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My CV

Professional Experience

Northern Star - Opinion Editor

Jan 2021 - Present

  • Prepared and led opinion and editorial meetings

  • Coordinated upload schedule with other editors

  • Assigned and collaborated with team on column pitches

  • Edited content for accuracy and posted columns

  • Wrote and edited editorials 

Walgreens - Assistant Store Manager Trainee

June 2012 - May 2014

  • Managed and supervised a team of 16 employees with little supervision

  • Collaborated with upper management to achieve store metrics

  • Keyholder, traveled to multiple stores to help as needed

Kishwaukee College - Career Center Receptionist 

June 2012 - May 2014

  •  Created and ending students, staff, and community members resumes

  • Managed administrative and clerical functions in office setting with little to no supervision 

  • Designed marketing material, promotional flyers, and posters for office

DeKalb High School - Forensics Judge

  •  Evaluated and quantified competitors' interpretations

  •  Wrote critiques and advised students on areas of improvement

  •  Examined speakers' technical, verbal, and performance skills

Relevant Coursework

  • Editorial and Opinion writing (A)                                           

  • Article Writing (A)

  • Basic News Writing (A),                                    

  • Graphics of Communication (A)

  • News Writing (A)                                                                     

  • Overall GPA - 3.98

June 2012 - May 2014

Newspapers

Marguerite Duras

" A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every day and reports what she sees, someone who represents the world, the event, for others. She cannot do her work without judging what she sees."

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