John Meyer Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, MI, US

Grand Rapids, MI, US

Grand Rapids, MI, US

• Helped engage students and ease teachers' jobs by developing 4468 slides for middle school teachers in 94 charter schools.
• Optimized how to input 224 reading assessments for K-2, reducing the process from 50 minutes per assessment to 15.
• Ended confusion among K-12 teachers about text locations by compiling links to 1480 digital texts in a single document.
• Aligned 827 lesson plans with Indiana's new educational standards, ensuring accuracy and uniformity.
• Prepared participants for Leadership Summit 2024 by organizing, printing, and mailing thousands of documents.
• Helped teachers learn how to give assessments with a spreadsheet giving them login info to test accounts.

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• Communicated concerns and pitched improvements to fellow pages during renovations to maintain efficiency.
• Kept library operating smoothly by quickly learning how to shelve books, check books in, and assist patrons.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Identified, marked and corrected 300 to 400 spelling, grammar, style and composition errors weekly.
• Fact-checked 10 to 12 articles weekly and ensured consistent typography.
• Communicated clearly and timely to authors and other Chimes editors about edits to their copy.
• Mastered Associated Press (AP) style manual guidelines.
• Wrote in-house guides on search engine optimization (SEO) and copy editing, formalizing copy editor responsibilities.

• Met deadlines for writing more than 30,000 words of website content and uploading more than 10,000 files.
• Learned from a writer with over 30 years of professional writing experience through back-and-forth writing and revision.
• Wrote and fact-checked the finding aids for the Albertus and Dirk Van Raalte collections.
• Mastered digital technology like Archon, Adobe Acrobat and Bepress Digital Commons with speed and efficiency.
• Wrote, co-wrote, developmentally edited and copyedited blog posts for Origins Online and pages for a forthcoming website.
• Collaborated frequently with 1 to 4 other employees to discuss next steps in writing the website and understanding Bepress.

Walden, New York, US

• Furthered Plough's marketing efforts by submitting a proposal with three other interns on how Plough might use TikTok, Instagram, or Reddit to reach a bigger audience.
• Adapted to Plough's fast-paced workflow and unique culture while working independently or collaboratively on assignments.
• Trained by industry experts on developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, fact-checking and translation.
• Wrote 10 Instagram posts, drawing traffic to Plough's website.
• Mastered Plough's company style manual.
• Published post-internship a developmentally edited article, a translated article and several social media pieces.

Zeeland, MI, US

• Inspected, assembled and packaged parts for Ventura Manufacturing.
• Doubled the rate of part inspection from 150 parts per hour to over 300 parts per hour while maintaining quality control.
• Learned how to manage a variety of work responsibilities, including training newcomers on site.

• Worked two summers for various crews to restore over 250 elementary, middle, and high school gymnasium floors, often taking the initiative on site to parcel out work between myself and my coworkers to get results.
• Mastered the use of difficult equipment and techniques within two weeks through observation, imitation and experimentation.
• Handled any problems that came up personally, yet obedient to crew leader and supervisor authority.