1. Jennifer Gucwa
22 Dapple Gray St., The Woodlands, TX 77382
Cell: (409) 594-4692
Email: jennifer.gucwa@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jennifergucwa
OBJECTIVE
Marketing/communication or editing position in an innovative, creative environment.
SUMMARY
Twelve years in executive and academic support. Responsibilities included informing and educating a variety of
audiences, writing/editing/proofreading for publication and correspondence, project design and management,
database/website management. Special expertise in organizing complex information into straightforward, user-
friendly materials; designing more efficient systems; research and integration of information to make
recommendations and meet client needs; editing and composition; presentation design.
EXPERIENCE
2012-present Department Coordinator, Rice University Department of Psychology, Houston, TX
2010-2012 Staff Assistant, Rice University Department of Psychology, Houston, TX
(Private university, psychology department office. Staff of two, supporting department of
18 faculty and 30 graduate students)
➢ Designed and presented how-to guide for department faculty learning to use the GradAdmit online
application review system. Guide was adopted and modified by Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral
Studies for campus-wide use
➢ Co-wrote, edited, and formatted Psychology Department graduate student handbook
➢ Collaborated to edit, format and information-check 12 Promotion and Tenure dossiers
➢ Created content for department website, including comprehensive FAQ for potential graduate applicants
and index of dissertations and theses
➢ Coordinated graduate program applications; served as point of contact for prospective graduate student
inquiries and graduate application process
➢ Compiled and distributed annual departmental directory; improved participant response and data collection
process by designing PDF forms
➢ Coordinated departmental awards for annual School of Social Sciences Commencement reception
➢ Drafted correspondence for Department Chair
2010-present Independent Consultant, Design and Editing, Houston, TX
➢ Edit on request for the Rice University Social Sciences Dean’s Office – magazines, brochures, internet
content, newsletters
➢ Created 5-page handout for 2010 Pacific Palisades Garden Tour – compiled images of plants, ensured
proper attribution, grouped similar types, designed layout and formatted
2004-2009 Associate for Administration, Georgia K. Irvin and Associates, Chevy Chase, MD
(Educational consulting for families applying to DC-area day schools and boarding and therapeutic programs
worldwide. High-profile clients, including political figures and corporate CEOs. Office of three. Reported
directly to CEO/owner)
➢ Major contributor in redrafting “Principles of Good Practice” for the Independent Educational Consultants
Association, a US and international association
➢ Edited material and compiled survey information for the second edition of Georgia Irvin’s Guide to
Schools; for the third edition, designed surveys, corresponded with schools, entered data, designed school
profile layout, edited text & copy, constructed maps & charts
➢ Edited and revised personalized recommendation letters to highly competitive day and boarding schools
➢ Edited speeches about the private school admissions process and designed PowerPoint slideshows for
presentations to parents at area preschools, local associations, law firms, World Bank
➢ Served as personal assistant to CEO/owner; responsibilities included those of office manager, receptionist,
secretary, client and school liaison, tech support, advertising designer, database/website manager

2. July-Dec. 2003 Secretary, National Cancer Institute, Office of Technology and Industrial Relations,
Bethesda, MD
(Cancer research division of the National Institutes of Health, office of 10)
2002-2003 Designer, The Closet Factory, Waldorf, MD
(Custom closet/cabinetry design and sales in the DC Metro Area, staff of 20)
Aug.-Nov. 2002 Personal Assistant, Whitney Stewart Interiors, Bethesda, MD
(Interior designer serving the DC Metro Area, run out of designer’s home)
EDUCATION
2001 A.B. with Honors, Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Thesis: Refining regulatory depletion: Replication and modification of recent experiments in self-regulation.
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS/INDEPENDENT WORK
2014 Recipient of the Rice University Graduate Student Association Faculty/Staff Service Award, “in
recognition of efforts beyond the call of duty to improve the quality of life for graduate students at Rice”
Versed in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs, Acrobat, basic html, CMS400, FileMaker Pro, WordPerfect, Concur
PROJECT DESIGN EXAMPLES
➢ Rice Psychology prospective student FAQ
➢ Rice Psychology graduate student handbook
➢ Rice Social Sciences Centennial magazine