Merry Zide Email & Phone Number

United States

Boutique consulting firm specializing in creative content strategy, development, and production with a focus on personal brand narratives.

Austin, Texas Area

• Work one-on-one with students from elementary through graduate school to improve their reading and writing skills; review lecture material and facilitate close reading of assigned texts; provide strategies for in-class note-taking, exam preparation, and time management; instruct and prepare students in standardized test preparation (including, but not limited to, SAT, ACT, STAAR/EOC, GRE)• Consult with parents about students' progress; provide strategies intended to enable parents to work with me to promote their children's academic success and pursue the best course of action concerning college applications• Provide comprehensive editing services for undergraduate/graduate students and professionals; proofread manuscripts (essays, articles, dissertations, professional reports) for a comprehensive set of issues (spelling, punctuation, grammar, usage, diction, style, format, organization, content, and attribution); on request, perform thorough fact-checking and citation review; suggest specific and general revisions using Microsoft Word Track Changes feature• See relevant website at www.ReadWriteInAustin.com

Austin, Texas Area

Edit virtually every kind of document, across academic, commercial, and creative industries, as well as all subjects and disciplines, such as social and natural sciences, humanities, arts & literature, legal writing; document types include, but are not limited to, manuscripts of virtually any type--i.e., academic assignments at the undergraduate and graduate levels (i.e., assigned papers, theses, dissertations), journal articles, essays aimed to secure admission to academic and professional programs, business letters, legal briefs, advertising copy, journal and media reviews Proofread all manuscripts for errors and/or issues related to type, grammar, mechanics, consistency, flow, and overall readability; provide written critique of documents, as requestedComplete assigned work, including completing revision of documents of up to 10 thousand words within time periods ranging from 3 to 72 hours Revise documents in accordance with all formatting styles including, but not limited to APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, CSE, AMA, and per client specifications.

• Identify, research, and contact potential advertisers (i.e., service providers) for inclusion in monthly distribution of online newsletter for multi-family property owners and managers in Central Texas• Generated, standardized, and organized database of potential advertisers, using Google Sheets to maximize efficiency and cross-company consistency• Proofread, revise, and fact-check newsletter content and marketing material aimed at potential advertisers and newsletter subscribers

• Evaluated lessons in various subjects for accuracy, engagement, and clarity• Identified and revised errors in grammar, syntax, and website-specific formatting• Crafted comprehensive and constructive feedback for authors in accordance with educationalstandards of website; suggested specific revisions to improve the readability and overall quality of thelesson and conveyed concerns about accuracy of material, along with relevant citations to illustrateproblem.

Taught reading skills to students, from 5 year olds to senior citizens, phonics to speed reading;instruction aimed at developing reading skills and cultivating a lifelong passion for reading.• Conducted weekly evaluations of each student’s reading skill development; recorded student data onthe company website after every class session• Encouraged parental involvement in younger classes and offered training on methods for promotingcontinued development of children's reading development; maintained communication with parents byphone, email, and also face-to-face; served as liaison between parents and company• Carefully monitored classroom dynamic, in an effort to cultivate a positive and disciplined learningenvironment; deployed classroom management strategies in order to give each student individualattention; ensured that special needs students were engaged and integrated into classroom environment

Scheduled and maintained biweekly office hours to meet with students on lectures and assignments• Led discussions and review sessions; proctored examinations; and distribute class materials andassignments• Evaluated exams and papers; recorded and submitted grades

Criminal/Civil case research (using Internet, databases, and Austin/Travis County Court Records)• Administrative activities (research/data compilation, using Voter Registration database, DMVrecords/driving history for background checks)

Internet and database research on the status of certain cases where the defendant’s guilt was in dispute• Wrote case chronologies, and summarizing the relevant case law as drawn from legal databases, suchas Westlaw, HeinOnline and LexisNexis• Maintained an online library of newspaper and magazine articles relating to a variety of ongoingcriminal cases, as well as such materials as were provided by defendants and their lawyers.

Compiled statistical and qualitative data on for use in the magazine, in the section “Transparency”• Organized statistical and qualitative data for use in popular short films produced by the magazine,and posted on the Internet.

Researched storylines for several feature writers (often for crime-related stories)• Transcribed extensive interviews and dictations• Organized the library of numerous galleys/manuscripts

Wrote essays on the popularity of certain books and films as that popularity represents publicinterpretations of seminal political events in U.S. history• Analyzed and synthesized plot and character development from popular books and films• Charted historical data about cultural response to films/books

Bachelor Of Arts, Philosophy/Creative Writing

None. Doctoral Candidate--Abd, History