Jennifer Lee

Editing, University of Washington, Aug. 2019

Front-End Development, University of Washington, Oct. 2019-present (in progress)

• Practicum Project for UW Editing Certificate Program 2019

  Developmental, structural and line edit on "Muddying the Waters: A Wet History of Morse Mountain" by this link opens in another tabJoseph Hall, Bates College

• Curriculum developer, R&D Team

  this link opens in another tabYBM EDU; Seoul, S. Korea 8/2015-4/2018
  Major English education/publishing company affiliated with well-known businesses such as CNN, Cartoon Network and National Geographic

  • Created, designed and made content for workbooks and supplementary material for children's English academy courses using InDesign

  • Edit, proofread, redesign, research and recheck curriculum made by past developers and current team members

• Executive Editor

  The English Connection; S. Korea 10/2014-10/2016:
  Copy edit, proofread and advise with final design layout, photography and content for quarterly publication of KOTESOL (Korea Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)

• Copyeditor, English Advisor

  The Gangneung-Wonju Herald; S. Korea 2014:
  Copy edited articles and advised editor in chief with student-run university publication

• Features Editor

  burntOrange; Austin, TX 2006-2007:
  Developmental/copy-edited articles in student-run magazine publication in UT Journalism department

• Section/Layout Editor

  The Bates Student; Lewiston, ME 2004-2005:
  Designed the Arts and Entertainment section for a student-run college newspaper

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• Marketing Intern

  this link opens in another tabNorthwest Film Forum; Seattle, WA 10/2018-6/2019:
  Update, add, change Facebook event page and its website (using Wordpress) and did grassroots outreach at a nonprofit that supports the local film community and encourages discourse through movie screenings and public performance shows

• Contractor

  Microsoft; Redmond, WA 2/2008-6/2009:
  Live Search/Bing Team: Improved MS's search engine and algorithm by rating search queries, tagging location information and updating business listings

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• Contributing Writer

  this link opens in another tabInternational Examiner; Seattle, WA 8/2018-present:
  Film critic, book reviewer, profile writer, and interviewer for independent, nonprofit newspaper serving the Asian American/Pacific Islander community in the PNW; 20,000 readers

• Book Reviewer

  Kirkus Reviews; 3/2019-present:
  Reviews self-published books for major book review company

• Editorial Intern

  Texas Monthly, Texas Banking, Texas Highways; Austin, TX 2006-2007

  • Wrote features and profile articles, short pieces for department sections, conducted interviews

  • Researched, fact-checked, transcribed interviews, suggested story ideas, proofread copy

• Section/Layout Editor

  The Bates Student; Bates College, Lewiston, ME 2002-2005:
  Designed paged for the Arts and Entertainment section after writing as a staff writer for two years

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• Tutor

  this link opens in another tabC2 Education; Redmond and Woodinville, WA 11/2018-present:
  Math/English for elementary school students; SAT Reading/Writing; ACT Reading/English; ISEE/SSAT; CogAT/ITBS

• Tutor

  Sylvan Learning; Kirkland, WA 6/2018-10-2018:
  Tutoring elementary and middle school students math and language arts using Sylvan's curriculum program

• Curriculum Developer

  YBM EDU; Seoul, S. Korea 8/2015-4/2018
  Major English education/publishing company affiliated with well-known business such as CNN, Cartoon Network and National Geographic

  • Managed multiple deadlines for projects and observed classes to rate effectiveness of curriculum

  • Master of ceremonies at yearly speech festival for Preschool Academy (PSA)

• Visiting Professor

  this link opens in another tabGangneung-Wonju National University; Gangneung, S. Korea 8/2013-8/2015
  Public university located in the coastal city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province; one of five teachers in the Global English Program under the university's Foreign Language Institute Department; taught graded courses on English grammar and conversation to university students

  • Created/developed lesson plans to fulfill 30-hour teaching work week, including 4-5 week-long English camps in winter/summer

  • Taught, mentored and advised university students through academic and extracurricular classes/activities

  • Judged speech and writing contests for university students

• Guest English Teacher

  Gangwon Province Board of Education; this link opens in another tabSamcheok; S. Korea 8/2010-8/2013
  Taught English conversation in the Korean public school system (elementary school 1.5 years, boys middle school 1 year, boys high school 2 years)

  Created lesson plans for English conversation instruction and taught students from elementary to high school

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Bookseller

Barnes & Noble; Bellevue, WA 9/2018-6/2019

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• Korean (intermediate)

• Spanish (intermediate reading understanding)

• InDesign

• Basic Photoshop

• HTML, CSS

• Mac, PC proficient

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this link opens in another tabThe University of Texas at Austin

Journalism, MA, 2007
Master's thesis: Examined the life and death cycle of magazines by studying Austin's free publications

this link opens in another tabBates College

History, BA, 2005
Senior thesis: Evaluated how The New York Times reported the Holocaust from 1933-1945

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