Brittany Drake Email & Phone Number

Thousand Oaks, Ca

• Manage projects through the Material Approval and Compliance (MAC) Process within Amgen• Utilize, understand and advise on the inner workings of the content management software, Zinc MAPS• Collaborate with sponsors and suppliers to understand project needs, deadlines and other requirements to advise and ensure efficiency in the creation and submission of internal and marketing materials for review• Ensure projects are in compliance with Regulatory and FDA standards and issues are identified and resolved in a timely manner by working with compliance managers, sponsors, suppliers, reviewers and the editorial team• Nominated for a Bravo! award for collaborating with sponsors and suppliers to meet critical business needs• Contribute to the ongoing improvements and efforts of current Amgen submission standards to ensure they are efficient and effective for Amgen business needs while still adhering to FDA regulations

Thousand Oaks, Ca

• Communicated with a wide range of cross functional leaders and staff to keep projects on schedule• Analyzed metrics on several aspects of the MAC process and created presentations of data for upper management• Routed marketing pieces through Zinc MAPS• Ensured alignment for documents and processes among all business units• Awarded for outstanding performance and collaboration • Collaborated with upper management on projects evaluating efficiency within the MAC process and its software; performed time and motion studies and interviewed key personnel to find solutions in maximizing productivity

Thousand Oaks, Ca

• Promoted to Editorial Team Lead in 2010 and promoted to Assistant Editorial Supervisor in 2014. Responsible for team oversight, collaborating with Amgen management, scheduling, hiring, payroll, training, advising team members, creating procedural documents, and tracking metrics• Helped improve the review process, reducing regulatory rejections of edited medical documents by 50% thereby generating a cost savings of approximately $5 million annually • Received two Bravo! appreciation awards for collaborating with marketing and advertising executives to meet critical and urgent business needs • Responsible for writing and editing informative articles for the company newsletter • Advised on and tested updates to style standards to ensure up-to-date, comprehensive guidelines • Collaborated with legal, medical, and regulatory departments to ensure accuracy in edited medical documents • Reviewed internal and external facing marketing pieces to ensure that all authorized revisions had been included, as well as advised on regulatory, style standards, and grammatical issues

Pomona, Ca

• Created humorous and compelling stories and content for characters in the product line, featuring fantasy and environmental storylines • Designed copy to influence artwork from artists around the world as well as the company’s marketing materials • Developed online and print copy in several areas, including company profiles, product profiles, and internal and external facing company representation • Developed marketing copy for the health foods division of the company to promote products to the target market • Edited and developed existing content on the website

Beverly Hills, Ca

• Handled the tasks of developing online and print copy analyzing health and dietary issues for patients• Collaborated with the president to coordinate concepts and design content that promoted the company’s goals• Researched various osteopathic health and dietary information, analyzed findings, and constructed comprehensive outlines and articles for company and patient use• Ensured that the tone and style of final copy matched the target market

Bachelor'S, Comparative Literature

Activities and Societies: Trojan Pride, International Cookbook, Theta Chi Sweetheart

Education record

Activities and Societies: Editor in Chief of The Free Press, Chamber ChoirAttended for two semesters before transferring to the University.