Stephanie Melancon Email & Phone Number

Fairfax, Virginia

• Ensure the accuracy and quality of marketing materials by proofreading and approving collateral produced by the marketing team for use in both external and internal promotions.• Ensure all materials produced by the marketing department are of expected quality.• Proofread marketing materials to ensure they match the copy rules established in the internal style guide and the AP Stylebook.• Work with project owners to make certain edits are made properly.• Ensure each piece of collateral meets compliance standards and includes any/all required disclosures.• Test and QA all materials in final form before publication.

Fairfax, Virginia

• Ensure the accuracy and quality of marketing materials by proofreading and approving collateral produced by the marketing team for use in both external and internal promotions.• Ensure all materials produced by the marketing department are of expected quality.• Proofread marketing materials to ensure they match the copy rules established in the internal style guide and the AP Stylebook.• Work with project owners to make certain edits are made properly.• Ensure each piece of collateral meets compliance standards and includes any/all required disclosures.• Test and QA all materials in final form before publication.

Mclean, Virginia

• Contribute to an average of 10 business wins annually by preventing major errors in large-scale RFPs and pitches/presentations through high attention to detail, identifying potential issues and deriving recommended solutions.• Contribute to an average of 20 agency awards annually through multiple rounds of review of conceptual creative design, ensuring copy is on brand, along with detecting and correcting errors.• Lead proofreader for all government, military and high-profile clients, as well as hundreds of USA/Canada accounts.• Verify the accuracy of grammar, syntax, mechanics and design of all recruitment advertising and marketing materials, ranging from brochures and website content, to new business presentations and proposals, collateral, blog posts, video scripts and more.• Working independently or as part of the creative department and small proofreading team, assist development centers by proofreading all creative copy for spelling, grammatical, style, content, consistency, formatting and logic errors.• Apply creative thinking skills and sound judgment while reviewing work to ensure high-quality deliverables.• Approve and request changes to advertising and collateral through quality assurance (QA) sign-off.• Create, update and implement individual style guides to reference and share with internal teams, continually becoming familiar with clients and their ad standards, as well as following AP Stylebook guidelines. • Write print ad headlines and body copy, website content, email blasts, radio scripts and creative concept rationales.• Utilize electronic communication with outside offices via telephone, MS Outlook email and MS Lync instant messenger.• Clients include: Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Air Force, NAVAIR (U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command), Lockheed Martin, Exelis/Harris, NASA, Transportation Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management and Capital One.

Mclean, Virginia And Alexandria, Virginia

TMP Government Proofreader (contract-to-hire freelancer from January to October 2013):• Contributed to a huge business win by proofreading a proposal for the agency's biggest government client.• Contributed to several other business wins and agency awards.• Sole proofreader for all government, military and high-profile clients.• Verified the accuracy of grammar, syntax, mechanics and design of all recruitment advertising and marketing materials, ranging from brochures and website content, to new business presentations and proposals, collateral and more.• Applied creative thinking skills and sound judgment while reviewing work to ensure high-quality deliverables.• Familiarized myself with clients and their ad standards by creating individual style guides to reference.• Clients included: NASA, Transportation Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Air Force, NAVAIR (U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command), Lockheed Martin, ITT Exelis, Capital One and ESPN.Mack | Crounse Group Senior Proofreader (contract freelancer from May to October 2012): • Copy edited/proofread political direct mail for campaigns and organizations, verifying facts and flagging errors in text, typography, images and mail panels.• Contributed to 25 winning campaigns across the United States during the 2012 election cycle by ensuring all direct mail was spotless and error-free, including facts, dates and statistics.• One-month temp assignment turned into five months, because of higher quality of work brought to company.• Began as the only proofreader and trained four new employees on proofreading checklist to meet clients' needs.

Orange County, California Area

• Proofread product labels, data input, answer and transfer phone calls, and sort and file.• Saved companies time and office space by completing miscellaneous tasks, such as filing and archiving.

Orange County, California Area

• Proofread Paris transportation website, making information easy to understand for readers traveling in France.• Created email newsletters by marketing dog-sitter business through words, images, links, logos and design.

Orange County, California Area

Receptionist duties: answered and transferred phone calls / alphabetized.Irvine Scientific Receptionist (temp from January to August 2011): • Answered and transferred phone calls, recorded and deposited checks, updated conference room schedules, recorded and sent faxes, mailed invoices and account statements, scanned invoices and packing slips, checked in visitors and assisted with department projects.

Orange County, California Area

• Proofread five company websites, expressed ideas and attended weekly team meetings.• Discovered hundreds of mistakes not found by four previous proofreaders, through an above-average grammar skill set.

Santa Ana, California

• Wrote press releases, blog posts and website/social media/brochure content, edited case studies, participated in case study interviews and attended meetings.• Proactively worked with the CEO and VP to brainstorm ideas for producing credible and compelling content.

Orange County, California Area

Data input, answered phone calls, made copies and assisted customers.

Orange County, California Area

• CSULB Daily 49er student newspaper (www.daily49er.com): Wrote articles and feature stories by interviewing subjects and participating in student events. Contributed photos during photojournalism course. All content pieces and images were published in the printed newspaper and on the website after receiving feedback from newsroom editors.• SoundsGoodCA.com: Wrote articles on concert reviews and band interviews for a start-up website. • “All Things Disney” blog (http://schemmens-blog.tumblr.com): Wrote about Disney-related news/events by researching relevant content and stories to share. • "People's World Cup" blog (http://peoplesworldcup.blogspot.com): Wrote about the perspectives of the 2010 FIFA World Cup from around Southern California by interviewing soccer fans at events on game days and utilizing multimedia. Used a content management system (CMS) to organize text, photos and videos for proper placement. Gained nearly 80 Facebook fans and almost 3,800 page views.

Huntington Beach, California

• Editing, writing, reporting, fact checking and research, computer input, filing, layout design and content, website updates, media kit review and design tasks.• Expanded the publisher's social networks and leads that formed the subscriber base of mainly culinary chefs and hospitality industry experts.• Gathered information to write articles published in Orange County food magazine by conducting personal research.

Irvine, California

Provided quality customer service, greeted and seated customers, took reservations and orders, packed them, brought them to vehicles, took payments, and ran food and drinks for servers.

Irvine, California

Lifeguarded pools, taught children and adults basic swimming, maintained pool facility and kept American Red Cross certifications up-to-date through regular training.

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Member, Kappa Tau Alpha: Journalism and Mass Communications Honor Society; Member, Golden Key International.

Associate Of Arts, General Education With An Emphasis In Psychology

Activities and Societies: Member, Phi Theta Kappa: International Honor Society of the Two-Year College; Member, Alpha Gamma Sigma.