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Work
Experience
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| 10/07
- present |
Vice
President of Web Design and Publications
Media
Matters of Michigan
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1/02
- present
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Freelance
Writer and Editor
- Write,
edit, proofread and prepare manuscript for typesetting
- Manage
assignments from multiple clients
- Run
the Potter Park Zoo Society's Web
site
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| 1/00
- 1/02 |
ACMarketing,
4440 Hagadorn Rd., Okemos, MI 48864
Web Site Content Director
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Developed specs for Web site Magazineline.com
- Worked
as liaison between Marketing, IS, and Customer Service
- Suggested
improvements to content and design
- Wrote
and edited text for site, create graphics
- Wrote
news releases
- Monitored
site for updates
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| 1/98
- 12/99 |
Editor
in Creative Department
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Managed production of print products
- Wrote
and edited content for JobMonkey.com
- Wrote
and desktopped newsletters and updated telephone hotlines
- Wrote
and designed promotional materials for marketing department
- Registered
copyrights, ISBNs, and trademarks
- Supervised
associates
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| 3/96
- 1/98 |
Thomson
Gale, 27500 Drake Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535
Senior Editor in Children's Literature Department
- Project
manager for CD-ROM Exploring Novels
- Worked
closely with other departments, including Permissions, Graphic
Services, Production, and Research, and with outside authors
and editors
- Mentored
editors in book production processes
- Led
literature division market awareness team
- Wrote
profit-and-loss statements, budgets, production schedules, and
style
guidelines
- Editorial
liaison for freelance projects
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| 6/92
- 3/96 |
Editor
in Literature Division
- Edited
volumes 10-13 of series Authors & Artists for Young Adults
and volumes 77-87 of series Something about the Author
- Served
as in-house liaison for Reference Guide to Short Fiction
- Spearheaded
efforts to incorporate research and permissions processes into
editorial department
- Trained
associate editors in project management
- Created
successful freelance program to outsource work
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| 6/88
- 6/92 |
Assistant,
then Associate Editor
- Wrote
and edited text, front matter, indexes
- Trained
new assistant editors
- Served
on project design task force
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Education
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Adrian College, Adrian, MI, B.A., 1988
Majors: English literature and German
- Denver
Publishing Institute, Denver, CO, diploma, 1994
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