Laura Underhile Email & Phone Number

Lisle, IL, US

Itasca, Illinois, United States

• Manage the development and expansion of AAP professional and clinical publications, including pediatric coding and payment.
• Research, identify, and recommend opportunities for new products and expanded product lines based on audience usage data and market trends. Collaborate with supervisor on the development of proposals for leadership.
• Oversee the editorial development and publication of a monthly pediatric coding newsletter, including the management of contributing writers and consultants.
• Oversee the work of outside editorial consultants on AAP publications.
• Develop and manage the editorial publishing schedules for new products.
• Manage a system of product evaluation for AAP products and product lines.

Itasca, IL

• Manage project and developmental editing for new publications and professional/clinical products
• Serve as lead editorial staff on process improvement efforts
• Collaborate with Marketing and Sales staff to develop comprehensive marketing plans for new and existing AAP products
• Work with authors, editors, managers, and publishers to ensure that professional/clinical editorial content is consistent with recommendations in AAP policy statements, manuals, and other professional and patient.

Lisle, IL

• I finesse and craft copy for industries ranging from decorative water features to medical device manufacturers to Big Ten universities
• I also proofread manuscripts and count several major Chicago publishing houses as regular clients
• I'm proficient with both AP Style and the Chicago Manual of Style
• Curate and use Hootsuite to post social media content for a local athletic apparel startup

Downers Grove, IL

• Shaped key messages and communications program to promote the value of membership in FTD’s premier floristnetwork
• Wrote and edited newsletters, sales collateral, emails, press releases, blog entries and social media campaignson Facebook and Instagram
• Developed the concept for and oversaw the production of a series of how-to videos for FTD member florists
• Collaborated with divisions throughout the company to help them promote everything from fresh flowers to pointof-sale technology systems
• Helped plan and execute major national sales meetings and local events

New Lenox, IL

• Developed the medical supplier’s house style and authoritative voice while conveying complex information in anexciting, easy-to-understand manner
• Wrote and edited all communications, including Web copy, brochures, newsletters, product descriptions, socialmedia and a blog
• Appointed editor in chief of Embrace magazine, a customer-facing publication
• Promoted and helped execute events for the company’s philanthropic arm, The Barnes Foundation

Mundelein, IL

• Copy editor of the company’s two specialty magazines, OR Connection and Healthy Skin
• Wrote magazine feature articles and edited article submissions from contributing authors
• Wrote and edited brochures, sell sheets and Web copy
• Appointed to the committee tasked with developing an in-depth and clinically complex proprietary pressure ulcer prevention program

Burr Ridge, IL

• Coached instructors and students on successfully executing McGraw-Hill ancillary technology products
• First-level support lead for EZ-Test online testing and Primis eBooks
• Trained and managed seasonal employees

Burr Ridge, IL

• Coordinated review panels for updated and first-edition psychology titles and maintained close relationships with expert reviewers
• Oversaw the production of multimedia and print supplements
• Represented McGraw-Hill at national trade shows and psychology symposiums

Naperville, IL

• Copy edited, proofread and managed fiction and nonfiction book titles from the manuscript phase through post-publication
• Authored a short story selected for publication in Halloween Howls, a collection of Halloween stories
• Hired and managed interns for the editorial department

Wrote teen column for Dixon Telegraph Wrote articles on local issues as assigned

Bs, News-Editorial Journalism

As an undergraduate, I was hired as a reporter for The Daily Illini before being promoted to features editor. As features editor, I.

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