Beth Duncan Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Basic Manuscript Editing

Greater Chicago Area

Edit, copyedit and proofread corporate communications (email, presentations, reports, speeches, etc.), marketing materials, website content, academic journals and scientific reports, ensuring writing is clear, logical, accurate and on brand. Work includes consulting with writers and clients to clarify meaning and provide feedback, adhering to client brand and style guidelines, checking citations and references and ensuring correct grammar, usage, punctuation and spelling.

Evanston, Il

Managed copyediting department and oversaw content quality for a global service association of 500 employees, including website, social media, magazines, newsletters, ads, press releases and corporate communications• Developed communications training curriculum to reflect rebranding initiative and led workshops• Evaluated staff writing, identified further training needs and coached writers• Collaborated with content team on website overhaul• Defined and implemented quality standards and best practices for all communications

Evanston, Il

• Streamlined publications by translating jargon into clear, plain English• Established the organization’s first copyediting department• Hired and trained copy editors and managed freelancers

Evanston, Il

• Created the organization’s first style guide• Copyedited monthly magazine, newsletters, and training materials

Chicago

• Copyedited print and digital content for a nonprofit educational organization• Maintained house style guide

Greater Chicago Area

• Edited and copyedited fiction and nonfiction books, K-12 textbooks and reference and travel guides. Representative clients: Loyola Press, AAA, Think Glink Publishing, St. James Press, Prentice-Hall

Chicago

• Co-led team of editors and designers to produce K-12 textbooks