David Clarfield Email & Phone Number

Germantown, MD, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

• Worked with and mediated between incoming Editor in Chief, society management, and publisher to advance new initiatives and address publication needs applicable to journal of record (Clarivate Impact Factor: 3.68) for.
• Compiled and edited annual 250-page omnibus annual scientific meeting program, creating new SOPs, automated Microsoft Excel sheets, and regular expressions to cut editorial time by half
• Designed and collected applications for new editorial fellowship for medical residents and consulted on selection process
• Leveraged technical and editorial skillsets to edit, rewrite, and overhaul style guides, instructional and reference materials, website copy, Continued Medical Education (CME) material, journal editorials, newsletters.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Drove communications policy for a small, distributed Federal agency (Veterans' Employment and Training Service).
• Acted as a major stakeholder in a successful agency-wide transition to modern SharePoint infrastructure. Trained Federal employees, established best practices, created reference material, and led weekly team conference.
• Designed and maintained official style guide for the Office of Grants and Training, establishing standards for outgoing memoranda and public-facing content.
• Advanced compliance with NARA recordkeeping requirements and Section 508 accessibility requirements.

Rockville, Maryland, United States

• Maintained full oversight as ranking Managing Editor of up to five of the largest and longest-running newsletter circulations for multi-media financial publisher, including the leading independent advisory covering the.
• Led successful vetting process to identify a new Editor-in-Chief, as well as the editorial transition, rebranding and reformatting of a leading financial newsletter with over 15,000 subscribers
• Trained, managed and mentored a full-time Assistant Managing Editor (who in turn managed a full-time paid Editorial Intern)
• Administered two weekly e-letter blasts that reached over 100,000 subscribers each
• Communicated and coordinated with outside contributors, including Editors-In-Chief of newsletters, outside copywriters, and contractors, as well as internal staff, including web and print designers, marketers.
• Influenced companywide systems migration to Salesforce and Exact Target

Rockville, Maryland, United States

• Served as primary Managing Editor for up to 2 monthly newsletter services while supporting and assisting SME on 3-4 other services
• Assisted in integrating 3 newsletter services acquired by InvestorPlace and helped grow circulation by orchestrating retention efforts
• Coordinated 1,000-seat quarterly subscriber webinars and led subsequent live Q&A sessions
• Supported marketing staff as subject matter expert, including maintaining financial track records and reconciling claims

Rockville, Maryland, United States

• Assisted Senior Managing Editor in fact-checking, proofreading, layout, HTML formatting, rewriting, and style guide management of up to 6 monthly paid financial newsletter services, including print publications
• Interfaced with Editors-In-Chief (the financial professionals who write the content) of newsletters
• Maintained online presence of newsletter services by editing and posting weekly blog posts
• Compiled proprietary information into digest material for new subscribers

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Linguistics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English