Leanne Rolland Email & Phone Number

• Promoted to apply experience in various roles. Trained 10 new hires and evaluated 15-20 freelancers. Edit and copyedit Bible feature text for devotional and study Bibles and Alliance nonfiction and fiction books.
• Created Bible Team style manual and trained 10 copyeditors and 5 editors in proper style conventions, resulting in 100% understanding of style conventions and smoother integration of manuscripts into InDesign, leading.
• Leverage bandwidth by taking on additional work from coworkers to increase team productivity and meet deadlines for special projects.
• Chief editor for Courage For Life Study Bible for Women. Used problem-solving skills during development, identifying changes needed and implemented; edited 1,400+ studies, 80+ profiles, and 66 book introductions.
• Proofreading coordinator for the upcoming Go Bible for young readers. Managed outside proofreading company and evaluated corrections. Coordinated with the children’s book team, design, and production in checking 12.
• Collaborate with Typesetting to create comprehensive style guide for Bible manuscripts and style template for books for our Alliance partners, resulting in 85% reduction in styling errors for copyedited manuscripts..

• Promoted to edit Bible manuscripts in addition to role as copyeditor. Edited and copyedited Bible feature text for devotional and study Bibles and Bible reference works.
• Hire and track compensation and other details of freelance staff of copyeditors and proofreaders using the Freelance Management System.
• Serve as project manager for Alliance books, working with outside publishing partners to create high-quality fiction and non-fiction books.
• Serve as project manager for Baylor Annotated Study Bible, working with outside editorial team and outside proofreading company to produce high-quality Bible for college students.
• Serve as project manager for the Inspire line of products, working with out-of-country creative company, managing schedules of people in different time zones.
• Developed and wrote new features for the award-nominated Girls Life Application Study Bible, overhauling and upgrading feature content from an existing Bible.

• Promoted to take on greater responsibility as a Copyediting Coordinator. Responsible for copyediting Bible feature text for devotional and study Bibles and Bible reference works.
• Coordinated projects with freelance copyediting team and Peachtree Publishing Services.
• Delivered projects on time or ahead of schedule, including the NLT Study Bible and Chronological Life Application Study Bible.

• Hired to entry-level position in Editorial department. Responsible for copyediting Bible feature text for devotional and study Bibles and Bible reference works.
• Became proficient in Chicago Manual of Style and Tyndale Manual of Style.
• Managed a team of testers and coordinate testing of breakthrough software project called iLumina.

• Responsible for proofreading book manuscripts and identified changes using proofreaders’ marks.
• Copyedited manuscripts and proofread galleys for the Children and Family team (children’s and Focus on the Family books).

• Responsible for proofreading book manuscripts and identified changes using proofreaders’ marks.
• Met project deadlines, including under short time constraints.
• Proofread a variety of styles of manuscripts, including fiction, training manual, short historical stories, devotional, and study guide.

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Band, Flute Choir

Education record

Activities and Societies: Basketball, Softball, Symphonic Band, Marching Band, German Honor Society