Stella Thomas

Served as secretary for my university’s all-female Acapella group. Kept track of member attendance at both rehearsals and performances, and took notes of future goals and upcoming events for the organization during Executive board meetings.

Served as a student intern at the NYS Writers Institute on the University at Albany campus. Primarily Managed social media pages such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to create promotional content. Designed website pages using Wix.com to reflect respective events on the team website by choosing a layout, importing event photos, and writing captions/text detailing the outcome of each event. Aided in facilitating events in which authors visited campus by setting up, taking down quotes, and contributing to decisions about how each event will be run. Completed marketing research by looking at social media analytics and exploring other non-profit arts groups and their promotional tactics in order to try and reach a wider audience for events.

I served as a volunteer peer editor during my university while studying abroad in Florence, Italy. I helped students edit and peer review various writing assignments for school such as essays and research papers.

My responsibilities included making and preparing drinks, greeting customers and working the register, keeping the store clean, preparing food, organizing tips and company profit, and training other staff members. In addition, I was required to take various classes relating to the coffee industry in order to immerse myself.

I volunteered through the University at Albany at a non-profit organization that donates gently used children's books to kids throughout the area. As a volunteer, I played a big part in refurbishing the books themselves, making sure they were presentable to be placed on the bookshelves. I cleaned, organized, and labeled the books so that they were ready.