• Vet new manuscripts for completeness and grant/funding acknowledgements prior to internal review• Correspond with authors regarding manuscript progress through journal peer review process/publication• Maintain current COG bibliography• Respond to member and public queries by email, send mass emails on behalf of our members/organization• Update member website using Ektron content management system• Coordinate committee and institutional elections• Assist with planning the fall and spring COG meetings by gathering and organizing session agendas• Draft and maintain staff guidelines

• Operated within the online peer review process for a leading international journal• Managed publisher proofs, checking for style, quality, art, copyrights, etc.• Served as liaison with publisher's production staff• Transmitted monthly lineup to publisher and coordinated non-manuscript material in each issue• Processed CME activities and monitored activity deadlines• Processed errata from initial author contact to publication• Maintained weekly and monthly inventory logs of accepted articles and monitored article availability for issues• Created standard annual articles for the issues such as the Editorial Board Updates and Reviewer Thanks pages• Oversaw electronic-only published articles• Maintained procedure guidelines for regular duties and trained new staff or associate editors as needed• Working knowledge of manuscript processing from submission through decision to assist with staff shortages• Assisted in the transition of the Editorial Office from Philadelphia to Chicago

• Assisted in the transition of the editorial office from St. Louis to Philadelphia and establishment of the new editor• Tested new manuscript tracking systems and suggested modifications to chosen online system and work flow• Logged in and tracked manuscripts, processed decisions, handled manuscript status inquiries, drafted letters• Transmitted accepted material to the publisher and performed style checks on manuscripts• Used Photoshop to retouch images received from the authors to improve the quality for publication• Assisted with proofreading of journal material