* Responsible for proofing Universal Advisor newsletter, industry newsletters, online and print firm collateral, brochures, due diligence reports, letters, signage, proposals, ads and manuals * Developed a style manual based on both AP and Plante & Moran standards that serves as the firmwide resource on editing and mechanical matters * Ensured consistency in punctuation, capitalization, hyphenation, format, layout, etc. * As sole owner of the graphics group's website on firm's intranet, responsibilities included creative direction, maintenance and content* Assist with copywriting duties

* Edit electronic and in-house reviews and consistently exceed goal of 80 per week* Proofread reviews to ensure that suggested fixes were completed by production department* Extensive rewriting and reorganization to clean up vague, incorrect or unclear language* Communicate with reviewers all over the world to shape their manuscripts into a style that keeps their intent but maintains adherence to the rules of a custom publication

* Input new books and proofread publisher, source, series, and journal information* Cataloged subject articles for indexing in English and a variety of foreign languages* Performed author and institution authority

* Conducted research for marketing, advertising, and development departments* Completed fact-checks, copy edits, and critical reads of manuscripts, galleys, and bound books* Created author biographies and book summaries to be sent with review copies

* Wrote news and feature articles* Learned journalistic Associated Press style