Brittany Stoner Email and Phone Number

Proofread various titles, from church procedural guides to devotionals to memoirs, to ensure consistency, clarity, and proper grammar and punctuation

Proofread various titles to ensure consistency, clarity, and proper grammar and punctuation

--Served as the series editor for The Curious Historian, a 3rd–6th grade history curriculum, including content editing and copy editing; overseeing production schedules; managing a team of 10–15 co-authors, contributing writers, peer reviewers, and teacher reviewers; providing support for designers; tracking consistency of content (including vocabulary, concepts, time line dates, and integration with other CAP products) across the entire series; and providing support for Marketing (such as training webinars, web pages, and assistance with responses to customer queries)--Performed various editorial support tasks as needed for additional curriculum lines, monographs, catalogs, and various company websites--Provided support for monthly reprints, including making editorial changes in InDesign, requesting printer quotes, creating and uploading files to printers, and reviewing printer proofs--Assisted with writing and processing contracts, coordinating author and consultant payments, and providing other editorial-related accounting support

--Began serving as series editor for a brand-new middle-school history curriculum, including making suggestions for supplemental pieces and creative elements, refining the production process, securing peer reviewers, content editing, and copy editing--Handled monthly reprints, including coordinating with the Sales Department on quantities, making editorial changes, requesting printer quotes, creating and uploading files to printers, reviewing printer proofs, and monitoring receipt of inventory at fulfillment center--Provided editorial support for curriculum production (primarily foreign language, writing, and grammar textbooks), including copy editing, proofreading, support for designers and authors, and other aspects of the production process--Pursued permissions and licensing requests for various textbooks as needed--Completed assorted editing and proofing projects for the Sales Department (blog posts, newsletters, advertisements, three annual catalogs, website content, etc.)--Assisted with processing contracts, coordinating author and consultant payments, and providing editorial-related accounting support--Created product pages and compiled information for distributors prior to new product releases

--Processed invoices for customers, including distributor and school accounts, and coordinated with warehouse staff to ensure smooth and efficient order fulfillment; also provided excellent customer support, including answering product questions--Managed logistics for more than twenty conventions across the country, including tracking all details of registration, shipments, lodging, expenses, etc.; processing customer orders; and providing support for the on-site sales reps--Editing responsibilities included assisting with monthly reprints (small-scale edits in InDesign and reviewing printer proofs), proofing blog posts and marketing content, and updating product descriptions and specs--Basic bookkeeping tasks, including processing and entering payments, providing support for company accountants, and helping to ensure correct and consistent expense reporting--Assisted with processing contracts and MOUs, coordinating author and consultant payments, etc.

--Assisted patrons, checked items in/out, answered phones, processed book drop, and performed other tasks to ensure daily efficiency.--Formerly worked here May 2008-June 2013; returned in September 2016-August 2018 for part-time work.

--Served as Director for the El Emet dance ministry trainee program. Thisinvolved choreographing and teaching a 15- to 20-minute piece that wasperformed locally at various venues. I assisted in training students inministry and technique and was responsible for representing the groupand discussing our work when at performance venues.--Served as Ballet Department Head, including planning, overseeing,and teaching at the yearly week-long Summer Dance Intensive--Taught weekly classes in advanced and beginner ballet, pointe, andbeginner jazz--Choreographed pieces for end-of-year recitals

As Assistant Editor, I primarily handled support work for military history books, including copyediting, coding, proofreading, writing cover copy, publicity, assisting with reprints, corresponding with authors, etc.In addition to these responsibilities, I also served as acting Managing Editor and interim Military Reference Editor.As acting Managing Editor, I was responsible for a variety of additional tasks:--coordinating with Editorial and Creative departments for book production schedules--maintaining updated book specs for current season lists in Acumen database and for circulation among staff--ensuring due dates for book production and sales releases were met--maintaining the company's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest)--handling editorial work for seasonal catalogs--filing for copyright--helping to collect and prepare book data for sales packets and promotionsAs interim Military Reference Editor, I coordinated all aspects of new editions of long-standing titles such as Army Officer's Guide, NCO Guide, Soldier's Study Guide, and Today's Military Wife.

Processed collections and edited transcriptions.

Helped train new employees, answer questions during shifts, and set up and close down offices each nightMade phone calls to conduct student surveys

Wrote pieces on film, theater and music events in New York, Boston and Los Angeles

Wrote a piece on State College for the "Big Ten Road Trip" travel series.

Wrote 300-600-word blog posts on a weekly basis on a variety of topics.

Wrote 250-word blog posts on a weekly basis with topics focusing on weather phenomena and current weather and environmental events. Blog posts were also published on MyFox sites including New York, Philadelphia and Boston.

-Wrote pieces for the October-February issues and helped with copy editing

Campus Candidate, State Reporter