Resume

Syd­ney Jennings
Willi­man­tic, CT • (860) 866‑8919 • sjennings712@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut, Storrs, CT
Jour­nal­ism B.A. (Decem­ber 2017)
Minor: Women’s, Gen­der, and Sex­u­al­i­ty Studies

WORK EXPERIENCE

Intern, (May 2017 — Present)
Nation­al Insti­tute for the Clin­i­cal Appli­ca­tion of Behav­ioral Med­i­cine, Storrs, CT
• Write dai­ly e‑mails to cus­tomers to high­light var­i­ous com­pa­ny programs.
• Write short nar­ra­tions for week­ly online sub­scrip­tion program.
• Track e‑mail and blog activ­i­ty on the site using Site Stats on Word­Press.   

Writ­ing Intern, (Sep­tem­ber 2017 — Present) 
Study Breaks Mag­a­zine, Remote
• Write week­ly online arti­cles per­tain­ing to a wide vari­ety of top­ics such as col­lege life, cul­ture and news. 

Newslet­ter Edi­tor, (Jan­u­ary 2017 — May 2017)
The Women’s Cen­ter, Storrs, CT
• Edi­tor of the UConn Women’s Cen­ter online newslet­ter, Voic­es. 
• Gath­ered arti­cles and designed the over­all lay­out using Adobe Pub­lish­er to cre­ate an engag­ing newsletter.

Stringer, (Novem­ber 2016)
Asso­ci­at­ed Press, Ver­non, CT
• Called in nation­al elec­tion results to Asso­ci­at­ed Press headquarters. 

Senior Reporter, (Sep­tem­ber 2016 — May 2017)
The Tab UConn, Storrs, CT
• Wrote three arti­cles a month for the UConn sec­tion of a nation­al online pub­li­ca­tion for col­lege students. 
• Pub­li­ca­tions includ­ed lead sto­ry on stu­dent opin­ion of the 2016 Pres­i­den­tial election. 

Stu­dent Super­vi­sor, (April 2016 — Decem­ber 2017), Stu­dent Employ­ee, (April 2015 — April 2016)
UConn Dairy Bar, Storrs, CT
• Del­e­gat­ed tasks to employ­ees by assign­ing spe­cif­ic duties to ensure a pro­duc­tive shift.
• Trained new employ­ees each semes­ter to facil­i­tate in a smooth transition.

ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTEER WORK

Mem­ber, (Sep­tem­ber 2014 — May 2017) 
Pi Beta Phi, Pan­hel­lenic Soror­i­ty, Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut, Storrs, CT
• Par­tic­i­pat­ed in week­ly chap­ter meet­ings and pro­mot­ed phil­an­thropy events via social media. 

Mem­ber, (Fall 2015 — Spring 2016)
BRAVE Lead­er­ship Club, Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut, Storrs, CT
• Focused on rais­ing aware­ness and finances for a dif­fer­ent com­mu­ni­ty ser­vice issue each semester. 

Vol­un­teer, (Jan­u­ary 2015)
Brain Injury Asso­ci­a­tion of Con­necti­cut, Wind­sor, CT
• Cre­at­ed fly­ers and spread­sheets for week­ly sup­port group meetings. 
• Called donors via phone for pledges. 

SKILLS

Com­put­er: Pro­fi­cient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Pow­er­Point, Pub­lish­er, Out­look; Adobe Audi­tion, Pre­miere, Pho­to­shop, Bridge, and Storify
Social Media: Expert use of Face­book, Twit­ter, Insta­gram, LinkedIn, and WordPress