Ada Wofford
Glassboro
Summary
Dynamic content strategist, editor, and grant writer with a proven track record at Sundress Publications, adept at manuscript evaluation and project management. Successfully secured over $10,000 in funding for innovative literary programs, showcasing strong critical analysis, and effective communication skills. Passionate about enhancing the publishing process and fostering creative collaboration. Also, a methodical cataloger known for high productivity and efficiency in completing tasks. Possessing specialized skills in bibliographic data management, digital archiving, and metadata standards. Excel in organization, time management, and problem-solving to better enhance company operations and customers' experiences.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Poetry Editor
Sundress Publications
Knoxville
01.2022 - Current
- Evaluate manuscripts being considered for publications.
- Evaluate residency applications.
- Develop and finalize manuscripts for publication, working closely with authors.
- Knoxville, TN
Cataloger
Between the Covers Rare Books
01.2021 - Current
- Catalog books and items in shop database, inspecting the book or item for flaws and noting relevant bibliographic information, researching market value, and looking into any relevant provenance.
- Price books and items for sale.
- Occasionally inspect ordered books and items per their catalogued descriptions.
- Occasionally clean and prepare books, broadsides, photo albums, and other items that have been purchased.
Nonfiction Editor
Stirring: A Literary Collection
01.2020 - Current
- Review all nonfiction submissions.
- Make each nonfiction selection for each issue.
- Handle all communication from nonfiction authors.
Content Writer
Dare Commercial Services
Franklinville
01.2019 - 01.2025
- Create original web-based content, maximize SEO via WordPress Yoast, write original blog posts covering industry news, unique industry stories, employee spotlights, and company history.
- Manage social media presence, create posting schedules, conduct all posting, interact within online community, function as the company’s online voice.
- Design and implement email campaigns, create original designs in Canva, incorporate original photography, design themes, and 'voice.'
- Create original video content including directing, editing, and music composition.
- Franklinville, NJ
Lead Grant Writer
Sundress Publications
Knoxville
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Compose Letters of Intent for potential grants.
- Write and edit grant proposals.
- Successfully prepared a grant proposal earning the organization $10,000 for our Poets in Pajamas Virtual Reading Series twice.
- Successfully prepared a grant proposal earning the organization $2,000 for a trans and nonbinary writer’s retreat.
- Knoxville, TN
Contributing Editor
The Blue Nib
Dublin
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Regularly contribute original essays, reviews, and fiction.
- Researched and composed a 3-part research essay on 21st Century poetry.
- Function as social media consultant.
- Regularly communicate with top editors.
- Dublin, Ireland
Collections Management Practicum
Campbell Library, Rowan University
Glassboro
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Populate collection management software (Alma) for future training (invoices, purchase orders, etc.).
- Catalog materials in Connexion.
- Test online resources.
- Work hands on with Collection Strategy Librarian with ordering, invoices, budget, and more.
- Work closely with Metadata/Cataloging Specialist in OCLC.
- Glassboro, NJ
Summer Intern-Editorial Assistant
The Daring English Teacher
California
06.2019 - 09.2019
- Write reviews of YA novels from an educational perspective.
- Develop creative activities for teachers to use in class.
- California
Teacher's Assistant
Archbishop Damiano School
Westville
01.2011 - 01.2018
- Instruct students in all subjects.
- Supplement students’ therapies (physical, occupational, and speech).
- Assist teacher with cleaning, organization, planning, grading, and technology (i.e. smartboard, iPads, and computer).
- Westville, NJ
Education
MA - English
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
01.2021
MA - Library and Information Studies
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
01.2020
BA - English Literature
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
Teaneck, NJ01.2017
Skills
- Manuscript evaluation
- Publishing process
- Content strategy
- Grant writing
- Critical analysis
- Visual storytelling
- Project management
- Social media strategy
- Detailed proofreading
- Document proofreading
- Content management
Pronouns
They/Them/Theirs
Other Experience
- External review of the short story collection Devil’s Oak by Mary Leoson for MT Open Press
- The William Blake Archive (blakearchive.org)—Blog writing.
- The Inspiration Project—Help an adult with an intellectual disability write a story.
- One-year writing and editing for the Rowan College at Gloucester County newspaper. Original articles, original cartoons, editing, and proofreading.
- Freelance researcher for Dr. Rick Pessagno, DNP—Completing lit reviews and gathering resources.
- Freelance transcription services—Primarily transcribing interviews conducted by journalists.
- Digital intern at The Newberry Library—Transcribed metadata for the Lauder Tuck postcard collection in a remote capacity.
Recognitions And Publications
- Writer-In-Residence at Sundress Academy for the Arts, 11/21/22
- Member of Phi Theta Kappa international honor society
- Member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society
- Member of Phi Omega Epsilon honor society
- I Remember Learning How to Dive, Alien Buddha Press, Chapbook, print
- As School Begins, Fight for Trans Representation in Public Libraries, Autostraddle, Article, online
- Adagio, Otherwise Engaged Literary and Arts Journal, Poem, print
- Poetry & Technology, The Blue Nib, Article, online
- Understanding Rupi Kaur’s Milk & Honey, The Blue Nib, Article, print
- An Exploration of the Rise and Fall of Alt-Lit, The Blue Nib, Article, print
- Melville’s Bartleby and Camus’ Absurdism, Literary Heist, Article, online
- The Frogs, The Sun, and The Moon, Fudoki Magazine, Article, online
- Memoirs of a Bookcase, The Sundress Blog, Article, online
- Slavoj Žižek Analyzes the Children’s Book Caps for Sale, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Article, online
- Old Town The Road by Lil Nas X and Cormac McCarthy, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Article, online
- Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Article, online
- The Guy with the Coffee, Yellow Chair Review 2015 Anthology, Poem, print
- The Procession, Gothic Blue Books Vol. 5, Poem, print
- Shortlisted for the Benjamin Franklin House literary prize
Timeline
Associate Poetry Editor
Sundress Publications
01.2022 - Current
Lead Grant Writer
Sundress Publications
01.2022 - 01.2023
Cataloger
Between the Covers Rare Books
01.2021 - Current
Nonfiction Editor
Stirring: A Literary Collection
01.2020 - Current
Collections Management Practicum
Campbell Library, Rowan University
09.2019 - 12.2019
Summer Intern-Editorial Assistant
The Daring English Teacher
06.2019 - 09.2019
Content Writer
Dare Commercial Services
01.2019 - 01.2025
Contributing Editor
The Blue Nib
01.2019 - 01.2020
Teacher's Assistant
Archbishop Damiano School
01.2011 - 01.2018
MA - English
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
MA - Library and Information Studies
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
BA - English Literature
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY