Develop creative concepts and write print, environmental, web, social, video, and broadcast script copy. Clients include Volkswagen, Audi, Ven Johnson Law, and Foundation Automotive Corp.

Wrote award-winning print, digital, video, web, and social copy for every step of the retail shopper journey. Clients included Henkel, Nestlé, Post, and Anheuser-Busch.

Collaborated with art directors, brand strategists, and account managers, writing print, video, social, email, digital, and broadcast for Ford, Volvo, Lincoln, and Disney.

Concepted campaigns and wrote digital and print ads, email, direct mail, video, social, and more for Disney, The Met, ASPCA, Reading is Fundamental, MDA, and other clients.

Wrote print and digital signage, scripts, videos, and pitches for over 2000 Verizon Wireless retail stores and other special projects.

Evaluated print and digital signage, sales decks, strategies, and pitches for Verizon Wireless. Ensured copy consistency across multiple versions, multiple promotions, multiple ad-hoc changes, and with brand guidelines and AP Stylebook. Coordinated with copywriters, account executives, designers, and production studio to facilitate the development and implementation of over 100 projects a year.

Performed final quality check, evaluating all retail signage for all Verizon Wireless store locations across the country, and copy edited sale decks and pitches for Nike, Clinique, Maserati, Converse, and other key clients. Ensured consistency of promotional and legal copy across multiple versions, multiple promotions, multiple ad-hoc changes, and internal brand guidelines.

Provided editorial support to Senior Editor commissioning for two lists—over 75 titles each year• Editorial – Proofread and copyedited manuscripts, jacket copy, and galleys at various stages of production according to Chicago Manual of Style and in-house style sheets; evaluate proposals and submit for peer review• Author Care – Communicated with authors to coordinate contract signing and submission of manuscript files and production paperwork, ensuring deadlines were met• Publicity – Solicited endorsements from scholars; researched literary awards and submitted nominations; researched university courses to determine course adoptability of titles• Legal – Drafted contracts; evaluated permissions and fair-use of third-party images and text

Supported four Editors and two Editorial Assistants publishing academic and trade books in Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Political Theory, and Music, Film, and Media Studies.• Editorial – Evaluated, copyedited, and proofread manuscripts, jacket copy, and galleys• Publicity – Wrote Wordpress blog posts and Twitter updates; researched literary awards and university courses for targeting• Clerical – Converted manuscripts to CIP format and submitted to Library of Congress; managed archive of author contracts

Six-month training program performing editorial, marketing, production, and project management tasks • Editorial – Proofread and copyedited jacket copy and galleys; managed manuscript inventory and acquisitions database; wrote evaluations of manuscripts and proposals; researched and curated articles and photos from the Chicago Tribune archives for use in Agate Digital line of eBooks;• Marketing – Pursued local media coverage surrounding author tours; researched targets for publicity campaigns on Facebook and Twitter; gathered publicity updates using Google Alerts and independent research; organized eBook giveaway schedule for Kindle Store; wrote pitches, press kits, and hooks for media contacts• Production – Formatted manuscripts for eBook conversion; provided quality assurance for finished digital editions• Project Management – Collected and organized commissioned passages from pool of freelance writers and public domain researches; prepared passages for uploading into client’s online system; tracked changes and organized library of revisions

Produced content for trakkr, a new smartphone application; wrote user-facing copy for the application, company website, and blog; edited, performed research, and played a role in the creative development of the application’s marketing

Wrote directory listings on local businesses and community organizations for patch.com, a nation-wide news and information platform focused on providing individual communities with hyperlocal coverage

Engaged in one-on-one consultations with students from diverse backgrounds, many of whom spoke English as a second language—sessions focused on improving the writing ability of individual students with an emphasis on teaching the core principles of rhetoric; administered presentations for groups of students and facilitated conference presentations