Jennifer Mckee Email & Phone Number

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Norfolk, Virginia Area

I work on projects for clients including writing/editing website content and news/blog posts; writing/editing press releases; and reviewing/editing merchandise catalogs/sales flyers. I review and offer feedback on academic writing; and have contributed a grammar column to a quarterly business tips e-newsletter.

I was the primary in-home caregiver for three years for my mom who had Alzheimer's/Dementia.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Among a wide range of other office-related tasks, I reported to the company president and vice president of Disaster Planning Operations, managing daily tracking of disaster pre-planning projects from proposal and project approval through to final shipment.Through extensive communication with clients across the United States and Canada and the project team, I helped ensure the smooth flow of projects from information gathering, proposal and contract to delivery of final product, invoicing, and payment.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Norfolk, Virginia Area

As Quality Assurance Lead for VSD, LLC, I oversaw the flow of work through the quality assurance (QA) process. The department provides quality assurance on courseware (both computer-based training programs and paper-based, instructor-led courses), marketing products (for both internal and external clients), proposals, presentations, and other text-based materials as needs arise. I reviewed all content for Proven, Beyond the Process, a quarterly trade e-magazine focused on performance, training, workforce, and development. I proofread and edited all written material to ensure product was correct and free of grammatical or spelling errors and consistent with the rules of standard American English, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, and Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. I created and maintained/updated corporate style guides. As technical writer I worked with the marketing and media teams on press releases, Website news, and a wide range of marketing materials. Additionally, I collaborated with team members from QA and other departments in the implementation of an effective communications process to facilitate the smooth flow of copy between involved team members. I am also familiar with the Associated Press Stylebook.

As media coordinator for Nexus Direct, I managed mailing lists owned by national, high-profile direct mail fundraising clients. I built and maintained relationships with list owners, list managers and companies who fulfill the list orders. I maintained records of when lists were exchanged or rented, and when orders were prepaid or to be billed later. I was responsible for keeping active data cards current. Additionally, I assisted the media buyer with acquiring lists for fundraising mailings upwards of 2 million pieces. I also successfully negotiated list rental rates, resulting in media cost savings.

While serving as a quality assurance associate with Nexus Direct, my responsibilities included proofreading and editing all components of direct mail fundraising packages from copy through finished mail piece, ensuring a high-quality, error-free product. I created and maintained corporate and client style guides, and verified copy and checked accuracy of facts using references including style guides, writers' reference manuals and Internet sources. I maintained communication between the QA department and other involved departments. Additionally, I trained/oriented two new QA associates and oriented other department associates/new hires to the QA department.

With the Waldo Independent, I successfully and consistently met proofreading and editing deadlines on all copy before layout and publication for this weekly newspaper serving Waldo County and midcoast Maine. This included processing and editing letters to the editor, news, arts/entertainment, social news, and photo cutlines. Additionally, I maintained the weekly Community Events/Coming Attractions Calendar, and was responsible for subscription list maintenance and subscription billing. I also performed occasional reporting and writing. When the Independent was purchased by Courier Publications, subscription services were consolidated and I focused mainly on editing copy and maintaining the calendar. During my employment with Courier Publications I moved to Virginia, and continued to fulfill my duties through the Internet, always meeting deadlines and contributing to the on-time delivery of the paper to the post office and newsstands. I earned excellent performance reviews throughout my employment and would likely have stayed on had there not been personnel changes within the company that precipitated a restructuring that made my telecommuting arrangement no longer desired.

I served as Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Office Leasing for a multi-site commercial real estate brokerage based in Tampa, Florida, for just over three years. Based in the Boca Raton office, I prepared requests for proposals, real estate market surveys, status reports, and marketing materials. I administered all of my supervisor's executive correspondence, and performed a variety of research. Concurrently, I performed all of the local general office administration tasks. I spent significant time alone in the office while my supervisor was traveling, and when he was injured and out of work for several months, I managed responsibilities and workload ensuring clients never suffered negative effects from his absence.

I started at Technical Restoration Services, an electronics consulting and restoration organization, as the receptionist, and was rapidly moved into a marketing position, which morphed into the position of assistant to the company vice president. My marketing duties included supporting business development through coordination of marketing activities, production of written materials, and oversight of promotional activities including seminars/presentations and advertising. As executive assistant to the VP, I performed product research and report writing and editing, and was responsible for proofreading and editing all reports submitted by case managers prior to delivery to clients.

As a member of the marketing department at WilsonMiller (formerly Wilson, Miller, Barton & Peek), a multisite professional services firm, I worked with the team in coordination/production of proposals and qualification submissions. I maintained company resumes, marketing lists, and collateral materials, and regularly prepared government forms for submission with proposals and qualification packages. I wrote press releases and maintained advertising and media contacts. I also participated in writing and editing the company newsletters, one internal and one external.

Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: WMEB-FM

Communications

Activities and Societies: WIUP-FM; WIUP-TV; Phi Sigma Pi, national honor fraternity

Diploma, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Speech Team, Kaleidoscope Literary Magazine, Barnstable Youth Advisory Council, National Honor Society, Channel.