Victoria Newcomb
Seattle, WA
currently: Job hunting
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Myspace or Facebook (or neither)?
Facebook has surprised me with opportunities to reconnect with people I have missed. Myspace has surprised me with too much information about people I don't want to know better. LinkedIn is useful in different ways altogether, and I've been impressed with the level of professionalism I've seen. For an entirely different take on internet-togetherness, have you tried Me.dium (http://www.me.dium.com)?... 
Posted @ 11:33AM, August 27, 2008
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Work history
Author
tags:
editing
• cover design
• marketing
• writing
How would you describe your time at Freelance Work?
* Secured publishing from Hanford Mead Publishers, Inc. for novel Gathering Grace
* At publisher???s request, designed and executed cover illustration for novel
* Developed and maintains website: http://www.gatheringgracebook.com
Artist
tags:
art shows
• artist
How would you describe your time at Freelance Work?
* Painted more than 45 new works, selling more than 15 online, through connections, and in art displays
* Featured in the Samis Foundation???s display space in downtown Seattle
* January, 2005 participant in Ballard Art Walk at Lombardi???s Restaurant
Science Teacher
tags:
instructional design
• imodules
• web delivery
• training
• curriculum development
• facilitation
• eclass
• blackbaud
• interpersonal communication
How would you describe your time at Seattle Preparatory School?
* Created detailed user instructions for web-based and science laboratory processes for students and faculty
* Wrote instructional activities, presentations and assessments for classroom and online delivery
* Taught approximately 130 high school students per year in lab science courses
* Assessed, graded, and promoted students according to science department standards
* Created and maintained course-specific websites for up-to-date student and family communication
* Redesigned chemistry curriculum using backward design process, national and Washington State science standards, and Ignatian pedagogical methods
* Added technical writing component to chemistry curriculum, providing personal editing support
* Recommended students college, scholarship, and special programs
* Mentored a new laboratory science teacher
* Researched and presented on curricular and cultural practices of educational institutions, with University of Washington, Seattle University, and Seattle Preparatory School
* Facilitated small group interactions among students, faculty and staff for Catholic retreats and community-building meetings
* Broached sensitive topics with Seattle Preparatory School families whose adolescent children were in academic, emotional, physical and/or social crises, and facilitated their growth toward solutions...
Night Auditor
tags:
customer service
• learn software quickly
How would you describe your time at Residence Inn on Lake Union?
* Wrote procedural manual for Night Audit
* Provided front-desk customer services
* Learned Marriott proprietary hospitality software
Front Desk Associate
tags:
customer service
• learn software quickly
How would you describe your time at Cavanaugh's on 5th Avenue?
* Provided customer service, including check in/out, keeping a cash drawer, and scheduling reservations
Marketer and Assistant to the President
tags:
perl
• java
• html
• technical writing
• marketing
• xml
• market research
• help files
• c++
• c
How would you describe your time at TechnoTeacher?
* Wrote technical papers, help files and documentation about emerging markup-based technologies
* Reported on the market development for markup-based technologies
* Staffed trade-show booths at professional association and military conventions
* Wrote invoices and purchase orders and edited contractual correspondence
* Coordinated meetings, conferences, and demonstrations of TechnoTeacher products and innovations
* Created web presence, including writing PERL scripts to create HTML from SGML for early website
* Designed and executed product brochures and posters to promote database-level software products
* Assisted in logo development...
Web and Graphic Designer
tags:
graphic design
• css
• poster design
• web design
• html
• xml
How would you describe your time at Freelance Work?
* Designed movie posters and postcards for independent film Niche (independent film by David Horowitz)
* Designed and coded early HTML site for Hanford Mead Publishers, Inc.
* Designed and coded current HTML and CSS for www.gatheringgracebook.com and personal site, www.torreybird.com
* Direct-coded HTML and CSS to realize designs, checking and recoding for cross-platform uniformity...
NYS Certified Home Health Aide
tags:
personal care
• confidentiality
• customer service
• medical terminology
How would you describe your time at Tender Loving Care Agency?
* Provided in-home personal care: cooked meals, cleaned homes, changed dressings, bathed, fed, and monitored the health of state and private clients
Education
Curriculum and Instruction (Master of Education)
tags:
master of education
Physics
tags:
physics major
Physics
tags:
physics major
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