Professional Experience
Eagle-eyed copy editor and proofreader with experience in newspapers, magazines, books and online content. Specialties include travel, food, beauty, health and education. Well acquainted with AP Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style.
Total Media Industry Experience
13 Years
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Away.com (10+), Laureate Education (10+), SouthComm Publishing (6-10), Keybridge Communications (3-5), Besins Healthcare Inc. (1-2)
Other Work History
"The Girlfriend's Guide Through Infertility," fact checker
The Columbian newspaper, 4+ years
Willamette Week, 1.5 years
The Anchorage Daily News, 1.5 years
Foreign Language Skills
French
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Quark CopyDesk, Quark XPress, managing online content using Movable Type and Drupal, PDFpen
Equipment
Laptop, PDFpen, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro
References
Available upon request
Awards
Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award, headline writing