Studies
    • Astronomy

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