Heather Martin Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Canada Area

• Create and modify interfaces and animations to match design-review requirements• Research accessibility requirements for our design-system components and recommend changes• Apply accessibility modifications to design-system components

Montreal, Canada Area

• Modified interfaces and created animations matching design-review requirements• Wrote unit and end-to-end tests, using Chai and Cypress, to ensure components and web apps behave as expected• Built a design-system component, a modal, matching design specifications with SCSS, ES6 JavaScript, and Vue

Montreal, Canada Area

• Acquainted newly minted web devlopers with with the tech community in Montreal and beyond• Reviewed and provided feedback on job seekers' job applications• Conducted mock job interviews to help new grads prepare for tech industry interviews• Provided ongoing practical and moral support as job seekers navigate the job market

Montreal, Canada Area

• Copyedited and proofread a wide variety of documents, such as novels, trade nonfiction, scholarly monographs, manga, magazine ads, email newsletters, catalogues, blog posts, and other social media and web content• Ensured high quality writing while respecting the author’s voice and explaining suggested changes with clarity and tact• Communicated with authors and publishers to ensure a shared understanding of project parameters and deadlines. • Provided editorial services to clients such as Nelson Education, Harlequin Enterprises, HarperCollins Publishers, and Groupe Modus as well as individual authors of fiction and scholarly writing.

Toronto, Ontario

• Copyedited and proofread print and online content for K–12 resources, including ESL as well as First Nations, Métis, and Inuit educational publications• Canadianized textual and illustrative content from Australian and U.S. learning resources • Balanced responsibilities for multiple projects simultaneously while reporting to various program managers• Communicated with representatives from the editorial, production, design, sales, marketing, digital product, and rights and permissions departments to ensure all stakeholders were aware of each project’s parameters, issues and status.• Populated and edited CSV files used to build online digital resources • Uploaded digital content to Nelson’s CMS• Conducted QA testing of uploaded resources in the CMS, checking that all content, links and design elements appeared and behaved as expected• Conducted QA testing of read-along audio ebooks, ensuring audio tracks and text highlighting were correctly synced.• Assembled digital resources for use on Smart interactive displays in the classroom

Diploma In Front-End Web Development

In 2019, I was awarded Concordia's Diploma in Front-End Web Development after completing their intensive program, which focuses on modern.

Ma, English Language And Literature

While attending UVic, I also worked for International Student Services, where I taught ESL students in the university's Faculty.

Graduate Certificate, Publishing

My program of study at TMU included, among others, courses in copyediting, digital publishing, book design, substantive and line editing.

Ba, Honours English

At UofG, I taught English usage and style at the university's Learning and Writing Centre as a student writing consultant.