Megan Mondi

Current

• Business Development Manager at Shakespeare Squared

Past

• Head Speech and Debate Coach at Regina Dominican High School
• Student Teacher at Normal Community West High School
• Gallery Interpreter Training Assistant at Chicago History Museum

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Education

• University of Oxford
• University of Chicago
• Illinois Wesleyan University

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Industry

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Megan Mondi’s Summary

Hardworking, creative, and dynamic professional who is experienced in marketing and public relations, developing products for educational and trade publishers, editing academic journals, leading groups, and teaching in U.S. schools; has completed rigorous coursework; and has demonstrated and applied creativity and interpersonal and organizational skills in a wide variety of professional settings. Excellent candidate for a marketing, public relations, or management consultancy position in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment.

Currently pursuing an M.Phil. in modern European history at the University of Oxford.

Megan Mondi’s Specialties:

business development, partnerships and alliances, marketing, public relations, educational publishing

Megan Mondi’s Experience

• Business Development Manager

  Shakespeare Squared

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  Shakespeare Squared is an educational development company.
  
  -Clients included Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Pearson Scott Foresman, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Discovery Education, HowStuffWorks.com, Heinemann-Raintree, Riverside Publishing, The Learning Institute, and other prestigious educational publishers
  
  -Was responsible for new business development for the $2million+ company
  
  -Launched and developed international strategic partnerships and alliances channel
  
  -Developed brand identity and initiated product development plans for two start-up sister companies, UpGrade Education and The Shakespeare Squared Foundation
  
  -Produced the first podcasts for the educational publishing industry
  
  -Led marketing initiatives
  
  -Built and grew relationships with clients
  
  -Wrote and presented bid proposals
  
  -Directed public relations
  
  -Promoted to this role based on successful performance and innovative strategies
  
  Previous positions held at Shakespeare Squared include senior business development specialist, business development specialist, and editorial assistant. In these roles I represented the company at conferences and summits, created marketing materials, wrote, edited, and indexed educational materials, led the product development committee, and graded freelance candidates.

• Head Speech and Debate Coach

  Regina Dominican High School

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  May 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Provided individual instruction to help students develop public speaking, critical thinking, research, and communication skills

• Student Teacher

  Normal Community West High School

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)

  Provided full time regular instruction over a sixteen-week period for grades 9-12 in international relations, regional world studies (co-taught with the English Department), and United States social and geographic history; Served as assistant coach of the speech team

• Gallery Interpreter Training Assistant

  Chicago History Museum

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Researched and wrote student activities and training materials for new exhibit

Megan Mondi’s Education

• University of Oxford

  M. Phil. , Modern European History , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  History Faculty Mentor
  Worcester College Middle Common Room (MCR)
  MCR Social Secretary, 2008-2009

• University of Chicago

  Editing Certificate , Editing , 2007 — 2008

  Graham School of General Studies

• Illinois Wesleyan University

  BA , Double Major: English Literature and History , 2002 — 2006

  Summa Cum Laude and research honors
  
  Illinois Type 09 certificate (English Language Arts and Social Studies with a history designation)

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Lambda Delta (freshman honour society)
  Kappa Delta Pi (education honour society)
  Phi Alpha Theta (history honour society), treasurer and journal editor
  Phi Beta Delta (international honour society)
  Phi Beta Kappa (the United States’s most prestigious honour society)
  Phi Eta Sigma (freshman honour society), president
  Phi Kappa Phi (honour society)
  Sigma Tau Delta (English honour society), president

Additional Information

Megan Mondi’s Interests:

My interests include history, travelling, reading, socialising, organizing, editing, and tea drinking.

Megan Mondi’s Groups:

Worcester College Middle Common Room
The Shakespeare Squared Foundation
International Reading Association
International Society for Technology in Education
Chicago Catholic Forensic League

•    International Society for Technology in Education
•    Oxford University Alumni
•    AEP
•    Illinois Wesleyan University Alumni
•    Worcester College Oxford Alumni

Megan Mondi’s Honors:

Awards:
*History Scholar Finalist, Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City, NY, 4 – 11 June 2005
*Paul Bushnell Teacher Education Award
*Who’s Who Among American College Students

Speaking Engagements:
*John Wesley Powell Research Conference, 8 April 2006: 'The Speeches and Self-Fashioning of King James'
*MUSE, 1 October 2005: 'Value and Valuation in Measure for Measure'
*Inauguration Symposium, Illinois Wesleyan University, 8 April 2005: 'Unconventional Classrooms: Historic Sites as Venues for Learning'

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