Ryan Mcdermott, Phd Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA

• Copyedit all client/agency writing (both creative and non-creative copy), focusing on grammar, punctuation, syntax, clarity, style, tone, voice, consistency, and adherence to client style guides
• Collaborate with the Creative, Account Management, Communication Strategy, Brand Strategy, Research and Analytics, and new-business departments to edit presentations and proposals for client meetings
• Assist the copywriters and creative directors with grammar and usage issues. Work directly with the copywriters to obtain clarification on queries and approval on major changes
• Maintain client/agency style guides and track and monitor brand-specific graphic standards
• Manage the daily operations of the department and the other members of the Copyediting team and act as the liaison between the full-time copyeditors, HR, and Account Management
• Serve as the agency point person for general copyediting questions and for disseminating information from the Copyediting department to the agency as a whole

San Francisco, CA

As part of the Goodby Silverstein & Partners Ed. program (a digital-education program featuring a diverse range of speakers and workshops that deal with all things digital), I launched GS&P Writing Works, a series of lectures that aims to help folks assess and improve their writing skills. The seminars focus on the usual suspects—grammar, punctuation.

San Francisco, CA

• At Goodby Silverstein & Partners, concepted and wrote copy on a freelance basis for various clients, including Sprint, Nintendo, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Yahoo!, and Comcast, and created style guides for.
• Currently writing on a freelance basis (for samples, please see the Accomplishments section below)

Edit research and strategy reports, brochures, and presentations for this social-advocacy research firm in Oakland

San Francisco, CA

• Copyedited feature articles for “The Bold Italic,” an online magazine about all things San Francisco, including local arts, events, entertainment, and other lifestyle topics
• Assisted the other members of the editorial team with cultivating and maintaining the publication's social media presence

San Francisco Bay Area

• Copyedited feature articles daily for this online magazine about all things San Francisco, including local arts, events, entertainment, and other lifestyle topics
• Cultivated and maintained the publication's social media presence

San Francisco

Served as the copy chief for all sections of this award-winning print magazine, which features a wide range of world-famous authors and artists writing about technology, entertainment, design, media, and politics.

Copyedited dissertations and journal articles authored by nonnative-English-speaking scholars, ensuring that all language was not only flawless but also fully intelligible to an American audience.

Berkeley, CA

• Winner of the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
• Researched and prepared curricula as the sole instructor for seven reading and composition courses
• Created and held intensive writing and research workshops targeted at specific writing issues/challengesAssociateships (sole instrutor): Spring 2008—Cultures of EmotionFall 2007—Otherness (Department of Rhetoric)Spring.

Berkeley, CA

Copyedited and indexed Catherine Gallagher’s book "The Body Economic: Life, Death, and Sensation in Political Economy and the Victorian Novel" (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005); Kamilla Elliott's book "Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate" (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003); and Michael Bernstein's book "Five Portraits: Modernity.

University Of California, Berkeley

• Mentored the research projects of five undergraduate students in the program (a diversity research seminar at UCB), each from a different discipline in the humanities—art history, English, philosophy, history, and.
• Guided students on conceptualizing and planning a major research project for publication. Provided copious feedback on all drafts and met regularly to discuss research results and writing progress
• Assisted students in editing résumés, cover letters, and statements of purpose for graduate-school applications

Cleveland, OH

• Researched and wrote articles on a wide range of technical topics for the trade magazine "Foundry Management and Technology." Maintained and edited key sections of the magazine and worked frequently with authors.
• Attended trade conferences and served as a spokesperson for the magazine at local industry events

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, English Language And Literature/Letters

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), English Language And Literature, General