Julia M. Starr Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca

Regional museum fosters appreciation and knowledge of and involvement with history, arts, and natural sciences of California. As member of Creative Production Center: • Create natural science exhibits using a variety of materials and techniques. • Demonstrate museum techniques; enable volunteer participation. • Clean and maintain galleries; make repairs; troubleshoot; report findings. • Prepare and paint walls and pedestals; prepare and install vinyl and other graphics; move and install exhibit elements; solve problems related to installation.• Handle art and artifacts before and during installation; rehouse after.• Measure, sketch, photograph, perform research, and document results. • Write and edit label text.

Hercules, Ca

Edited marketing and technical material for print and Web projects including brochures, books, catalogs, Web site pages, email blasts, ad response pages, and videos. Edited, wrote, and proofread content; coordinated content submissions from multiple authors. Edited in content management systems (Teamsite, Enterprise) for Web site content.• Provided project scope estimates and worked within project budgets to satisfy time, cost, and quality requirements for all projects. • Prioritized multiple projects to meet 45+ deadlines per month. • Worked in a team (account manager, editor, print designer, Web designer) to complete jobs for external audiences and in-house clients; team projects earned recognition and won awards. • Wrote style guide for instruction manuals; contributed to house style guide for print and Web material.• Was team editor for Life Science Education department; worked on educational kits and instruction manuals for high school and college students and teachers.• Ensured trademark and brand name accuracy for all projects.

Houston, Tx

Provided editorial, writing, art, and project management services to a variety of clients, including:• Houston-PBS/KUHT (a service of the University of Houston), The Lucile and Leroy Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting, Houston, TX. Under contract, did research for Channel 8, Houston’s public television station, on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Researched and wrote articles and provided digital photographs for Web site. Researched and wrote profile of Hugh Roy Cullen for gala program. Catalogued historical material and made recommendations for archival preservation. • Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX. Under contract, performed freelance editing and transcription of material for an oral history project conducted by the Texas Woman’s Collection at the Blagg-Huey Library.

Houston, Tx

Premier cancer care, research, prevention, and education institution within the largest medical center in the world, ranked as one of the nation’s top two best hospitals for cancer care by U.S. News and World Report since 1990. Employer of 17,000 people; top awardee of NIH research grant funding. As staff editor in academic department providing support to faculty and other departments in every aspect of professional writing and publishing:• Edited 1,500 pages per year (average) on clinical and basic science cancer topics. • Rewrote informed consent forms for research protocols to sixth- to eighth-grade reading level beginning in 1994 and oversaw the informed consent form project from 1996 to 1999, writing, reviewing, and tracking forms on a monthly basis. • Accepted one-year appointment to the Surveillance Committee of the Institutional Review Board (1998−1999). • Managed book projects. • Contributed to design and production of monthly newsletter OncoLog and was managing editor of quarterly insert Compass. • Was production editor for three print editions of institutional Research Report. • Assisted faculty members and other departments with numerous publishing projects including books, brochures, and posters.• Worked extensively with many authors whose first language is not English.

Ba, Fine Art; Minor Study, Biology

Activities and Societies: Riding Club, Student Government Association, The Blue and Grey (college newspaper), The Herald (college art &.

Summer Printmaking Program Allied With The School Of Visual Arts, Nyc

Studied stone lithography and silkscreen printmaking with Coilin Murray, Lucio Pozzi, Sandro Chia, Joel Shapiro.