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  Erin Brenner
 
Professional/Personal Overview
  Erin is a language professional. She has been working in editing for more than 17 years and now puts her experience at your disposal. Whether you need someone to smarten up the language on your website, fine-tune the wording in your manuscript, or ensure your periodical is well written and ready to publish, you can put Erin's writing, editing, and project-management skills to work for you!
Work Info
 
Expertise
Content Editor (online) 11 Years
Copy Editor 13 Years
Editorial: Proofreader 17 Years
Specialty
Marketing news and opinion/marketing research 13 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
17 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Copyediting.com (11+), Vocabulary.com (11+), New Hampshire Writer (11+), Garner's Modern American Usage (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
ITSMA (11+), NPC Creative Services (11+), Altimeter (1-2), Emerging Energy Research (1-2)
Other Work History
Copy Chief & Associate Editor
Oct. 2000-Oct. 2009
Incisive Media, New York, NY
--Copyedited, fact-checked, and coded columns, tables, and marketing materials
--Wrote, edited, and distributed writer newsletter
--Answered reader mail
--Acted as daily contact for writers
--Assisted Executive Editor with day-to-day site operations

Research Editor/Project Editor
February 1999-Oct. 2000
IDC, Framingham, MA
--Edited special projects and assisted with editor training
--Helped develop publishing process and documentation
--Copyedited high-tech marketing research
--Prepared graphics for production
--Verified data cited in text agrees with data presented in graphics
--Kept current filing information for subscription research

Proofreader
June 1994-February 1999
Epsilon Data Management, Burlington, MA
--Proofread direct mail projects
--Organized and maintained all client specs in style manual
Computer Skills
MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Windows Vista and 7, HTML, some XML
Technical Skills
Table creation (Excel, Word, HTML), prepping for web publishing
Equipment
PC; printer/copier/scanner/fax; Acrobat; MS Office
Foreign Language Skills
None
Work Permits & Visas
US resident
Unions
None
References
Rebecca Lieb
former Editor-in-Chief, The ClickZ Network
rebecca.lieb@gmail.com
Awards
None
Associations
Editorial Freelancers Association
New Hampshire Writers' Project
American Copy Editors Assocation
Other
10.16.08: Your Role in the Editorial Process
05.20.08: How to Edit -- Not Wreck -- Advertising and Marketing Copy
11.13.07: Math Errors: Can You Fix Them?
09.06.07: Open or Strict Editorial Style? Striking the Right Balance
12.15.06: Substantive & Developmental Editing
05.11.06: Copy Editing: The Grammar, Usage, and Style Tune-Up
03.07.06: Tracking Down New Words
09.29.05: 100 Things Every Copy Editor Should Know
05.20.04: Copy Editing: Solving Your Problems
05.23.03: The Challenges of Copy Editing Today
Spring 2002: Creating Web Sites
Spring 2002: Advanced Web Pages
12.11.98: Grammar & Usage
11.16.98: Power Editing
06.01.98: MA in English, Northeastern University
12.01.93: BA in English, Salem State College
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Boston, MA. I am willing to travel locally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
 
Substantive Edits  
(ClickZ, 1/8/2009)
Line edit of an expert e-mail advice column by non-professional writer
(Sherri Clark, 12/16/2006)
This is a final paper for a graduate-level nursing class on nursing theory. The paper earned the student an A.
(ClickZ, 9/2/2005)
Line (content) edit of opinion column written by a non-professional writer.
Copy Edits  
(ClickZ, 1/8/2009)
Copy edit of an expert advice column by a non-professional writer
(ITSMA, 10/15/2007)
Copy edit of a professional research report. Please note this is only a sample of the entire report, for client privacy.
(ClickZ, 1/21/2005)
Copy edit of a news article by a professional writer.
Writing  
(Incisive World, 4/1/2007)
A feature article on the history of The ClickZ Network
(The ClickZ Network, 3/30/2007)
Quarterly freelance writers' e-mail newsletter

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