Erika DeSimone

New York City
Website: www.linkedin.com/in/erika-desimone-5aa865a9

Professional Experience

Professionally trained copy and developmental editor; Certificate of Editorial Study (five semester-length courses), NYU Professional School; 16 years editing/proofreading; 10+ employed at an elite academic publisher; Editor of a groundbreaking anthology (<newsouthbooks.com/voices> ); touring author/editor; BA in English

Total Media Industry Experience

16 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Lily Faire Publishing (3-5), NewSouth Books (6-10)

Other Work History

Independent Author-Editor, 5 years; Independent copy/developmental editor, freelance, 1.5 years; Modern Language Assn., 13 years

General

Sample Edit
(nondisclosed 9/1/2016)
Copy/developmental editing test for an established mid-size fiction publisher in NYC. Contract currently in negotiation.