Whitney Ward Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago

Copy editing, proofreading, fact-checking, writing, citations/references, manuscript review, development editing, translation cleanup, author communication. Basic design and layout for various print and digital formats. Website maintenance, beta testing, online-course review, survey design & management, internal organizational communications..

Chicago

Wrote, edited, designed, and laid out various print and digital materials, including reports, newsletters, instructional guides, web content, surveys, and signage for the Library & Technology Services department of JMLS. Advised academic journal boards on printing, production, and editorial matters. Edited online distance-education course content..

Chicago

Edited research reports for the financial securities rating company's U.S. and Latin American Corporate Finance, Public Power, Insurance, and Global Infrastructure departments. Prepared files in MS Word templates and converted to PDF for online publication. Edited multiple reports on deadline in fast-paced environment with attention to AP Style, company.

Chicago

Served as managing editor and worked with volunteer editorial boards to turn raw information into professional, helpful, timely magazines and newsletters. Periodical management included planning content, scheduling, budgeting, coordinating with authors, editing, writing, proofreading, overseeing production, working with designers, managing freelancers, and.

Chicago

Managed book production of several titles per year from electronic text file to bound book. Coordinated quarterly law review journal. Edited manuscripts for content, structure, and clarity. Created author templates to expedite file conversion to design and page-layout software style sheets. Created Production Editor Training Manual for training of new.

Chicago

Intermittent part-time work: Manuscript review, copy and development editing, proofreading, and fact-checking for books, periodicals, academic papers, websites, résumés, and so on. Professional clients included Arc Worldwide (web content editing); BYOB Chicago (proofread annual guide to BYOB restaurants); the Field Museum of Natural History, African.

Chicago

Developed interactive financial-planning tools and guides with team of web content managers and content experts for start-up company. Wrote and edited web copy for style, substantive content, clarity, and consistency. Created and maintained content standards and style guide. Tested new products and upgrades.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed editing and production of print and electronic books, reference reporters with regular updates, and periodicals for the Business & Finance Division, Business Development Group, of this large legal publisher. Coordinated with design department for page layout or tagged files in SGML to create camera-ready hard copy and print-on-demand files. Created.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed production of a bimonthly print magazine, journals, books, loose-leaf and electronic reporters (including regular supplements), and newsletters. Worked with various departments to develop, produce, and market new and existing publications. Trained new staff members.

Indianapolis And Chicago

Managed book production of single titles and titles in various series for several different imprints. General reference series included Frommer’s travel guides, Alpha pet/animal books, Complete Idiot’s Guides, Arco test-prep guides. Edited manuscripts for content, structure, and clarity. Coordinated with development editors, authors, various internal.

Indianapolis

Assisted the administrator in marketing outpatient physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation clinics to prospective referral sources (physicians). Assisted the director of recruitment with human resource management for several stand-alone rehabilitation clinics and onsite extended-care facility clinics, including advertising, résumé review.

Ba, English Literature

Biology, Behavioral Ecology, Genetics

Activities and Societies: Research Volunteer, aquatic biology lab. Studied stress effects (pollution and parasites) on asymmetry in.

Publishing Program