Kate Merchant Email & Phone Number

Grand Forks, Nd, Us

New York, New York, United States

-Interview and collect data from participants-Recruit new participants

IPN is an organization focused on connecting professional Ismailis and providing professional development to it's international members. I was tasked with establishing a consistent guidelines document for national teams to follow and ensuring consistency of written content for social media platforms and newsletters. My role also consisted of editing existing copy while maintaining format, collaborating with IPN Creative and Marketing teams to produce creative content, and researching new content to implement copywriting strategies on multiple social media platforms, and share best practices with the IPN team.

New York, New York, United States

• Encouraged kids to think critically and problem solve effectively to attain high results and meet academic benchmarks• Led the second grade team of 6-7 in intellectual preparation and lesson planning• Mentored new teachers and the team to be team players and bring rigor and joy to academics• Aligned the team to match the school vision and be whole school teachers while being beacons of excellence• Modeled in-the-moment problem solving and elevate standards through practice and critical self-reflection and analysis with a focus on best practices • Taught the #1 performing second grade class with 30 students in the school and had students grow an average of 3 reading levels by the end of the year

Greater New York City Area

• Updated approximately 600-900 records of the boutique’s inventory and communicated with Dubai Headquarters • Implemented a functional organizational system of the inventory, vault, and any pertinent records

Greater New York City Area

• Devised marketing ads, drafted and pitched sales contracts for clients, wrote and sent weekly email blasts, followed various leads and often made cold calls to prospective clients • Updated and organized all records of contracts, research and client files, receipts, etc.• Directed flow of communication from in-house team to clients• Brought in over 350 new repeat clients, 100 Vegas JCK clients, and over $750K of annual revenue

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Created and managed both digital and hardcopy filing systems • Handled all customer inquiries via email, phone, or in person

New York, New York, United States

• Edited, proofread, fact-checked, and marketed submissions and the publication • Developed and constructed the publishing module to determine which pieces to publish

A Brooklyn-based literary journal where I complied and organized submissions.

Greater New York City Area

• Edited and formatted eBooks and reprints of works • Filed and organized the “slush pile” and all mailed manuscripts This position incorporates many of the day-to-day activities of the publishing business. It served as an introduction to website management, manuscript and eBook editing, and tracking and managing submissions. I was able to create an organizational system for all new manuscripts during my time here and worked on eBook formatting for authors like Tennessee Williams, Muriel Sparks, and more. I also occasionally wrote reviews of our new books on the company website.