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Content Production Editor for the Science family of journals.

• Performed language editing according to in-house style guidelines across several workflows, including standard editing, premium editing, and book editing; types of manuscripts, including original research articles.
• Provided language editing revisions focused on improving awkward, vague, ambiguous, and illogical phrasing; sentence structure; word choice; article use; verb tense, mood, and voice; and punctuation.
• Provided developmental commentary related to the structure, content, and logic of manuscripts.
• Carried out quality control steps to ensure that contractor work met the editing standards for various workflows.
• Revised 15,854 manuscripts and supported 12,699 researchers.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Performed language editing according to in-house style guidelines across several workflows, including standard editing and premium editing; types of manuscripts, including original research articles, grant proposals.
• Provided language editing revisions focused on improving awkward, vague, ambiguous, and illogical phrasing; sentence structure; word choice; article use; verb tense, mood, and voice; and punctuation.
• Carried out quality control steps to ensure that contractor work met the editing standards for various workflows.

• Copyedited manuscripts for the journals Surgery, Pain Management Nursing, and Value in Health.
• Communicated with authors about style and use of scientific language to ensure clarity and accuracy in each journal article.
• Reviewed the work of colleagues to ensure consistent use of AMA and in-house styles across all manuscripts published in these journals.

• Refined editorial skills and enhanced knowledge of AMA style through proofreading, fact-checking, and copyediting summary statements generated after peer review of scientific grant proposals.
• Honed time-management and organizational skills by working on multiple programs/projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated independence and dependability by working remotely, acquiring documents through an online, management information system, and working through documents on deadline.

• Promoted the value of the department and advancements in microbiology and immunology by highlighting faculty, student, and staff achievements via tweets, blog posts, video production, and news writing.
• Developed skills in photo editing, sound editing, and video editing by continuously updating hero spot images and building recruitment videos for the department.

• Sharpened copyediting skills by assisting graduate students and faculty members with journal articles, disquisitions, and grant proposals.
• Became familiar with several style systems, including AMA, CMOS, CSE, APA, and MLA.
• Practiced communication skills by talking with scientists about their research and then providing verbal, developmental feedback on their documents, including those for public as well as expert audiences.

• Taught Writing in the Health Professions (emphasizing health literacy guidelines and plain and inclusive language principles), Scientific Writing, Introductory Microbiology Lab, and Microbial Ecology.
• Cowrote the laboratory manual, which was published by Bluedoor, LLC, for Introductory Microbiology Lab.

• Contributed science features, news stories, blog entries, press releases, and book reviews to several different magazines and websites, including Nature, Audubon, Chemistry World, Biomass, Ludwig Cancer Research (press.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Journalism; Science, Health And Environmental Reporting

Master Of Science (M.S.), Bacteriology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Microbiology And Environmental Science