Resume

EXPERIENCE

Editor/Editorial Consultant

• Specialize in substantive editing, copyediting, fact checking, and research. Clients include:
  • Avalon Publishing Group
  • Bloomsbury USA
  • Harvard Educational Press
  • Haymarket Press
  • Penguin Random House
  • Pegasus Books
  • Perseus Books Group
  • Sourcebooks
  • The Experiment
  • Cornell University Press
  • Fordham University Press
  • Indiana University Press
  • Michigan State University Press
  • Princeton University Press
  • University of Alabama Press
  • University of Illinois Press
  • University of Kentucky Press
  • University of Virginia Press
  • Wayne State University Press
  • U.S. Naval Institute Press
  • Matthew Bender/Lexis-Nexis

Writer

• Author of three journaling texts for Antioch Publishing: Memories of My Mother, Memories of My Father, Memories of School (all published in 2001)
• Wrote book reviews for BOOK magazine, Foreword magazine, and Book-of-the-Month Club
• Created marketing brochures, direct mail pieces, and press releases for financial institutions in Florida and North Carolina

 

Elementary School Teacher

• Designed and implemented teaching units
• Developed testing materials for use in elementary academic areas
• Served on Textbook Evaluation Committee; reviewed and recommended appropriate textbooks

 

Market Research Analyst

• Supervised data collection
• Analyzed, summarized, and presented results to management for use in strategic marketing planning
• Established a database of customer information used in targeting candidates for direct mail campaigns

 

Director of Marketing and Public Relations

• Budgeted, developed, and directed marketing plans including print, radio, and television advertising; wrote press releases for submission to area newspapers

 

EDUCATION

• Virginia Commonwealth University: Children’s Literature course toward MA in Reading
• Guilford College: Completed requirements for initial ‘A’ teaching certificate (K-6) in North Carolina (also certified K-12 in Virginia)
• Michigan State University: BA Marketing

 

VOLUNTEER AFFILIATIONS

• Member of Editorial Freelancers Association
• Charter member of Mason Town Criers/Toastmasters International
• Member of Northeast Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
• Led committee to establish first library for Mason Early Childhood Center, Mason, OH