Resume
Resume

Joy Loftus
10 Buick St. Boston, MA 02215 |------------ | ------------ | ------------
EDUCATION
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA Graduated May 2020
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
- Cumulative GPA: 3.5/4.0

Portsmouth Abbey School Portsmouth, RI May 2016

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Boston Film Festival, Boston, MA
August 2019 - September 2019
Screening Committee
-Reviewed and critiqued festival submissions to determine which entries would be screened at the festival
- Also volunteered for the Boston Independent Film Festival in my sophomore and junior years

The Guild of Boston Artists Boston, MA
June 2018 - August 2018
Intern
-Worked with the assistant manager to help with gallery presentation, selling art works, developing an online digital archive for the gallery on Artsy, and organizing a juried exhibition; Focus was on learning the basics of the fine art business

The Boston Society of Film Critics Boston, MA
January 2019 - present
Intern
Assisted the director with various responsibilities in the critics’ circle including a social media studio outreach campaign for last year’s Academy Awards, organizing a special repertory series to honor filmmaker Debra Granik and her career at the Brattle Theatre, and organizing film press releases around Boston

Interlock Media Cambridge, MA June 2019 - July 2019
Screenwriting Assistant/ Production Assistant
Worked with a team of editors to revise a script prior to shooting


LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

Lead Sales Associate, Crane & Lion Beacon Hill June 2016 - June 2019
Assistant to the Manager
Responsibilities included overseeing inventory, handling customers both online and in store, and opening and closing the store

Beacon Hill Women’s Forum Event Coordinator Boston, MA
September 2018 - May 2019
This was a volunteer position in which I organized a lecture series at the Hampshire House on a monthly basis. Each speaker delivered a lecture in order to communicate to the members of the women’s forum personal memoirs from their professional experience.


SKILLS & INTERESTS

Languages: Latin, Spanish
Technical Skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel
Interests: Expository and Narrative Writing, Media Theory, Communications


REFERENCES

Jonathan Foltz- Associate Professor of English Literature, Boston University
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Sarah Frederick- Associate Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature
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Tom Meek- Former President of the Boston Society of Film Critics
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Senaida Bautista- Former President of the Beacon Hill Women’s Forum
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