Tiffany Tyer

Experience

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  University Writing Center, Texas A&M University

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

  Writing Consultant

  Tutored college undergraduate and graduate students seeking assistance on writing assignmentsMotivated students to develop their own writing skills while providing encouragement during the process.Demonstrated leadership qualities during tutoring sessions by directing the sessions but allowing the student to realize his own writing abilitiesWorked in an exceptional environment that enabled the development of not only the students, but also the employees

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  CNN Headline News

  Jun 2005 - Jul 2005

  Intern

  Observed and worked alongside producers, directors, writers, and editors at work at this fast-paced, 24-hour world-renowned news networkAcquired skills in newswriting through much guided practice by skilled professionalsWrote and edited news storiesTrained in INews and Media Source and used the programs to locate video footage and news wires for storiesPrepared and conducted interviews for news storiesGained anchoring experience and made an anchor tapeOperated teleprompter and floor directed on the setLogged tapes Show less

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  Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

  Jan 2006 - May 2006

  Writing Assistant

  Wrote news briefs and feature articles for press releases and Mays Business Online newsletterCopy-edited writing for others in the communications officeResearched individuals and business topics to gain background knowledge for writingInterviewed business professors and alumni professionals

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  Fairlight Pictures

  Aug 2006 - Jan 2007

  Production Assistant

  Worked as sole assistant to owner Melanie Fairlight to organize and procure additional staff and projectsWrote promotional material for this start-up film companySupervised, reviewed, and developed scripts for current project and potential future projectsMastered Final Draft scriptwriting program

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  FYI Television

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Station Coordinator

  Built and maintained a Master List compiled of over 5,000 TV news stations across the U.S.Wrote letters for a wide e-mail campaign sent to cable companies around the countryOrganized 8,500 incoming schedules, updates, and programming information from TV news stations and ensured that they were all smoothly routed to the appropriate editor

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  White Settlement ISD

  Aug 2008 - Jul 2012

  8th grade teacher

  Facilitated student learning in the areas of science, English language arts, and Spanish with a focus on building writing skillsDevised lesson plans aimed to increase higher level thinking.

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  Christ Chapel Bible Church

  Jun 2012 - now

  Manage The Perk Coffee Shop, an outreach ministry, along with a staff of eight at Christ ChapelServe as vocalist on the contemporary worship teamWrote and edited the monthly publication The -ology

  • Coffee Shop Manager

    May 2012 - now

  • Coffee Shop Manager

    May 2012 - now

  • Manager

    Jun 2012 - now
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  Macmillan

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2017

  Freelance Writer

  Research current book topics and reading trendsWrite relevant articles for Heroes and Heartbreakers blog Coordinate with authors and editors to obtain advanced reading copies and publishing information

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  Penguin Random House

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Featured Contributor

  Write two weekly columns for Romance at Random blog: Shipping News and Trope TalkInterview authors about current releases and industry trendsContribute fresh, creative content in a primary role to further the blog's continued growth

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  Freelance Publishing

  Nov 2015 - now

  Professional Editor, Copyeditor, and Proofreader

  Proofread, copyedit, and line and content edit manuscripts of all fiction genres and lengthsObtained Professional Sequence in Editing certification from University of California, Berkeley in July 2019

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  Entangled Publishing, LLC

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2017

  Proofreader

  Proofread manuscripts of all fiction genres and lengthsWorked as editorial assistant to Editorial Director Candace Havens and Senior Editor Karen Grove Managed other Entangled interns by coordinating assignments, summarizing reports, and organizing manuscript submission website Submittable Engaged in editing classes and built skills through assignments and feedback