Godwin Chu Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

A seasoned, well-organized, and versatile writer, copy editor, and copywriter with more than twenty years of experience in publishing, marketing, kids' entertainment, and e-commerce. I take pride in honing complex ideas into simple, easy-to-understand language and collaborating with clients to make sure their message is effective, well articulated, and on brand.

New York City/San Francisco

● Supporting Book Fairs and Book Clubs, review all customer-facing creative for accuracy, spelling and grammar, and brand consistency across channels and customer segments. Projects include book flyers, product catalogs, emails, online ads, signage and promos, host guides, social media, UX site copy, SEO, metadata, and other marketing initiatives. ● Write a weekly email newsletter on language and style for SRE Marketing and Editorial teams.

New York

● Oversee creative services copy desk, reviewing copy for consistency in messaging and tone across channels and target customer segments for all marketing initiatives.● Write, proofread, and fact-check print catalogs, website content, e-mails, print and online ads, blog and social media posts, contests, newsletters, direct mail, and other marketing projects. ● Work closely with senior executives on all aspects of marketing, including seasonal campaigns and promotions, ad concepts, and overall brand voice. ● Direct both in-house and freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and copywriters; manage department budget.● Hired as Senior Copyeditor in 2007 and performed both copyediting and copywriting duties; promoted to Senior Copywriter January 2010; promoted to Copy Chief January 2012; promoted to Copy Director September 2014; promoted to Senior Copy Director October 2018.

● Write marketing copy for book covers and seasonal catalogs, marketing brochures, e-mails, SEO content for websites, and online product descriptions.● Clients include Penguin Group (USA), Harlequin, Triumph Learning, and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.

Freelance copyediting and proofreadingHAL LEONARD CORPORATION, New York City. Titles include:The DownBeat Miles Davis Reader Pretty Good Years: A Biography of Tori AmosJimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized BiographyThe Songs That Made Nashville Music City USABaseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"Librettos: Grey Gardens, Rent, Passing Strange, Memphis, Avenue QBest American Short Plays (6 editions)WNET/THIRTEEN NEW YORK: Copyedit and proofread Web-based educational workshops for teachers.CONTINUUM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING GROUP, New York City: Copyedit and proofread book catalogs and marketing materials.

Pro bono work helping nonprofit organizations with branding and writing for brochures, company reports, and websites. Taproot Foundation Service Grant Projects:● SoBRO (South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation) sobro.org. Not-for-profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of the South Bronx and nearby communities.● Cool Culture coolculture.org: Founded in 1999, Cool Culture helps low-income families access and enjoy NYC's world-class cultural institutions for free, providing children with learning experiences that improve literacy and helping parents play an active role as their child's first teacher.● The Playwrights Realm playwrightsrealm.org: NYC arts organization devoted to supporting early-career playwrights, helping them hone their craft, fully realize their vision, and build meaningful artistic careers through dramaturgical and production support as well as generous stipends and other discretionary funds.

● As part of a four-person team, proofread and review all stages of interior and jacket/cover materials for approximately 200 titles yearly; copyedit and fact-check 20–25 new chapter-book titles yearly.● Review work of freelance copyeditors and indexers; coordinate with editors, designers, and production editors; maintain production schedule.● Member of Random House First Amendment Committee; coordinator of RHCB Running Club.Titles include:Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries series (chapter books)Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones series (chapter books)Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series (chapter books)Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series (novels)Christopher Paolini's Inheritance trilogy (novels)Jeanne DuPrau's Books of Ember series (novels)David Levithan's Boy Meets Boy and The Realm of Possibility (novels)Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All AgesThe Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss (biography)

Research and write original chapter books based on historical events and scientific concepts, as well as retellings of literary classics:After the Buffalo Jump: A Story of the Blackfoot Nation Earthquake! Fight for Your Life: The Story of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter For Liberty: A Story of the American Revolution The Japanese Americans: Prisoners at Home Liddy and the Volcanoes The Mutiny on the Bounty The Tuskegee Airmen

● Copyedit 8–12 new scholarly books, and production edit 35–50 paperback editions yearly.● Convert and prepare manuscript files for editing; code manuscript files in SGML for use on websites and CD-ROM editions; review all stages of page proof for interiors and jackets/covers; mark author corrections; update front matter; copyedit new material; edit indexes. ● Maintain production schedule; oversee freelance copyeditors and indexers; liaison with authors.

● Coordinate all aspects of 10–15 textbooks, supplemental projects, and teachers editions yearly.● Commission reviews; maintain contact with editors, authors, freelancers, and sales representatives.

● Oversee day-to-day operation of small independent bookstore; manage bookstore staff of three.● Assist with copywriting for catalog and website and copyediting of books.

Ba, English Literature/Asian American Studies

Professional Sequence In Copyediting, Uc Berkeley Extension (Jan.–Nov. 1998)

Education record

How to Find Out Anything" Seminar (May 2006) Mastering Ad Writing, Course (Summer 2009)