Summary of Qualifications
21 years in publishing
14 years of editing
a variety of content
12 years of managing a successful freelance editing career
Content Edited
Non-fiction and fiction
Computer-based training tutorials
Instructor-led training manuals
Journal articles
Marketing material
Multimedia scripts
Proposals
Software specifications
Textbooks
User guides
Software Experience
Acrobat
Excel
FrontPage
Illustrator
Internet Explorer
Movie Maker
Notes
Outlook
PageMaker
Photoshop
PowerPoint
QuickBooks
Quicken
Word
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Objective
To
obtain freelance assignments in copyediting, proofreading,
and writing
Professional Experience
Editorial:
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Edited
over 300 titles; level of edit ranged from proofreading to
developmental editing
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Wrote
documentation for course development process
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Established and documented procedure for online editing
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Composed and edited newsletters, brochures, resumes, and
correspondence for local small businesses
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Performed electronic editing via Microsoft Word’s Track
Changes feature and Adobe Acrobat’s reviewing tools
·
Entered
editorial changes, indexed manuals, and prepared manuals for
press
Layout and Design:
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Maintained consistent layout and design of computer training
manuals, illustrated figures and overhead transparencies,
tested data integrity in CD-ROM product, and prepared files
for press
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Formatted magazine pages, enforced daily deadlines, and
delivered final pages to production departments
Administrative:
·
Gained
broad experience in a collaborative environment,
coordinating and maintaining multiple schedules as central
communication point for entire team
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Interacted with team members in multiple locations
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Maintained client billing, negotiating fees and tracking
payment
·
Managed
projects from author hand-off to publication; involvement in
publishing process ranged from participating in project
kick-off meetings to signing off on final copy of document
Managerial:
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Guided
authors through the writing process by providing
developmental editing and copy editing
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Trained
authors and editors on writing and editing processes
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Planned, researched, wrote, and edited corporate style guide
with colleagues
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Coordinated the publication of, designed, and edited
yearbooks
Attributes
Deadline-driven Meticulous
Detail-oriented Thorough
Independent
Team player Adaptable
Reliable Consistent
Curious
Employment History
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Freelance Editor, 8/97 to present: WordsWorth
Communications (DBA), Webster, NY
Clients include Axzo Press, Demand Studios, Macmillan
Publishing Solutions, University of Rochester, and
Writ Wilcox
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Project Editor/Technical Editor, 1995 to 1997
Associate Technical Editor, 1995
Layout Specialist, 1995
Composition Specialist, 1991 to 1995
Element K (formerly Ziff Davis Education, formerly Logical
Operations), Rochester, NY
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Production Editor, 1989 to 1990,
InformationWeek magazine, CMP Publications Inc.,
Manhasset, NY
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Art Department Trainee, 1988 to 1989, CMP
Publications Inc., Manhasset, NY
Education
B.A.
English (Concentration in Writing), Marist College,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Professional Sequence Certificate in Editing, EEI
Communications, Alexandria, VA |