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Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Produce marketing materials including websites, landing pages, e-books, and conference coverage. Edit, write, and program manage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and security content for the Google Cloud Platform blog. Help create and manage the editorial calendar for several verticals, planning a mix of evergreen, thought leadership, product launch, and news content.

Newton, Ma

Specialized in providing writing and editing services to clients in the technology industry. I helped clients with: technology marketing campaigns; writing and editing features, articles, blogs, and white papers; developmental and copy editing; social media; interactive digital publications; and layout using InDesign.

Pittsford, Ny

Responsible for creating online, college-level courses. Oversaw and coordinated the development, writing, and editorial processes for course creation. Hired and managed freelance subject matter experts, authors, copy editors, proofreaders, and peer reviewers. Worked with the video production team to provide direction for getting written content to the screen. Collaborated with the activities team to design relevant, dynamic test materials and get them online. Managed project resources, budgets, and deadlines. Won the 2014 Telly Award for excellence in Internet/Online video.

Served as managing editor and was involved in all areas of magazine production. Performed developmental and copy editing to ensure clarity, quality, and accuracy of articles for over 90 magazines, all under strict deadlines. Identified and contracted with freelance editors and writers and managed editorial personnel. Led processes for hiring new editorial resources and outsourcing editorial work offshore. Managed the company blog, Twitter feed, and Facebook presence. Increased Twitter following by 200% in 2011. Initiated the company’s Facebook presence in 2010 and grew it to over 850 “likes,” posting 1-3 times per day. Blogged 2-5+ times per week and solicited, edited, and posted content from freelancers. Traveled to major league baseball spring training and other events to provide video and photo coverage for Facebook and blog, and to engage in sales and customer interaction.

Worked on all aspects of book production, including identifying potential topics and authors, developing and presenting proposals to the editorial board, and managing books through the editorial process. Performed developmental and copy editing on technical and business books, often written by authors with no professional writing experience. Developed, wrote, and edited marketing material such as catalog, Web, and cover text for new titles. Managed titles in FileMaker database. Traveled to industry events to keep up to date on topics of interest to readers and identify potential authors.

Managed user and expert content through the editorial process, including determining topics of reader interest, soliciting contributors, fact checking, and developmental and copy editing. Wrote multiple original articles per week, including breaking news stories, case studies, market trend pieces, and in-depth interviews with high-level executives, end users, and analysts. Led team of reporters during on-site coverage of major industry and corporate events. Recorded, produced, and edited podcasts on market and product trends. Blogged regularly on industry topics, breaking news, developing market trends, and events. Search engine optimized all site content.

Provided research and consulting services to software suppliers, investors, and corporate users who needed accurate, objective, and unbiased information and advice on document software technology. Involved in research definition, execution, and delivery; identification of business opportunities; management of external consulting resources and customer relationships; and service promotion and sales. Partnered with sales teams to identify, propose, and close new business. Developed and delivered numerous conference, panel, and Webcast presentations.