SpecialtiesContent Editing—Provide precision substantive or copyediting to: • Correct errors in grammar, spelling, and usage• Ensure the preferred style is applied• Correct/query inconsistencies• Improve word choice• Avoid ambiguities/reduce wordiness• Reorganize content• Ensure a consistent voice and readability• Ensure specs/formatting requirements are met Proofreading—Provide standard or substantive proofreading• Standard: review proofs for typos, misspellings, formatting issues, image/pedagogy placement, overall layout • Substantive: standard tasks plus identify inconsistencies and awkward/confusing language Writing—develop or create content suited to your purpose and audienceProject Management—Organize the entire production process for publications: • Liaise with authors/contributors• Create and maintain schedules• Organize reviews• Hire and manage freelance copyeditors/proofreaders/designers/artists• Coordinate layout and page proofs with a compositor or vendor• Video and photo shoot preparation/managementQuality Assessment/Quality Control• Provide quality control• Ensure an editor/editorial team tailors edits to publication requirements and preferred style/usage• Ensure an editor does not introduce new errors Clients21st Crntury Wind | American Academy of Ophthalmology | American Association of Critical-Care Nurses | American Red Cross | Aptara | Begell House, Inc. | Cenveo | Dartmouth Journal Services | Duke University Press | FA Davis | George Washington University | Individual Authors | Laserwords | LearningMate | Pearson | Schiffer Publishing | SPi Global | Springer | Spring Hollow Press | TeleSign | WebMD | Wolters Kluwer

~Assess, develop, and manage 20–25 key titles~Facilitate joint ventures with The American College of Sports Medicine and National Academy of Sports Medicine; develop project scope, define markets, and shape manuscript ~Collaborate closely with marketing team to ensure market appropriateness of market and market development~Oversee and maintain vision for project-specific video and/or photo shoots, both onsite and offsite~Shape and manage art and design programs to meet market needs ~Create project-specific budgets for illustrations/photography, reviews, and supplemental products~Develop detailed project schedules, from inception through publication ~Create marketing copy, back cover copy, and website copy; manage freelance copy writers~Oversee compositors and ancillary vendors during page proof makeup and creation of online/supplemental assets

Early freelance work included copyediting for various bimonthly journals, trade books, and educational textbooks; proofreading; quality control (evaluating copyediting quality and providing feedback to editors).