Planned and managed all editorial and production processes of Water Environment Research, the organization’s flagship academic journal, as a teleworker. Edited web, manuscript, and ad copy.• Promoted journal through social media and updated official website, increasing Twitter followers to 860.• Increased discoverability; journal regularly ranked in the top 10 out of 14,000-plus journals in article downloads.• Improved academic standing of the journal to the point of acquisition by Wiley. • Efficiently managed annual Literature Review, a forty-chapter project requiring hundreds of volunteer authors from the Young Professionals committee and throughout the field; used incentives to ensure authors hit deadlines.• Hired and oversaw corps of contract copyeditors (four to eight at a time); tested on house style guide and assigned and evaluated work. • Engaged volunteers and built up editorial board from two to twenty-four members from around the world; developed journal’s global approach that resulted in richer content with different perspectives, as exemplified by increased submissions from China and India.• Managed manuscript submission and peer review through Editorial Manager, over 450 articles a year.• Interfaced with subscription and marketing departments to build real web presence, design ads, deploy promotion strategy, and pursue partnerships.• Communicated progress and goals regularly with diverse stakeholders (authors, editors, reviewers, and organizational staff); improved overall efficiency by using task-management software.• Represented organization at conferences twice a year and conducted author workshops; built reputation as comprehensive guide for academics trying to publish.

I managed, copyedited, and laid out three scholarly humanities publications (The Germanic Review, Symposium, and College Teaching).• Promoted from proofreader after only three months on the job. • Copyedited and proofread all articles to ensure clarity and stylistic precision, over a hundred pages per month.• Worked closely with editorial board, authors, and in-house staff to stay on schedule.• Laid out text, figures, tables, and images using InDesign for all pages of all three journals.• Trained new editors and interns in InDesign and production process.• Administered quality control at all steps of the process, including galleys, page proofs, and board checks.

Worked for three years as a member of the editorial board of Catholic University's independent student newspaper, The Tower.