Wendi R. Email & Phone Number

▪ Copyedits, proofreads, and performs quality control reviews for the Computing Technology Industry Association’s certification exams▪ Corrects errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style▪ Conducts research and checks facts to verify accuracy of exam content▪ Collaborates with and queries subject-matter experts and development editors to ensure accuracy and clarity of revised content

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Partnered with a team to produce award-winning math course via content quality improvements, content editing and rewriting, thorough proofreading, and meticulous fact checking• Edited and proofread curriculum and resources in a variety of content areas for online courses and offline books and supplemental material to comply with The Chicago Manual of Style and the company’s house style guide • Edited manuscripts, charts, graphs, artwork, assets, assignments, and assessments for student lessons and all the accompanying teacher materials • Worked independently and collaboratively with content editors, graphic designers, instructional designers, and editors on core curriculum courses and elective courses for middle and high school students• Managed several copyediting projects simultaneously and consistently met deadlines• Served as copy editor and/or proofreader for World Bank books, including Markets for Health Workers, Great Teachers: How To Raise Student Learning in Latin American and the Caribbean, More Power to India: The Challenge of Electricity Distribution, Private Participation in the Indian Power Sector, Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan, The Design and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Incentives, The World Bank Group A to Z, Violence against Women and Children in South Asia, and World Development Report 2015

Davidson, North Carolina

• Collaborated with small museums to write, edit, and proofread exhibit content for text panels, labels, brochures, and ephemera.• Served as creative director on museum projects overseeing exhibit graphic design, production, and installation• Served as project manager for the life cycle of museum exhibition projects ensuring projects were delivered on time and within budget • Cultivated a collaborative, cohesive, and productive team delivering final products that met the exacting standards of the museum industry• Developed long-term relationships with museum industry stakeholders to achieve mission statement goals

Huntsville, Alabama

• Hired as copy editor on local and national news desks of an award-winning daily newspaper• Edited wire news stories, wrote headlines, paginated layouts using Quark Xpress, and proofread pages • Served as page editor for Home pages and Teen pages selecting stories and photographs, designing pages, writing headlines, editing stories, and proofreading pages • Mentored high school student writers in developing and writing articles for Teen pages

Los Angeles, California

• Proofread, edited, and wrote content for monthly magazine and newsletter.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Magazine Journalism

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega, Meals on Wheels, Big Brothers, Little SistersJournalism major with focus on magazines. Also took.

Editing Certificate, Editing

Completed certificate course based on The Chicago Manual of Style.

Certificate, Small Museum Professional

Completed exhibit design courses, copyright courses, and interpretative writing courses