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Los Angeles, California, United States

I provide physical, emotional, and educational support to individuals and families before, during, and after the birth of a new baby.

Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Scout, sign, and maintain relationships with authors of higher ed Psychology and Counseling textbooks. Manage the cycling of Psychology and Counseling titles to maximize year-over-year revenue and market coverage; create annual projections for discipline growth; identify course markets with potential for growth and/or innovation.Work with authors and.

Thousand Oaks, California

In addition to Associate Editor responsibilities, primary management of all Counseling titles from December 2015–present.

Thousand Oaks, CA

Management of high-priority titles on the Human Services and Business and Management lists, including the following responsibilities:-Creating book development plans-Setting up book schedules-Hiring and managing freelancers-TOC and feature benchmarking-Setting up and analyzing proposal and manuscript reviews-Assisting authors with revision.

San Francisco

-Audited, proofed, and edited interactive titles translated from print for quality and accuracy (textbooks and trade with a particular focus on cooking and travel).-Created and refined workflows and best practices for quality assurance of interactive content for the Inkling platform.-Reviewed independently developed interactive titles and content.

Boston

Editorial assistant for freshman composition handbooks, readers, and research guides. Responsibilities included the following:-Assisted the acquisitions editor in various capacities-Administered reviews-Prepared proposals for approval (budget, design, and production)-Processed invoices-Detailed note taking -Routed contracts-Generally made sure nothing went.

Assisted in all areas necessary with regard to editorial, sales, marketing, PR, etc. Tasks included proofreading, research, mailings, contract inventory, writing press releases, and creating marketing material.

Previously Circulation Assistant since Sept 2007. Responsibilities included shelving and ordering books, assisting library patrons, and opening and closing the library.

Editor-in-Chief of student-run literary publication. Oversaw acquisition of student works, workshopping, editing, design, marketing, and publication of biannual magazine, as well as hosting and co-hosting several events throughout the year with other student publications and within the publishing department at Emerson College.

Read solicited and unsolicited manuscripts, research potential clients and book topics.

Content management, social media marketing, blog management, daily email management, book reviews, proofreading, fact checking, writing short articles.

Reviewed unsolicited submissions and completed various editorial tasks as assigned

Copywriting StaffAcquire and publish a student's work to be sold at Barnes and Noble for charity

Created stylebook and edited all print and online articles for grammar, continuity, and accuracy

Tutor children ages K-12 with reading, writing, and any additional homework

Bfa, Writing, Literature, Publishing

Activities and Societies: Editor in Chief of Stork Magazine, Gold Key Honor Society member, Senior Copyeditor em magazine, Book Publishing.

Certification, Birth Doula