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work experience.

My publishing roles are featured in this web-based resume. This resume (.PDF) and my hospitality resume (.PDF) are available as direct downloads.

Present

Executive Assistant.

MamaBear Books.
March 2025 – Present


Assisting production tasks and marketing development, including creation of A+ marketing content for Amazon, market research, copyright and LCCN filing.

2023–2025

Graduate Assistant.

Big Shoulders Books.
August 2023 – Present

 

​Performing publishing assistant duties include proofreading, copyediting, copywriting, event planning (including One Book One Chicago author reading), production coordination, presenting introductory presentations for coordinating courses, research and coordination for upcoming projects, in addition to social media management, digital organization and file management, inventory management, SOP development

2025

Editor in Chief.

Crook & Folly Literary Magazine. (DePaul University)

2024–2025

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Collaborating with art department, training and team development, submission reading, staffing, web management, communication, event planning, coordinating editorial tasks and production

2023

Dual-Role Publishing Assistant.

University of Cincinnati Press.
2021 – 2023

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As Open Access Publishing Assistant:
Developing infrastructure for new grant program, managing applicant process and records, creating reports summarizing open access publishing trends across accredited universities nationwide, writing copy and developing style guide for open access program, creating training materials for recipients of grant program, managing open educational resource production schedules, managing web content using Adobe Experience Manager and Microsoft Sharepoint, creating promotional materials and training presentations advocating for the use of open access material and accessibility compliance

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As Production Assistant/Coordinator:
Creating and managing production schedule for multiple trade and academic titles, proofreading and copyediting, correspondence and staffing tasks concerning freelancers and vendors, production tasks including copyright and LCCN filing, developing marketing copy alongside authors, managing author expectations and assisting with miscellaneous tasks assigned to authors
 

2023

Editorial Assistant.

Acre Books. (University of Cincinnati)
2022 – 2023

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Submission reading and review of unsolicited manuscript submissions of prose

education.

2023

BA
4.0 GPA

University of Cincinnati

Majors: 

  • Rhetoric and Professional Writing

  • Creative Writing

Certificate: Copyediting & Publishing

Minor: Asian Studies

2025

MFA

4.0 GPA
DePaul University

Program: Creative Writing and Publishing
Awards:​

  • Thesis Awarded Distinction

awards.

Annual Summer Contest - Fiction Winner

(Solstice Literary Magazine)
Awarded in 2025, selected by Helen Elaine Lee (short fiction story, “Hummingbirds”)

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Certificate of Academic Achievement

(Department of English, DePaul University)

Awarded in both 2024 and 2025 to recognize adept student workers.

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Outstanding Graduate Student Award

(Writing and Publishing Program, DePaul University)

Awarded in 2025 to recognize a distinguished student of each graduate program

 

Robinson Essay Prize - Third Prize

(English Department, University of Cincinnati)
Awarded in 2022 for outstanding essay submission (lyrical essay, “al sharpton”)

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© 2025 by Mars Robinson.

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