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Provide copy editing services for The Motley Fool.

I proofread and copyedit content submitted by users across the globe, including fiction and nonfiction blog posts, journal submissions, daily professional correspondence, essays, opinion pieces, website copy, marketing materials, and so much more.

Provide advanced copy editing and proofreading services for AHA’s client base, including the world’s largest companies and influencers. Examples of types of documents I copy edit include white papers, website content, reports, email content, newsletters, and articles.

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Provide editing, proofreading, and writing services for clients around the world. Just a few examples include:~Editing five eBooks for the CEO of Bridge Global IT Staffing;~Editing and formatting 22 children's books in the JR Terrier series;~Ghostwriting and editing six children's books in the Tiana Nightly Dreams series;~Editing and formatting three books in the Jasmine series (young adult fiction genre);~Editing and formatting hundreds of medical documents, forms, presentations, and contracts for Cannon Quality Group, LLC;~Editing educational materials, eBooks, social media content, and blog posts for Traciana's Bully-Free Zone;~Composing hundreds (if not thousands) of resumes;~Editing theses, dissertations, journal articles, and essays;~Editing, researching, and fact-checking marketing materials;**Editing and formatting technical manuals; and**Editing self-help and self-realization books.

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Used AP Stylebook and in-house style guides to edit website content (e.g., blog posts, homepages, product pages, long-form articles) for clients from a wide range of industries, including automotive dealerships, online casinos, online providers of legal advice, and more. Provided detailed feedback to help writers improve upon their craft.

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Managed all editorial tasks for one of the largest global technology companies. Edited all blog posts, articles, press releases, correspondence (and more) for 5 teams of writers, adding to and rewording pieces as needed; also managed these writing teams to ensure all pieces met Adobe’s Editorial Guidelines and were submitted before their deadlines. Attended weekly conference calls with team leads, advocates/Adobe SMEs, writers, other editors, project managers, and the head of PR to deliver status reports for current projects and discuss upcoming editorial events/projects.

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Deliver editing, proofreading, and writing services. Manage staff development, including choosing viable editing and writing candidates, creating training tools, training new editors and writers, and terminating those who provide less-than-stellar work. Administer quality control functions and oversee work from new writers and editors.

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Composed and edited 6-10 resumes daily as well as cover letters, thank-you letters, and follow-up letters for clients in 10 countries. Maximized job searchers' chances of being discovered among the hundreds of other potential online and in-person candidates by utilizing industry- and company-specific keywords and phrases, proper usage, spelling, grammar, format, and punctuation, among other things.

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Served as Managing Editor for ILL. Executed excellent staff development functions, including posting job ads, interviewing candidates, hiring new proofreaders, terminating inefficient proofreaders, training new-hires in procedures, and administered evaluations. Supervised up to 5 proofreaders at a time; assigned projects and lessons to proofreaders and ensured each project's completion in a timely manner and well within projected deadlines. Performed quality assurance, including double-checking work from other proofreaders and writers to ensure consistency and branding throughout all lessons as well as all 20+ websites. Created in-house style guide still in use today to provide consistency and promote branding across more than 20 websites. Composed marketing materials and blurbs for each lesson. Collaborated and communicated with managers of each website to provide feedback about what types of lessons were needed as well as what crucial components were still missing and needed to be created. Communicated and collaborated with lesson writers/teachers to assist in the development of language lessons that adhered to company style guide as well as to answer various language questions they had. Copyedited and formatted English portions of language lessons. Executed accurate and timely data entry to enter lessons into more than 20 website back-ends, editing HTML as needed to ensure clean copy presented on each website. Performed administrative functions, including monitoring timesheets, scheduling hours and delegating workloads, updating various spreadsheets that contained information such as the status of each lesson (edited, waiting to be edited, scheduled to edit, which proofreader would be working on it, etc.), and calculating and submitting payouts each pay period.

Bachelor Of Arts, English/Language Arts Teacher Education

Studied English literature, language, and writing; psychology; and education. Achieved a bachelors degree in English with a minor.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Studied business, management, marketing, economics, and finance (have not yet graduated).

Associate Of Arts - Aa, English Language And Literature, General