Alexandria Simmons

In the Spring of 2023 the University of Washington Bothell underwent a financial transition which effectively accelerated the publishing timeline for the next issue of Clamor Literary Journal. Alexandria was hired on in a Peer Facilitator role with the following responsibilities:

• Collaborated with Dr. Ching-In Chen, University Professor, to identify deadlines, areas in need of improvement, organize tasks and editor teammates.
• Planned and facilitated workshops, classes, and editorial meetings; employed varied methods to maximize attendance and team participation.
• Collected data on program effectiveness through surveying, implemented solutions for improvement and readjustments of deadlines when necessary
• Provided leadership for 15 program workers and dozens of event attendees, guiding day-to-day activities and facilitating a positive product working and learning environment.
• Served as a point of contact between Institutional Student Media teams, financial coordinating staff, third-party vendors, and the student body.

As part of her practicum for her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Washington, graduate student Alexandria Simmons facilitated a new series of curated events called "The Caffeinated" at the Caffe Ladro in Edmonds. Responsibilities included:

• Coordinated schedules and timelines for events weeks in advance
• Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking and event promotions.
• Managed event logistics and operations.
• Performed event coordination and facilitation
• Solicited feedback from clients to assess event success and uncover opportunities for improvement.
• Interviewed clients to understand event scopes of work, establish budgets and determine timelines for venue selection and guest list finalization

Along with Peer Facilitating Clamor Literary Journal meetings, Alexandria worked as a senior editor with the following responsibilities:

• Guided and motivated staff to achieve demanding targets under tight deadlines.
• Built productive relationships with journal contributors and other professionals to successfully produce public events and a literary arts journal for the year 2023.
• Managed team of 15 personnel to deliver consistent, accurate, engaging and creative content.
• Gained experience in Budgeting, Researching resources, Training personell, Event planning, Observing opportunities/locations for distributing product, How to best display product (journals, stickers, pens etc) at events, Talking about Clamor with individuals and crowds, Motivating a team of individuals with different needs, priorities, availability, and goals, Delegating work to share the load, Communicating asynchronously, Building a familiarity with Submittable itself.

Gamut Literary Series is an organization associated with University of Washington Bothell. Her main role was to be the organization's Community Outreach Coordinator, but Alexandria was also a senior curator and event planner with the following responsibilities:

• Networked with local organizations, leaders and consumers, resulting in establishment of new and lasting partnerships and relationships.
• Conducted community workshops to promote different programs and educate public on available services.
• Connected individuals with available and relevant resources.
• Wrote content for newsletters, social media pages and informational packets.

A full-time student at the University of Washington Bothell, Alexandria was a mentee of Dr. Ching-In Chen. On top of her Master's course load and other campus roles and affiliations, she assisted Dr. Ching-In Chen with projects related to their national project: Breathing In Times of Disaster. Responsibilities included:

• Kept projects on schedule by managing deadlines and adjusting workflows.
• Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.
• Reviewed and edited transcribed reports and corrected material for spelling, grammar and clarity.
• Gathered requirements for ongoing projects and organized details for management use.