A natural and well-honed knack for creating engaging, error-free text focused on viability for the Web. Ability to adapt to the tone necessary for the content, customer and audience, regardless of industry, and to maintain said tone.
Strong knowledge of SEO and best online practices.
Managerial experience gained as a Quality Assurance lead at Motorola. While there, maintained the style standards and authorial voice demanded by our major partners, and dramatically reduced the error rate from approximately 25 percent to less than 10 percent in a rigorously audited and very high-volume Web-publishing environment.
Strong knowledge of AP and Chicago Manual styles and common editorial notation.
Proficient with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Photoshop (all CS4), the Microsoft Office suite, and WYSIWYG Web-editing tools.
Conversant with HTML and CSS.
Highly skilled with WordPress CMS. Also skilled with Blogger, Tumblr and a variety of social networking platforms.
Able to process large amounts of information quickly and accurately, producing well-written and error-free text in a deadline-driven environment. Also able to quickly adapt to and apply house-style standards.
Created and continue to ensure team-wide adherence to our house style, which is based on AP style, but has been modified to better fit the Web-publishing environment.
Excellent interpersonal, organizational and multitasking skills.
Experience & Education
08/10–present • Copy editor
World Trade Press, Petaluma, CA
Duties: Editing of travel guides for major world cities, ensuring adherence to in-house style guidelines for Web presentation and grammar, style, syntax, etc. Standards based on Chicago Manual of Style.
06/07–06/10 • Lead copywriter / quality assurance analyst
Motorola, Inc., Alameda, CA
Duties: Copy writing and editing, team management with an eye to productivity and workflow, creation and maintenance of team standards designed to keep error rate at a minimum and productivity at a maximum
02/07–01/09 • Staff reviewer and contributing author
Black Heart Magazine
Duties: Wrote and edited book and music reviews, mostly for small presses and independent labels
06/06–12/06 • Intern
Small Press Distribution, Berkeley, CA
Duties: Writing ad copy, compiling / updating contact information for publishers and reviewers, compiling book lists for library and retail collections
07/04–12/05 • Contributing editor
The Morning Star, Salem, OR
Résumé
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Skills, Strengths & Experience
Experience & Education
08/10–present • Copy editor
World Trade Press, Petaluma, CA
Duties: Editing of travel guides for major world cities, ensuring adherence to in-house style guidelines for Web presentation and grammar, style, syntax, etc. Standards based on Chicago Manual of Style.
06/07–06/10 • Lead copywriter / quality assurance analyst
Motorola, Inc., Alameda, CA
Duties: Copy writing and editing, team management with an eye to productivity and workflow, creation and maintenance of team standards designed to keep error rate at a minimum and productivity at a maximum
02/07–01/09 • Staff reviewer and contributing author
Black Heart Magazine
Duties: Wrote and edited book and music reviews, mostly for small presses and independent labels
06/06–12/06 • Intern
Small Press Distribution, Berkeley, CA
Duties: Writing ad copy, compiling / updating contact information for publishers and reviewers, compiling book lists for library and retail collections
07/04–12/05 • Contributing editor
The Morning Star, Salem, OR
Duties: Submission evaluation, copy editing, layout, column writing
Education
B.A., English, University of California at Berkeley
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