Lisa J Smith

Rohnert Park, CA USA
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Professional Experience

Since 1990, I have worked as a freelance editor and writer in scientific, technical, medical, and nonfiction publications at all stages of production: developmental editing, copy editing, indexing, fact-checking, and proofreading. I have written book and film reviews, grant applications, press releases, and interviews for magazines that specialize in human interest stories. I have edited continuing medical education enduring materials; nonfiction trade books (woodworking, gardening, home decorating, cooking, fitness, nutrition, children's fiction, arts and crafts, juvenile science, games, puzzles, young adult, photography, theater, crafts, fashion, and humor); course materials for scientific conferences (e.g., neuroscience); academic journals; ESL applied science manuscripts; dissertations; medical textbooks (e.g., cardiology); legal textbooks (law for managers, family law, real estate, criminal and civil law); and pharmaceutical industry advertisements and regulatory submissions.

Expertise

Editor
20 Years
Researcher
4 Years
Writer
4 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities
6 Years
Medicine
10 Years
Law
6 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
3 Years
Advertising agency
6 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
10 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

20 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Hearst Books (10+), Bridgepoint Education (10+), Watson Guptill Publishing (10+), Random House (10+), Metrowest Magazine (10+), Spiritual Spring Journal (10+), New York Academy of Sciences (10+), Sterling Publishing (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

HealthMatters Communications (10+), Cline, Davis & Mann (10+), DDB Rx (10+), Draft FCB (10+), Society for Neuroscience (10+), MediMedia Managed Markets (10+), NewBridge Translations (10+)

Other Work History

Medical Editor, Decision Resources, Inc, Waltham, MA, 2003-2008 Copy editor, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1998-2003

Technical Skills

Book indexing, writing interviews, book and film reviews, grant applications, press releases

Foreign Language Skills

Some French, Russian

Unions

Freelancers Union

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office, Excel, EndNote, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Proof HQ, Mac OS, Windows 7, XP, Ventura Publisher, some InDesign

Equipment

Laptop computer, desktop computer, cell phone for texting, digital audio recorder, digital camera, Skype camera

Work Permits & Visas

US citizen

References

Available upon request

Awards

Performance Distinction Award (Decision Resources, Inc, 2003)

Associations

Bay Area Editors Forum

Showcase

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