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Supporting proposal development for the Solid Waste East operating unit.

Maintain and create content for use in healthcare proposals using RFPIO/RESPONSIVE proposal management software to create records that clearly articulate Optum’s value story. Serve as internal subject matter expert and consult with writers on opportunities, and assist with content inquiries from end-users, such as proposal managers (PMs) and writers..

Write and edit documents housed in Qvidian proposal management software for both Stericycle and Shred-it responses. Respond to questionnaires for large, high-value healthcare and document destruction opportunities. Proofread all RFPs before submittal.

As a proposal writer, craft winning responses to requests for proposals (RFPs). Develop, write, and edit proposals for the solid waste industry while supporting sales and marketing efforts by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs and determining proposal concept. Study RFPs and attend strategy meetings. Particular focus on complex municipal.

• Long-term freelance consultant, offering writing, substantive editing, and copy editing expertise on white papers, internal communications, grants, digital content and more. Write promotional B2B marketing materials.
• Researched and wrote content on culture transformation and corporate leadership.
• Edited book: "Approaches to Pain Management: An Essential Guide for Clinical Leaders" and "Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services."
• Wrote blog posts.
• Proofread and copyedited books and journals following clients’ style guidelines. Clients: The Hackett Group, RFP MD, Smartbug Media, Freestyle, Sourcebooks, Association of Midwest Museums, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Waste.

Conduct research on social, business, and political events that occurred in Naperville and Northern Illinois more than 100 years ago. Enter data into a searchable spreadsheet so other researchers can have easy access to the data.Researched Civil War soldiers from Naperville and wrote biographies of them. Called National Park Services, cemeteries, and.

Monitor global trends and research and write best practices, benchmarking, and risk and control content for the Global Best Practices knowledge base. Uncover leading-edge business practices in human capital, finance, and business management to help companies increase business process efficiency. Work with all levels of client services professionals.

Authored reports and knowledge tools on the most effective business approaches. Researched and wrote reports for Andersen's Global Best Practices,® a Web-based database of information on best business practices. Global Best Practices (GBP) was the firm's #1 market differentiator among the (then) Big Five accounting firms and the number-one knowledge.

Complete editorial, advertising, production, design, vendor management, and circulation responsibilities for monthly membership newsletter. Web-site content editor. Wrote and edited material for the Web site, and directed updating and site maintenance. Managed project development, including project schedules, work assignments, budgets, and reports. Oversaw.

Solicited and edited managed care and health care finance articles for this healthcare magazine. Directed authors on needed article revisions and rewrites.

Publications Coordinator with complete editorial, production, vendor management, and circulation responsibilities for newsletters and collateral materials. Desktop publishing in a Mac environment.

Edit all copy for feature and departmental articles, proofread all editorial and ad copy, and write stories for this bimonthly journal of midwestern architecture and design. Supervise freelance writers, assign articles, and commission new authors to report on architecture in the Midwest. Hire, manage, and schedule freelance editors and proofreaders..

Copy edit all magazine copy and research material for Commerce magazine and other related directories published by the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry (now the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce). Write feature business articles, solicit articles, layout copy, and research and write monthly columns. Serve as Photographer for Association meetings.

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