Marjorie McAtee PO Box 86

Morgantown, WV 26507 United States

Phone: 1(681)533-9170 Email: mmmcatee@mix.wvu.edu

OBJECTIVE: I am a professional writer and editor with eight years of experience.

EDUCATION Master of Arts in Professional Writing and Editing

West Virginia University May 2017 Bachelor of Arts in English and French

Hollins University May 2004 Certificat de Pratique de Langue, Premier Dégree

Sorbonne University of Paris February 2004 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Hollins University West Virginia Alumnae Chapter Sept. 2014 – Present

Chapter Chair since June 2015 Morgantown Writer’s Group June 2014 -- Present National Writers Union June 2013 -- Present SKILLS Web content * Blogging * Creative Commons & public domain image & video sourcing * Image attribution best practices * Marketing collaterals * Brochures * HTML * FTP * CSS * XML * Grant writing * Web features * Social media * Press releases * Copywriting * Data visualization * Wordpress * SEO & best internet practices * Copyediting * Content editing * Developmental editing * MS Office * MS Publisher * AP Style * Chicago Style * Fluent & literate in French * Public speaking * Teaching

FEATURE ARTICLES APPEARING WITH MY BYLINE Listosaur.com

“5 People Who Missed Out on a Golden Opportunity,” May 2014

“10 Famous Real Cats,” May 2014

“5 Macabre Tourist Attractions in the U.S.,” March 2013

“Top 10 Best American Authors of All Time,” June 2011 o Reprinted on AmAuth.com in May 2013

Allspeeches.com

“JFK: 5 Speeches that Changed History,” November 2013

“10 Most Forgettable Presidents,” November 2013

“5 Reasons Teddy Roosevelt Was a Badass,” November 2013 SanDiegoFreePress.org

“Should You Give Your Partner Your Passwords?” 12 July 2013 o Reprinted from my personal blog, DontCallMeMarge.com, with

my permission TheCircumference.org

“Explore One of Rome’s Greatest Feats of Engineering at Pont du Gard, France,” 18 Oct. 2010

“Cross One of Europe’s Oldest Bridges: The Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy,” 18 Oct. 2010

“Follow the Evolution of Cubism at the Musee Picasso in Paris,” 8 Oct. 2010

“Explore the Largest Modern Art Museum in Europe at Centre Georges Pompidou,” 8 Oct. 2010

“Wander Ancient Rome in Ostia Antica,” 30 Sept. 2010

“Face Your Mortality at the Catacombs of Paris,” 15 Sept. 2010

“Was Michelangelo Forced to Paint the Sistine Chapel?” 25 Feb. 2010 BakPakGuide.com

“Benefits of Bad Hostels,” February 2010

“You’ll Go Far: Advantages to Being a Female Traveler,” February 2009

“Staying Safe in Paris,” February 2009

“Don’t Be Afraid to Backpack Europe Alone,” January 2009

BLOGGING AND COPYWRITING EXPERIENCE 360 Enterprises Inc. May 2013 – Present

SEO content marketing blog posts and guest blog posts, web copy, press releases, e-brochures, infographic, case studies

Topics including addiction recovery, personal security, higher education, high-end housewares, lawn and garden, health and fitness, pharmaceuticals, infant clothing, etc

Responsible for pitching titles and sourcing images, proofreading, copy and content meta data

Produced more than 900 deliverables Writer Access May 2013 – May 2016

SEO blog posts, web copy, product descriptions

Topics including veterinary medicine and pet care, biopharmaceuticals, health and fitness, education, yoga

Responsible for proofreading

Produced more than 100 deliverables

4 Walls Aug. 2014 – Jan. 2015

150-word restaurant and attraction write-ups relevant to cities around the nation

120-200 write-ups per month Relevant Marketing to Go March 2013 – June 2014

SEO blog posts on addition an recovery topics

Responsible for 13 blog posts (700-800 words) each week

Produced more than 650 blog posts Slogr.com February 2013 – July 2013

Feature articles and news articles

Contributed more than 30 pieces Crowdsource Jan. 2013 – Sept. 2013

SEO web content articles (300-400 words)

Editorial approval rating 100%

Produced more than 180 deliverables Stripes 39 March 2012 – Sept. 2012

Blog posts and articles (200 to 800 words)

Produced more than 200 deliverables

Jade Orchard 23 March -- 23 May 2012

SEO web copy on legal topics

Completed about 120,000 words of copy Smashyn June 2010 – Sept. 2012

SEO blog posts, website copy, product descriptions on skin care topics

Produced more than 50 pages of content Time4Learning July 2010 – January 2011

Wrote text for K-12 spelling and vocabulary games on SpellingCity.com

Identified complexity of spelling and usage by grade level (K-12)

