Maria Erdmann

Chicago, IL USA

Professional Experience

My experience lies in copyediting for finance and marketing, but I also welcome opportunities to edit and localize content for personal finance, publishers, nonprofits, and arts-based organizations. I am especially interested in working with NGOs to produce professional, high-quality communications that empower the everyday consumer. Past end-clients: Google, Aon, Groupon, Radisson Hotels, McCain Foods, FedEx, and the American Medical Association Materials Edited Corporate marketing: direct mail, free-standing inserts, take-one brochures, snap-pack mailers, buckslips, privacy notices Web (internal and external): social media blurbs, travel-focused blog articles, scripts for Internet-tool tutorials, employee profiles, e-mail blasts, equity research Other: trade-magazine articles, conference books, company newsletters and news magazines, press releases, corporate communications, industry reports, ESL students’ academic papers, sell-side research reports

Total Media Industry Experience

10 Years

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Radisson Hotels (3-5), Google (6-10)

Other Work History

William Blair & Company – I edited equity-research reports and related content for four-and-a-half years. Discover Financial Services – As a member of an in-house creative team, I edited a wide array of marketing collateral, including direct mail and Web copy.

Technical Skills

I have used countless custom content management systems to publish edited work.

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, InDesign, Google Apps for Work, SharePoint, PC, Mac

Equipment

OSX Yosemite 10.10.1, Office 365

Associations

Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) – Board Member at Large Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) American Copy Editors Society (ACES) Freelancers Union