Joanna Talbot

After my previous job ended, I chose to remain at home running the household.

Counselor for an online therapy company.

Responsibilities:

• One-on-one zoom sessions with clients experiencing stress, anxiety, depression and other issues.
• Monitored client progress and provided feedback to treatment team members.
• Documented client progress in confidential files.
• Communicated regularly with management to ensure best practice.

Teaching Assistant at an elementary school.

Responsibilities:

• Worked one-on-one and in small groups with children who struggled in class.
• Collaborated with teachers .
• Established strong rapport with students, parents, and staff.
• Enforced rules and managed behavior issues.

Teaching Assistant at after school program.

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons.
• Worked one-on-one with children.
• Managed classroom behavior.

ABA Therapist for children with autism.

Responsibilities:

• Trained in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA).
• Worked with the child and their parents at home.
• Carried out intervention plans.
• Completed observations of students at home.
• Liaised with the child's parents and my manager.
• Maintained records of ongoing assessments.

Writer for a social media marketing company.

Responsibilities:

• Liaised with clients to manage their online presence.
• Researched and wrote business-related posts.
• Managed schedules.

Writer for a spa industry magazine.

Responsibilities

• Planned stories.
• Interviewed industry leaders.
• Wrote, edited, and delivered articles to deadline.
• Kept in constant communication with the editor.

Second in charge at fitness trade magazine.

Responsibilities:

• Planned content, timelines and budget.
• Coordinated with writers, advertisers, and editor.
• Wrote articles. Edited contributers' articles.

Production Manager, children’s factual books department.

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple series of books from concept to production.
• Created and managed timelines and budget.
• Liaised with multiple teams including authors, picture editors, graphic designers, translators, and management.

Writer, then Editor at a magazine publishing house.

• Wrote articles to brief.
• Managed multiple projects simultaneously.
• Met multiple deadlines.
• Liaised with writers, graphic designers, management.

During two-year visit to Australia (the UK and Australia have a reciprocal work-visa program for people under 30).

I took a position as an Executive Assistant as I could not find a journalism job.

Responsibilities:

• Helped my boss set up his new company from the ground up.
• Managed executive calendars, scheduled meetings/ appointments and coordinated travel arrangements.
• Greeted arriving visitors, face of the company.

Researcher for a consumer affairs TV show at this television station, then promoted to Assistant Producer.

Researcher Responsibilities:

• Fielded phone calls for interesting stories.
• Planned schedule for camera crew.
• Interviewed people from all walks of life - public to CEOs.

Assistant Producer Responsibilities:

• Create TV show from ground up.
• Manage all staff and contributers.

Junior and then Senior Reporter for a daily newspaper.

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and researched articles.
• Built strong relationships with community.
• Adapted quickly to breaking news situations.
• Met multiple daily deadlines, producing accurate and well-written news stories under tight time constraints.