Supplied common usage sentences, dictionary definitions, synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech

Adhered to strict character limits

Provided this information for more than 3,500 English words, with an average of three common usages per word

WiseGeek.com March 2010 – Nov. 2011

Online encyclopedia articles (400 words)

Wrote in categories including Health and Wellness; History; Diet, Fitness and Nutrition; Medicine and Treatments; Animals and the Environments; The United States; Beauty and Personal Care

Contributed more than 1,000 articles Shakespeare Squared May 2010 – Aug. 2010

Patient-centered Q&As on medical and pharmaceutical topics

Adhered to strict sentence and character counts

Supplied keywords, metadata and source references

Completed more than 950 Q&As Mademan.com February 2010 – May 2010

SEO blog posts for the Made Manual section of MadeMan.com

Blogged on men’s topics including relationships, outdoor activity, fitness, and sports

Posts including “How to Poop in the Woods” rated among Most Viewed in their categories

Internet Brands, Inc. January 2009 – Dec. 2010

SEO blog posts (500 words)

Topics included pet care, veterinary medicine, cosmetic surgery, parenting, fitness, weight loss

Ategra Corp March 2009 – Sept. 2009

Reference articles for Atropedia.net, The Accident Database

Articles addressed famous contemporary and historical disasters, such as the Kent State Massacre or the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Produced more than 30 articles

EDITING EXPERIENCE 360 Enterprises, Inc. January 2014 – Present

Content editing for style and usage issues Media Editor, Cheat River Review August 2016 – Present

Media Editor, responsible for publishing the digital edition of Cheat River Review and keeping the website and blog updated

Bad Ideas About Writing January 2017 – March 2017

Worked on copyediting team for the book Bad Ideas About Writing, eds.

Cheryl E. Ball and Drew Loewe, forthcoming from Open Journal Systems,

Spring 2017

Computers and Writing Conference 2016 & 2017 Proceedings March 2017 – April 2017

Worked on developmental editing team

Crowdsource January 2013 – Sept. 2013

Content editing

Editorial approval rating 100%

Edited more than 140 web content articles for grammar, spelling, style and usage

GRANT WRITING EXPERIENCE BodyMind Institute January 2017 – May 2017

Intern responsible for researching and writing grant applications

Researched and wrote 20+ pages of an NIH grant

SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE BodyMind Institute January 2017 – May 2017

Managed social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn

Content curation, value creation, social media marketing and promotion, follower relationship management

Your Need to Read January 2012 – January 2014

Maintained Facebook Fan page and contributed to Twitter stream

Content curation, value creation, social media marketing, follower relationship management

AbsoluteAstronomy.com March 2009 – Sept. 2009

Forum moderator

Answered questions, made posts under popular topics, removed profane or solicitous posts

WORK IN PRINT The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants, print and digital editions from ABC-CLIO, April 2013

Contributed 7 entries (500 to 1500 words) on mint, honeysuckle, gooseberry, mullein, snapdragon, thyme, and wintergreen

CREATIVE WORK IN PRINT AND ONLINE 2010

Creative nonfiction, “Down and Out in Eau Claire, Wisconsin,” appeared in Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts, published by the University of Missouri (Volume 9, Spring 2010).

2009

Creative nonfiction, “Dime Toss,” appeared in Flashquake (Volume 8, Issue 3, Spring 2009).

Creative nonfiction, “The Longest Game I Ever Played,” appeared in Attribute Magazine (April 2009).

Creative nonfiction, “The Best Fish,” appeared in Amarillo Bay (Volume

11, Issue 1, February 2009).

Poetry, “Sometimes We Want the Strangest Things,” appeared in Western North Carolina Woman (Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2009).

Poetry, “Night Driving,” appeared in and Attribute Magazine (February 2009).

2006

Creative nonfiction, “Some People Never Learn,” appeared in The Blotter, published in Durham, NC (July, 2006).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor, English Dept., WVU May 2017 – June 2017

Instructor of record, responsible for syllabus creation, lesson planning, teaching, and grading English 102

Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Dept., WVU September 2015 – May 2017

Instructor of record, responsible for syllabus creation, lesson planning, teaching, and grading

English 101 and 102 (Intro. to Rhetoric and Composition) and English 304 (Business Writing)

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

“I Can Haz Capshun?: Analyzing Language Choices in LOLCat Memes,” a talk presented with Megan Fahey, Meredith Jeffers, and Abigail Palbus at the 21st Century Englishes Graduate Student Conference, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, October 2015. REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST