Bethany Hailstone Bartholomew

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Education
BA in English Language, Editing Minor Cum Laude
Brigham Young University Provo, UT December 2015

Work Experience
Multimedia Editor
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints June 2016–January 2017
 Edit and write content for the Ensign, Liahona, New Era, and Friend magazines and LDS.org
 Contact Church members throughout the world for quotes and insights to use with magazine article content
 Brainstorm content with magazine teams
 Provide feedback on co-workers' projects and incorporate team members’ feedback on my own work
Editing Intern
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, New Era magazine January 2016–April 2016
 Write articles for the LDS print publication the New Era, focusing on the LDS youth audience
 Edit and give feedback on co-workers’ articles as requested
 Proofread each issue, checking all sources and quotations before publication
 Provide feedback on design and other conceptual stages of the magazine
Teaching Assistant
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT April 2015–December 2015
 Assist students in the Basic Editing Skills class at BYU by grading assignments, holding reviews for
exams, and creating new homework assignments as requested by the professor
Writing Fellows Secretary
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT September 2014–December 2015
 Help coordinate program logistics for the Writing Fellows tutoring program at BYU by contributing to staff
meetings, distributing information, and participating in the interviewing and hiring process each semester
Writing Fellow
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT August 2013–December 2015
 Provide feedback on students’ writing and conference with them for thirty minutes about their assignments
 Worked as Senior Fellow, acting as liaison between the professor and fellow tutors, coordinating meetings,
assisting cohort in fulfilling responsibilities, and helping new fellows understand their responsibilities

Other Editing and Writing Experience

Contributor
nurturingmarriage.org April 2016 – Current
 Write articles about ways couples can strengthen their marriages, focusing on a nondenominational
audience and incorporating common web writing principles
Assistant Managing Editor
Mormon Insights, mormoninsights.byu.edu April 2015–June 2015
 Assist team through the editing process for online articles, and write and edit my own articles
 Coordinate schedules and deadlines with team members for all articles
Assistant Managing Editor
Stowaway, stowawaymag.com May 2015 – August 2015
 Assist team through the editing process for fourteen articles for the Winter 2016 issue, and edit any other
articles at any stage in the process as requested by the editor in chief
 Write, edit, and help design my own three articles
References
Mr. Joshua J. Perkey
Assistant Managing Editor at the New Era magazine, PerkeyJJ@ldschurch.org, 801-240-6355
Mr. Perkey can comment on my work experience at the New Era, especially referencing my ability to work on a
variety of projects in a timely and organized manner. He can also comment on my writing and editing skills and my
ability to work well with a team. Mr. Perkey is also the internship coordinator for the Church publications
departments and can provide information regarding the type of tasks and assignments given to editing interns as well
as the different qualifications required of Church magazine interns.

Mr. Marvin K. Gardner

Teaching Professor of Linguistics and English Lang, marv_gardner@byu.edu, 801-422-1253
Mr. Gardner can comment on my work ethic, especially under difficult deadlines, because of my work as the
teaching assistant for his Basic Editing Skills class. He can also comment on my ability to work with students, my
teaching skills, and my professional attitude at work. He has also been my professor for both the Basic Editing Skills
class and for the Editing for Publication capstone class for my minor in editing at BYU in which I worked as
assistant managing editor and as a design team member for Mormon Insights. He can therefore comment on my
editing skills and my ability to work well with others on an editing staff.

Mr. Zach Largey

Writing Fellows Coordinator, Teaching Professor of English, zllargey@hotmail.com, 801-422-7844
Mr. Largey can comment on my work ethic, especially in coordinating logistics for everything from large events to
short meetings. He has been able to observe my tutoring and writing skills and my ability to coordinate and interact
with both students and professors. He can also reference my skills in organizing and helping to conduct interviews
as well as my ability to help make hiring decisions and to inform students of such decisions kindly and
professionally. He can comment specifically on my organization and management skills as secretary for the Writing
Fellows program.

Mrs. Erin Willder

Adjunct Faculty—Teaching Linguistics and English Lang, erinwillder@gmail.com, 801-602-6017
Mrs. Willder can comment on my work ethic, especially my willingness to perform any tasks necessary when
deadlines are approaching. She was the editor-in-chief of Stowaway magazine when I worked there as an intern and
as both assistant managing editor and Facebook manager. Because of this experience, she can comment on my
editing skills and my ability to work well on staff in the production of a magazine. She was also my professor when
I took the Intro to Print Publishing class at BYU and can therefore comment on my work designing, laying out, and
typesetting business cards, flyers, magazine spreads, and even small books.