Frances C. Mack
Corning, New York
(607) 346-7160 | fcm224@lehigh.edu | www.linkedin.com/in/MackFrances
Education
Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA
Expected Graduation: May 2024
Major: Scientific and Environmental Writing/Journalism
Overall GPA: 3.93
Minors: Earth and Environmental Science and Museum Studies
Honors & Awards: Eckardt Scholars Honors Program, Dean’s List Fall 2020 – Spring 2023, Williams Prize in Journalism
Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Microsoft SharePoint
- WordPress
- Wix Website Builder
- AP Style
- Typography
- Digital Photography
Experience
Magnit | Painted Post, NY | September 2022 – December 2022
Position – Communications Specialist
- Developed organizational announcements and professional distinctions to inform employees
- Designed digital poster slides to promote global communications
- Interviewed and designed professional profiles for researchers to communicate their stories
Corning Incorporated | Painted Post, NY | May 2022 – August 2022
Position – Marketing and Communications Intern
- Developed integrated communications strategies to guide projects
- Created content for Corning’s intranet and wrote articles to share company achievements
Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | May 2021 – September 2022
Position – Mountaintop Undergraduate Research Fellow
- Developed a poster and article to communicate the relationship between Superbugs, COVID-19, and the media
- Searched databases and coded 288 articles to quantify the news coverage of antibiotic resistance
Corning Museum of Glass | Corning, NY | June 2018 – April 2020
Position – Museum Educator
- Gave eight daily demonstrations to share the science of glass breaking and to communicate the applications of optical fiber
- Answered questions about glass and facilitated interactive experiments to educate visitors
- Assisted and directed visitors around the museum to optimize guest experience
Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | August 2021 – Present
Position – Head Resident Assistant
- Conferenced with 30 individual residents twice per semester to assess their academic and social needs
- Planned and facilitated weekly events and designed bulletin boards to promote a sense of community in residence halls
- Monitored and inspected residence halls to ensure the health and safety of residents
The Home Depot | Painted Post, NY | June 2020 – Present
Position – Cashier
- Ran checkout lanes and monitored self-checkout to minimize store shrink
- Answered questions and helped customers locate merchandise to ensure efficient operations
Campus Involvement / Extra Curricular Involvement
Technology Research and Community Writing Fellowship | August 2022 – Present
- Conferenced with approximately 15 engineering students throughout the semester to help improve the quality of their writing
- Tutored students across different disciplines to refine their written voice
Lehigh Dance Team – Co-Captain | August 2020 – Present
- Choreographed and taught routines with a group of 16 dancers
- Performed at basketball games and university events throughout the academic year
Lehigh Brown and White Newspaper – Multimedia Managing Editor | December 2022 – Present
- Led a team of 30 photographers to collect and curate the 90 photos for issues of the semiweekly newspaper
- Managed the multimedia departments including photo, video, podcast, data graphics, design, and illustration