Professional Experience
* 20+ years holding editorial roles in publishing * Manager of copy edit and editorial staff. * Defining editorial and production workflows in Adobe CS to print and digital. * Authoring RFPs and managing vendors of editorial and production services * Print production expertise * PDF Accessibility compliance * Have written hundreds of passages to spec for classroom products and assessments in Reading, ELA, and Writing. * Published novelist, award-winning story writer, essaying in major outlets * 30+ book-length manuscripts edited and consulted * 10 years classroom teaching
Expertise
Copy Editor
8 Years
Content Editor (online)
5 Years
Editor
22 Years
Specialty
Books & Literature
24 Years
Education
16 Years
Fiction
24 Years
Industries
Book publishing - all
16 Years
Academia Teaching
10 Years
Publishing (non-book) - all
3 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
The College Board (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
InkSplash, LLC (6-10), CreateSpace.com (10+), JMC Marketing Communications (3-5), Luminary Media (3-5), Measured Progress (1-2)
Other Work History
+ Editorial Manager at Benchmark Education, leading publisher of K-12 classroom materials in ELA, Literacy, Phonics, Writing, etc. + Teaching Artist in fiction workshops with The Loft Literary Center of Minneapolis, since 2009 (still active). + Course Instructor at Gotham Writer's Workshop in NYC in Fiction Level II, Fiction Level II, Creative Writing 101, and more. + Senior Editor at DRC, Minneapolis, publisher of educational assessment tests.
Technical Skills
+ Copy Editing using Chicago Manual of Style + Manuscript and content design and tagging in prep for book/document graphic design + Document conversion: .docx, .innd/.idml, XML, HTML5. + Content creation for audience engagement + Developmental editing for clarity, audience, reading level, bias/sensitivity
Computer Skills
+ Book design, layout, and production in Adobe InDesign. + PDF production for offset and digital presses + PDF Production for web publication, including ADA accessibility compliance. + Book asset management in Adobe Bridge. + Intermediate skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro, Dreamweaver. + Custom scripting in InDesign and Bridge for automation of production tasks. + Ten years' WordPress experience, including install, migration, security, design, and SEO. + Office 365, including integrations between apps for automation, including OneDrive for Business + Sharepoint site management, publishing
