Aaron Carr Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Los Angeles, California, United States (remote)

• COMQUEST and its imprint ExamGuru offer U.S. medical board exam preparation materials for American medical school students studying to take their board exams. As Project Manager, I am solely responsible for the running.
• Scheduling, tracking, and managing all editorial projects for both print and video content
• Recruiting and hiring and contracting authors, editors, designers, and admin support staff
• Managing a team of 15–20 physician authors… Show more COMQUEST and its imprint ExamGuru offer U.S. medical board exam preparation materials for American medical school students studying to take their board exams. As.
• Managing a team of 15–20 physician authors and editors to create medical content in addition to another 4–6 copyeditors, proofreaders, and admin team members to finalize and publish the content for publication through.
• Streamlined the editorial pipeline to more than triple our output compared to my predecessors, including automating many smaller project management tasks, overhauling the Author Guidelines and creating a company Style.

• Versatile writer, journalist, and copywriter with experience in a diverse range of subjects and publishing mediums and a highly tuned ability to write to specific target audiences.
• Author of more than 230 juvenile non-fiction books
• Specializing in educational texts tailored to K-12 curriculum
• Subjects include science, social studies, history, language arts, sports, biographies, and high interest
• My books have been published in five languages: English, French, Spanish… Show more Versatile writer, journalist, and copywriter with experience in a diverse range of subjects and publishing mediums and a highly tuned.
• My books have been published in five languages: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Arabic

Calgary, Alberta

• I managed every aspect of book production, from creating prototypes and contracting authors to final handover to press of finished books, while ensuring the highest quality standards were maintained. I started with.
• Worked directly with authors on… Show more I managed every aspect of book production, from creating prototypes and contracting authors to final handover to press of finished books, while ensuring the highest quality.
• Worked directly with authors on revisions and rewrites
• Edited manuscripts, including substantive editing, copy editing, line editing, and proofreading
• Assessed reading levels and edited text to the desired grade level and curriculum standards using industry-standard readability metrics such as ATOS, Fountas & Pinnell, and Lexile
• Worked directly with the publisher and art director to create prototypes for new books, including brainstorming ideas, researching curriculum correlations, and performing competition analysis to assess market.

High River, Alberta

• Writer and photographer for the High River Times, a twice-weekly newspaper with a circulation of about 6,000. I also regularly submitted articles, photographs, cover photos, and feature stories to the Regional.
• Reported on a wide range of subjects, including general news, community news, sports, and arts and entertainment
• Wrote recurring opinion columns for the… Show more Writer and photographer for the High River Times, a twice-weekly newspaper with a circulation of about 6,000. I also regularly submitted articles, photographs, cover.
• Wrote recurring opinion columns for the editorial page
• Primary photographer for the newspaper, including handling all photo-editing duties
• Edited and proofread all copy and reviewed all layouts and photos to assist in the production of each paper

Nanton, Alberta

• Worked independently in a minimally supervised environment as the sole editorial staff member for the Nanton News, a once-weekly newspaper with a circulation of about 1,000. My articles, feature stories, and.
• Researched, co-ordinated, scheduled, wrote, and edited all editorial content for the Nanton… Show more Worked independently in a minimally supervised environment as the sole editorial staff member for the Nanton News.
• Researched, co-ordinated, scheduled, wrote, and edited all editorial content for the Nanton News
• Covered beats on a range of interests, including general news, police/crime reports, community events, special interest, feature stories, arts and entertainment, and sports
• Scheduled and co-ordinated freelancers to ensure full coverage of events throughout the paper's coverage area
• Organized and co-ordinated a schedule with neighbouring Sun Media newspaper the Vulcan Advocate for weekend coverage throughout the readership areas of both papers

Vancouver, British Columbia

• As part of the Ubyssey Culture staff, I wrote reviews and covered cultural events relevant to students at UBC. The Ubyssey is a twice-weekly student newspaper with a circulation of about 10,000 per issue.
• Wrote reviews of movies, books, CDs, and concerts
• Wrote news articles of cultural interest, including providing coverage for events such as film festivals and literary readings
• Collaborated with editors and other writers to produce full coverage of large events, including… Show more As part of the Ubyssey Culture staff, I wrote reviews and covered cultural events relevant to students at UBC..
• Collaborated with editors and other writers to produce full coverage of large events, including the Vancouver International Film Festival
• Proofread and edited news copy Show less

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

Activities and Societies: Played on the championship-winning Math Club Royals ball hockey team. Program Focus: critical analysis and.

Bachelor'S Degree, General Studies

First year of a four-year bachelor's degree. Transferred to UBC for completion

Computer Programming

Completed the first year of a two-year program, including classes in C++, VisualBasic, and computer math. However, I left the program.