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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Develops, writes, edits, and proofs a wide range of persuasive marketing and donor materials to support strategic marketing and fundraising initiatives to empower brain health research.

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

Created written content for the company website, email, and external magazines. Interviewed and collaborated with engineers to develop technical knowledge of new industrial automation products, including sensors, IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) connectivity solutions, and safety devices.

Mounds View, Minnesota

Responsible for ensuring quality and consistency in labeling and related technical documents. Helps to align medical device labeling with standard guidelines and documented procedures for master branding and international regulations, meeting all requirements as defined in labeling requirements plans and product specifications.

Chatham, Ontario

Scribendi is one of the world's oldest and largest online editing and proofreading companies, providing clients with fast, reliable, and affordable language services.• Editing and proofreading of individual projects for clients on a contract basis. Typical editing projects include academic research and dissertations, scientific studies, business materials, fiction, and writing from ESL authors.

Norway, Italy

I was headhunted to work overseas with an author in Norway and Italy, editing and helping him develop a forthcoming academic book on French composer Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558).

Bloomington, Minnesota

Quality assurance checking and proofreading for pharmacy benefit update letters and other corporate communications.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Temporary/contract-based work for third-party clients. So far work has included:• Editing and occasional writing for employee manuals, using advanced features in Word

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Touchpoint Media is a custom content and communications company that specializes in all print and digital platforms. Its clients range from Fortune 500 companies to regional amateur sports associations.• Developed marketing and journalistic consumer and community features for customers, employees, and end users in the financial, health, sports, and business sectors.• Wrote, edited, and helped to strategize custom print and digital content.• Worked with clients directly to develop stories and features.• Researched topics and conducted telephone interviews with expert sources in the business sector, academia, government, the military, nonprofits, and any industry relevant to a given story.• Hired and managed freelance writers for newsletter articles.• Coordinated a multi-platform social media campaign.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota Public Radio is one of the nation’s premier public radio stations producing programming for radio, online, and live audiences.• Edited, proofread, and wrote copy for a variety of print and online projects, particularly materials to promote and support live events at the Fitzgerald Theater and other venues• Helped out as a volunteer greeter at MPR's Minnesota State Fair booth

Minneapolis, Mn

Search Institute is a leading global innovator in discovering what children and adolescents need to be successful, using this knowledge to develop publications, surveys, and trainings for schools and communities.• Managed book projects from initial conception to publication• Located authors for projects and guided them to produce original manuscripts• Performed in-depth developmental editing, substantive editing, and copyediting• Worked collaboratively with authors by phone and e-mail, maintaining positive professional relationships• Hired and created contracts for freelance copyeditors and indexers• Wrote, revised, and proofread a wide variety of print and online marketing content• Created and presented proposals and participated in brainstorming for flagship product development• Conducted market research to study the marketplace and competing brands• Coordinated manuscript reviews with national and Canadian education experts

Woodbury, Mn

One of the world’s leading publishers of works for personal growth and the transformation of body, mind, and spirit. • Managed book projects (twelve to fifteen titles per year), transforming rough manuscripts into finished products• Performed highly detailed copyediting, substantive editing, proofreading, and occasional developmental editing• Worked collaboratively with authors by phone and e-mail, maintaining positive professional relationships• Contributed in vision (acquisitions), launch, and cover meetings, providing helpful feedback and evaluating manuscripts for budgeting time and resources• Indexed books using Boolean coding and SONAR Bookends, and electronically filed CIP data with the Library of Congress• Worked as a team with book designers and freelance proofreaders

St. Paul, Mn

• Formulated comprehensive publicity strategies for promoting new books (more than twelve titles simultaneously)• Wrote press releases and created media kits• Pitched active book titles to print, web, radio, and television media, and obtained book reviews in major magazines including Kirkus and Publishers Weekly• Secured national book tours and author events at independent and chain bookstores and interviews with major metropolitan radio shows• Used desktop-publishing software to design flyers and other promotional materials• Followed ProfNet (PR Newswire) leads and worked with journalists to connect book publicity to current stories• “Cold pitched” authors by phone, and explored online “guerilla marketing” techniques• Coordinated international galley, review copy, and postcard mailings, and maintained an enormous database of publicity contacts

Minneapolis, Mn

OPUS Underwriting was a division of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage that incorporated advanced technology to assist with the process of underwriting mortgage appraisals.• Helped to save the company thousands of hours of underwriting work every month as one of the primary technical operators of the Online Property Underwriting System• Managed databases of mortgage appraisals, formulated tables and spreadsheets, and helped resolve computer problems • Provided direct telephone customer service

Minneapolis, Mn

Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers.• Evaluated, logged, proofread, and fact-checked manuscripts• Assisted with marketing, publicity, and fundraising projects • Provided inventory and administrative support

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

Education record

Study-abroad semester in Sydney, Australia. Coursework included modernist literature, linguistics, screenwriting, and Australian geography.

Education record

Training in social media for business applications and SEO (search engine optimization).