Margaret Yap Email & Phone Number

United States

- Supported the development, coordination, adjudication, and processing of official DoD documents, such as DoD directives, DoD instructions, and administrative instructions, often in highly pressurized time frames throughout all stages of the DoD Issuance Process.- Coordinated with external stakeholders to ensure timely and responsive completion of tasks within the Washington Headquarters Services Directives Portal System.- Advised government personnel in correctly preparing documentation in accordance with all relevant standards.• Edited and proofread all government documentation related to the creation or review of issuances to ensure accuracy, clarity, and conformance to templates and standards.• Tracked the currency of published issuances and creation of new DoD Issuances.

- Worked in a team environment with other editors and analysts to review and edit DoD issuances (policy documents) for clarity, format, consistency, grammar, syntax, adherence to Plain Language requirements, and compliance with other DoD guidance and procedures- Validated and ensured quality control over all aspects of issuance packages- Worked with government personnel inside and outside the division to move issuance packages through the review and publication process and resolved issues that arose- Provided recommendations for process improvement of the publication and tracking systems and assisted with updating internal and external guidance and reference materials- Tracked reports in the database through all stages of the technical editing process with instructions- Assisted with special projects and training in support of the DoD issuance program and the division

- Edited and proofread education testing materials; proposals; user, scoring, and style guides; presentations; technical reports; performance-level descriptors; directions for administration; and other documents for spelling, grammar, clarity, and concision- Used desktop publishing and communication skills to work with other editors and editorial assistants, Operations and Production staff, and various clients to meet daily editing deadlines - Responded to work requests and kept work management systems up to date- Wrote sections on editing and workflow management best practices for the team training manual and delivered presentations- Helped train temporary staff and new editorial assistants

- Proofread and copyedited projects digitally and by hand for accuracy, grammar, concision, and punctuation- Monitored and updated project schedules; communicated with project managers and designers about projects- Copyedited and proofread web pages submitted through the content management system; produced web articles- Prioritized quick-turnaround walk-up copyediting and proofreading projects for the unit- Educated staff about the ASCD Style Guide and best practices; produced internal blog posts with editing tips- Acted as a liaison for teleworkers; prepared monthly word count reports; filed dead pages; updated documentation

- Expanded Education Week Commentary’s presence on Twitter and Facebook- Wrote promotions for online Opinion activity for print issues- Produced Commentaries and letters to the editor for edweek.org, updated the Commentary homepage- Edited and assisted in producing Opinion blog posts and installments and Commentary collections- Managed Commentary submissions and communication with authors, sent contracts- Edited, proofread, and fact-checked Commentaries, made a new homepage for more than 80 Q&As