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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Edit technical medical articles to AMA style and to follow editorial policies while ensuring clarity, accuracy, precision, readability, and integrity of content• Communicate effectively with authors via phone and email and resolve conflicts between author requests and editorial policies and production capabilities• Edit figures and tables for style and consistency to ensure integrity and clarity of tabular and graphics contents• Collaborate with internal team, including manager, Graphics, and Composition and New Media, to move content through editing and production cleanly and quickly to meet deadlines• Escalate major problems as necessary to manager, including if publication date needs to be changed• Train new hires in AMA style and procedures with a collaborative learning approach focused on self-reliance• Act as Microsoft suite and eXtyles resource, including tables, time-saving shortcuts, and parsing errors• Back up for team members and support back up of manager

Greater St. Louis Area

• Copy edited scientific articles weekly to conform to each journals’ style

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Copy edited a book-length project to conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition.

Greater Chicago Area

• Composed 12 proposals per week for 15-person national sales team, writing industry- and prospect-specific text• Individually composed 200+ proposals• Maintained documentation on staff bios, partner company profiles, and company statistics for use in proposals• Familiarized myself with all of Americaneagle.com's services and offerings as well as the individual needs of each project.• As part of the proposal development team, generated text used in all proposals, organized and developed records, distilled RFPs into core requirements and prepared responses to address them• Answered phone calls and live chats, and distributed incoming leads through our online sales portal

Illinois Wesleyan University

As Editor-in-Chief of The Delta, I was responsible for finding, reading, and editing student-written English essays, giving feedback to authors for improvement and resubmission, and compiling their finished works into the yearly undergraduate English journal at Illinois Wesleyan University. I was also responsible for the journal's layout in Adobe InDesign, which was saved as a template for future use, and for proofing the final copy before distribution.

I was Vice President of a very active executive board of Illinois Wesleyan University's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta. I helped hold meetings weekly, delegated responsibilities as needed, and organized events for both Sigma Tau Delta members and English majors as a whole. I also contacted and coordinated with speakers coming to campus and hosted the initiation ceremony for new members.

Illinois Wesleyan University

Through the recommendation of the Director of the Writing Center, I copy-edited a 30-page draft of a conference article for assistant professor of political science Dr. Min-hyung Kim. I have since reviewed four additional 30-page articles from Dr. Kim. After editing each article, I discussed my edits with Dr. Kim face-to-face to guide future writings.

Illinois Wesleyan University Writing Center

I have been certified as a Writing Tutor: Level 1 by the College Reading and Learning Association. At the Writing Center, I edited student-written essays and provided feedback on the style, syntax, and content to improve readability. I also partnered with one of my professors, discussing her specific expectations for each assignment, and I edited all of her students' drafts. Additionally, I worked closely with several ESL international students, meeting every week to review their writing and help develop their grammar.

Illinois Wesleyan University

I worked for the Office of Residential Life at Illinois Wesleyan University for three semesters. While there, I facilitated incoming first-years' transition into college, provided advice and guidance to residents, and programmed for residents based on their interests. I also acted as an authority figure for the floor and supervised activity. Most importantly, I actively intervened with students who were struggling with the transition, depression, anxiety, etc. and referred them to appropriate help.

Illinois Wesleyan University

As Editor-in-Chief, I managed the entire staff of writers and editors and was The Argus' liaison to administration, faculty, and other student organizations. I worked closely with new and old writers to generate and improve content, instructed and monitored section editors, and supervised page layout and design in Adobe InDesign CS5. Additionally, I copy-edited and approved all printed material to ensure adherence to AP style.

As Managing Editor, I copy-edited all printed material, supervised each section editors' layout, and managed payment to all editors and writers.

As the Opinions Editor, I was in frequent contact with all section writers. I gave feedback to writers, edited their articles, and designed page layout on a weekly basis.

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Illinois Wesleyan University

As an Assistant Editor of Constructing the Past, I was responsible for finding, reading, and editing student-written English essays, giving feedback to authors for improvement and resubmission, and compiling their finished works into the yearly undergraduate English journal at Illinois Wesleyan University. I was also responsible for the journal's layout in Adobe InDesign, which was saved as a template for future use, and for proofing the final copy before distribution.

While Co-Vice President of the Phi Alpha Theta chapter at Illinois Wesleyan University, I helped hold monthly meetings, organized initiation of new members, contacted and coordinated with speakers coming to campus.

Naperville, Il

As Chief Copy Editor, I copy-edited all the material that was published in The Argus

Naperville, Il

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Literature, History, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Editor in Chief of The Argus, Writing Center Tutor, Co-President of Sigma Tau Delta, Co-Vice President of Phi.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Theatre Central, Football