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I've got your back! Copy editor/proofreader/writer/fact-checker with detailed focus not only on the text but on all the minute components of the whole. Responsive. Fast. Meticulous. Innovative. Collaborative. On-message. Career of deadline communications delivery, from web, mobile, print campaigns and financials to agency and startup story-telling to academic journals, e-learning courses, book manuscripts, metadata, executive messaging, ghosted content, corporate marketing.
COPY EDITING/PROOFREADING/WRITING
web strategy/content/meta
annual and sustainability reports
brochures
business collateral
U.S./global localization
book manuscripts
journals/newsletters/magazines
internal communications
project management
MEDIA/PUBLIC RELATIONS
news releases
features
RESEARCH
meta/SEO, SEM, SMM
interviewing
fact-checking
image research
COMMUNICATIONS COACHING
executive communications
graduate-level theses (including MBA)
admissions/scholarship essays (including Fulbright) |
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Expertise |
| Content Editor (online) |
10 Years |
| Writer |
15 Years |
| Proofreader, Copy Editor, Fact-Checker |
20 Years |
Specialty |
| Medicine |
10 Years |
| Business (general) |
20 Years |
| Finance |
15 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
VSA Partners (11+), WunderLand Group (11+), independent authors (11+), Institutional Investor Journals (11+), Tweak (11+), Simple Truth (11+), noodls (11+), Oprah.com (11+), Blue Waters Group (11+), Artisan Talent (11+), Author Solutions (11+), Elsevier/MC Strategies (11+), Creative Circle (11+), The Real Deal Magazine (6-10), Forest Products Society (6-10), Graham Allen Partners (3-5), Shared Research (3-5), Energy BBDO (3-5), Elizabeth Hawk Publishing (1-2), 24 Seven (1-2), BVK (1-2), MedSci (1-2), Wharton Digital Press (1-2) |
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Allstate (11+), Bankers Life and Casualty (11+), Career Education Corporation (11+), kCura Corporation (11+), Neverest (6-10), Akoya Capital (6-10), CME Group (3-5), CNO Financial Group (3-5), Council of Residential Specialists (3-5), Dearborn National (1-2), Carlyle Group (1-2), Sage Wellness (1-2), Mercer (1-2), Lake Capital (1-2), McDermott Will & Emery (1-2), Equity International (1-2), United Airlines (1-2) |
Other Work History
Stars&Stripes inc. - Chief Branding Officer
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Director/Marketing Communications
System Software Associates, Inc. Senior Editor/Global Marketing
USCS International/CableData Editor/Marketing Communications
The Sacramento Bee News Editor
Rio Americano High School Journalism Adviser
The Capital Times - Copy Editor
The Indianapolis News - Copy/Layout Editor |
Computer Skills
MICROSOFT OpenOffice, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel
SharePoint
Basecamp
TeamSite
Daylite
QuickBase
TestGen
ADOBE PageMaker, PhotoDeluxe, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign
QuarkXPress
Wordtracker and SEOmoz
PC and Mac |
Technical Skills
AP Style
The Chicago Manual of Style
APA/AMA Style
The New York Times Style
American Psychological Association Style
Digital photography
Computer-based research
Website and intranet development/management |
Equipment
Complete home office and mobility |
References
Available on request
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Awards
International Association of Business Communicators six Silver Six-Crystal Awards (individual and team).
A client publication won two 2007 Marcom Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.
Academic client was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for 2009-2010. |
Associations
Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
Women in Communications |
Other
VERTICAL COLLABORATIONS
CORPORATE/SMALL BUSINESS BY INDUSTRY
telecommunications
consulting
financial services
software
media
ERP
IT
legal
hospitality
manufacturing
healthcare
NOT-FOR-PROFIT BY SECTOR
social services
public education
alumni associations
INDIVIDUAL
university applicants
post-grad program applicants
book/short story authors
sales professionals
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Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Indianapolis, IN. I am willing to travel anywhere. |
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Marketing Collateral |
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(McDermott Will & Emery)
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(Kathleen A. Schienle)
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(Ernst & Young Applications Services)
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(Greer Marketing Communications)
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Press Releases |
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(noodls/Innogest SGR)
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(noodls.com)
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(Akoya Capital, LLC)
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(Akoya Capital, LLC)
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Resume |
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White Papers |
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(Sales Marketing Network)
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(Sales Marketing Network)
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Books |
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(HarperCollins Publishers)
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Writing/Copy Editing/Proofreading |
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(Forest Products Society)
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(kCura)
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(CNO Financial Group)
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(noodls)
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(kCura)
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(kCura)
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(kCura)
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Bylined Stories |
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(SSA's LiveWIRE e-newsmagazine)
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(The Real Deal Magazine)
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(The Real Deal Magazine)
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(The Real Deal Magazine)
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(The Real Deal Magazine)
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Website Content Creation/Metadata-SEO |
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(Drum365)
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(Tweak)
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(Johnny Rabb LLC)
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(noodls.com)
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(Akoya Capital, LLC)
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Web Copy Editing/Proofreading |
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(City of South Bend)
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(Bankers Life and Casualty)
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(Harpo Productions/Oprah Winfrey Network)
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(Sage Wellness LA)
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(Elsevier)
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Academic Catalogs/Proofreading |
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(Saint Xavier University)
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(Career Education Corporation)
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(Career Education Corporation)
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