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Education | Professional Experience | Associations | Affiliations and Awards | Works Published

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Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

  • Presently pursuing MA in English & Publishing, Writing/Editing concentration
  • Relevant courses: Irish Novel (lit), Manuscript Editing, Typography and Design; GPA: 4.0

McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College), Westminster, MD

  • May 2003, Bachelor of Arts degree in English (Music minor, voice concentration)

Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, PA

  • May 1999, Preparatory High School Diploma

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Production Editor, Academic Publisher, Philadelphia , PA

  • Oversaw production of multiple journals, guiding issues through production by communicating with copyeditors, typesetters, academic editors, and in-house marketing and customer service contacts
  • Directly responsible for schedules of each assigned journal issue in production, preparing bi-weekly reports with current information about each issue’s status
  • Selected by upper management for supervisory duties as needed
  • Performed in-house copyediting duties for rushed academic publications

Customer Experience Manager, Self-Publisher, Philadelphia PA

  • Conducted sales seminars on test product and in-store book signings
  • Managed small team of employees on and off site
  • Interviewed/trained qualified applicants for available positions within company
  • Served as liaison between self-publisher, North American-based chain store corporate, and chain stores
  • Quality checked and edited high-priority projects

Customer Experience Manager, Self-Publisher, Philadelphia, PA

  • Served as initial point of contact for up to 400 concurrent new, returning, high-priority, and escalated self-publishing authors; reviewed manuscript materials against company guidelines for production
  • Consistently outperformed four other representatives in efforts to meet monthly department goals of production and sales add-ons

Additional Experience:

  • Barista, Starbucks Coffee Company. Intern, Applause magazine/WHYY-TV. Commentary Editor, McDaniel College Phoenix.

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Active Member: Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association of New Jersey (former fundraising chair), Ulster American Society, Galway Society of Philadelphia, New Jersey Writers Society. Lifetime member/former Service VP: Alpha Phi Omega coeducational service fraternity. Member: Beta Alpha Chi music honor society. Honorary member: Society for Collegiate Journalists.

Awards:
Multiple Starbucks peer-granted M.U.G. (Measures of Uncommon Greatness) Award recipient. Recipient of 1999 PTA Poetry Award, Germantown Academy.

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Print | Web – News/Features | Web – Blog

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Montgomery County Ticket

March, 2009. Tab Benoit brings his quest for live music to Sellersville (Correspondent, as Tara Meacham)

March, 2009. Art for everyone at GFS Juried Craft Show (Correspondent, as Tara Meacham)

February, 2009 . Get ready for the Swamp Stomp (Correspondent, as Tara Meacham)


Web:

Tara writes consistently as the Irish American Community Examiner and LARP Examiner on Examiner.com and runs her own sponsored blog at All Paranormal. She is the hyperlocal reporter for HelloMetro’s Philadelphia site and the local blogger covering fairs, festivals, and events at CultureMob. Tara is also a featured local contributor for the Philadelphia region at Associated Content and blogs daily about local real estate for a nationally-recognized lender. Selected works:

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Top five worst Irish accents to appear on film and television – Examiner.com

How to Budget for a LARP – Examiner.com

The Polar Opposite: Debut album from songwriter John Wolf Vasquez – Associated Content

Redefining legalized prostitution in Joss Whedon’s Firefly – Associated Content

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen review – Associated Content

Vampires among us: Actual and imagined vampirism in contemporary society – Associated Content

Five Things the “Jersey Shore” Cast Could Have Learned From LARPers – Examiner.com

Animals as Christian symbols – Associated Content

Persistent stereotypes in Irish American culture – Associated Content

What to expect: Your first visit to the chiropractor – Associated Content

Top ten  hottest male Irish celebrities – Examiner.com

A guide to fulfillment and development for online text-based role players – Associated Content

Tourism and Restaurant Reviews:

Shane Candies: America’s Oldest Candy Store

Mexican Post

Independence Hall

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Blogs

The Sensitive: Diet and Exercise

New to New Jersey: Choosing a Bank

Press/Marketing:

Seventh Kingdom IGE Press Page and Release

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