Renée Combs Email & Phone Number

- Developed standard document structure and language use across four teams. - Built out and maintain 15+ pages on the company-wide Intranet. Often given early access to new technology to assist the Intranet department on roll outs. - Subject matter expert on staffing across four teams: what roles are filled, what are being recruited, what are being.

Greater Boston Area

- Provides dedicated front desk coverage; serves in a highly visible capacity as a resource for visitors, management, and other departments;- Oversees daily operation, maintains office condition, and ensures operation of equipment;- Performs Office Support Activities (filing, copying, distributing mail, ordering supplies, booking conference rooms).

Manages a personal side business designing marketing materials for published authors at www.reneeloveswords.com. I work to ensure customer satisfaction by providing fast and accurate turnaround.

Boston, MA

www.bostonteenauthorfestival.com- Plans and executes the coordination of events;- Oversees a team of eleven volunteers, which has grown to twenty-six as of September 2019.- Ensures the smooth and timely flow of correspondence and reports;- Follows up with vendors and teammates to get information as necessary;- Evaluates workflow and reallocates resources.

- Provided dedicated front desk coverage; served in a highly visible capacity as a resource for visitors, management, and other departments;- Oversaw daily operation, maintained office condition, and ensured operation of equipment;- Performed Office Support Activities (filing, copying, distributing mail, ordering supplies, booking conference rooms).

Greater New York City Area

- Prepared, revised, and formatted excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and other written documents using research and gathered data;- Developed and delivered campaign concepts that created exciting and effective paths-to-purchase;- Communicated ideas and updates to internal stakeholders through emails and weekly in-person meetings;- Proofread.

• Bought books into the system using research to determine price and demand.
• Engaged with customers and provided recommendations.
• Assisted with story time and character visits.

Boston, MA

• Read and critiqued books under consideration for review.
• Tracked incoming books and maintained the Horn Book Guide database.
• Fact-checked, proofread, and copyedited articles and reviews.
• Wrote reviews and blog posts.

• An award-winning online young adult literary magazine.
• Read and commented on submissions being considered for publication.
• Managed the Twitter on alternating weeks.
• Assisted with YARN's National Book Foundation blog contribution.

Remote

• Read and reported on submission from the slush pile.
• Submitted weekly book concept ideas.
• Virtually attended Intern Academy, where a different agent each week educated us on all aspects of the publishing industry.

Somerville, MA

• Managed mailings to trade and independent reviewers.
• Fielded review requests from bloggers and fulfilled approved orders.
• Researched professional outlets for target mailings.
• Maintained the industry reviews database.

Library And Information Science

Ba, Writing, Literature, And Publishing, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Students for Publishing