Experienced and Enthusiastic!

[jessica.b.taylor]

Headline: Experienced and Enthusiastic!
Name: Jessica Brittany Taylor
Email Address: irishvalkyri@yahoo.com
Current Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Preferred Job Category: Administration

Personal Statement:
I desire to expand my experience in museum administration so that I may increase public awareness of history and cultural heritage. My mission is to commit myself to learning, devote myself to excellence, engage challenges with perseverance, and to assist or be part of a team of active, creative professionals.

Education:
--Graduate, Lone Peak High School, May 2004 (GPA: 3.8).
--Associates Degree in Science, Utah Valley University, April 2006.
--Bachelors Degree in Anthropology, University of Utah, May 2008.
--Masters Degree in Medieval Studies, University of York, England, January 2010.

Professional Experience:
Cultural/Historical Liason
Barley Hall, York Archaeological Trust
June-September 2009
2 Coffee Yard, Off Stonegate, York YO1 8AR, United Kingdom
(011) 1904 610275
Duties: Welcomed guests and visitors to ancient sites, leading excursions in medieval relics and artifacts.

Historical Instructor
Murton Park, Living History Site
March-September 2009
Murton Lane, Murton, York YO19 5UF, United Kingdom
(011) 1904 489966
Duties: Member of a team that interpreted the daily life in Viking, Medieval, and Anglo-Saxon villages as an educational program for schools in the United Kingdom.

Assistant to the President
Backstage Library Works
2008
533 East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606, USA
(801) 356-1852
Duties: Secretarial, administrative, schedule coordinator, shipping overseas, travel coordination, and events administrator for a national corporation in digitalization.

Library Aide
Utah Valley University Main Library
2004- 2006
800 W University Parkway, Orem UT 84058, USA
(801)863-8886
Duties: Cataloging and organization in a multi-featured educational facility, assisted patrons in research, documentation, and facilitation of library collections.

Applicable Skills:
--Experience in research/writing, instructing all age-groups.
--Coordination, and working in teams as well as individual environments.
--Skills in areas of PC and Mac computer environments (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Java, Adobe, etc).
--Arrangement of social events and international travel.
--Accounting (accounts receivable, cash register), --Advertising/Marketing, excellent Interpersonal Communication Skills.
--Secretarial and Administrative Assistance Skills (typing, shipping, filing, faxing, copying, customer service, conflict resolution).
--Self-motivated, disciplined, goal-oriented.
--Artistic abilities of drawing, painting, sculpting, writing, performance.

Other:
--Awarded “Distinction in Latin” at the University of York, England, 2009.
--Distinguished Researcher/Presenter at Middle Ages conference, University of Liverpool, England, June 2009.
--Member of the Golden Key International Honors Society, 2007-present.
--Member, National Honors Society, 2003-present.
--Member, Dean’s List at the University of Utah, 2006.
--Recipient of two academic scholarships, 2005 and 2008.
--First Degree Black belt in Tae Kwon Do, Omega Martial Arts.
--Founder and president of literature club at Lone Peak High School.