Lisa Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

Recently:• Led a team of 10 copy editors in reviewing 50+ full-year ELA, social studies, and elective courses for a virtual school on their online platform (K-12) • compiled/created project style guide • edited client-prepared writing guidelines and separated them into primary and secondary documents for use by our editors as well as the client’s designers/writers • created a copyediting checklist • created instructional screen videos for our editing teams detailing the use of the LMS • held one-on-one meetings with freelancers that included a walkthrough of the LMS and Q&A • held periodic team meetings to inform copy editors of project changes and to discuss issues and solutions • coordinated scheduling/strategies with project manager and project leadResponsibilities include: Editing science (including TEIs), reading/ELA, and adult education assessment content for digital and print products • copyediting and proofreading • standards correlations • fact-checking/sourcing • functionality testing of online content • art/supplementary proofing/formatting • lexiling/leveling • managing freelance editorial teams • preparing in-house style guide and process documentation for copyediting/QA team offshore • building offshore copyediting/QA team in conjunction with India colleagues, including vetting prospective employees and assessing skill levels • maintaining freelancer database

Responsibilities included: prioritizing and assigning freelance work and evaluating prospective freelance talent • training and managing freelance staff, including writing contracts and approving invoices • managing outsourcing workflow and transmittal of documents via remote servers • establishing hourly/per-page rates for projects • collaborating with editorial leads/project managers on budget preparation • instructing offshore resources in quality control techniques to meet client expectations • compiling and maintaining electronic client spec guidelines • ensuring client specs/globals are followed throughout production process • proofreading pages against editorial markup/manuscript using Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, and InCopy • extensive experience working in major educational publishers’ content management systems and online platforms, to include content editing, text-to-speech review/editing, and functionality testing

Responsibilities included: managing proofreading staff of four full-time employees in addition to freelancers • compiling and maintaining spec binders • ensuring client specs/globals are followed throughout production process • proofreading pages against editorial markup/manuscript using both electronic and hardcopy workflow • copy editing/cold reads • writing • lexiling • PCL, XML, HTML5 coding • ePub/eText review • fact checking • training of freelance staff • instructing offshore resources in QC techniques • managing outsourcing workflow and transmittal of documents via remote servers • establishing hourly/per-page rates for projects • conducting employee reviews • prioritizing and assigning daily workloads

Responsibilities included: managing proofreading staff of three full-time employees in addition to freelancers • compiling and maintaining spec binders • assuring client specs/globals were followed throughout production process • proofreading pages against editorial markup/manuscript using both electronic and hardcopy workflow • heavy contact with client/editorial vendors

Responsibilities included: typesetting, layout & design • proofreading • editing • mechanical paste-up • heavy customer contact • imagesetter output troubleshooting • pre-flight for service bureau output • file conversion • training of part-time staff

Freelance proofreading for medical journals