Freelance Editor, 1985 – present

• Critiqued, copy-edited, rewrote, and restructured manuscripts for writers, publishing companies, and business clients
• Followed clients’ house style, whether AP or Chicago
• Proofread and formatted manuscripts for publication as e-books
• Designed and typeset books, brochures, and newsletters
• Created indexes by hand and with software
• Coordinated projects with marketing consultants, engineers, scientists, authors, editors, vendors, and literary agents

Copywriter, Haworth Press, Inc, 2000 – 2001

• Wrote eye-catching headlines and effective advertising copy for print and Web-based catalogues, working from marketing questionnaires, manuscripts, or just a table of contents
• Tailored copy to appeal to markets ranging from agronomy professors to tattoo enthusiasts
• Created persuasive direct-mail letters targeted at libraries, professionals, and academics
• Wrote, edited, and proofread press releases, new-book announcements, journal blurbs, and cover copy
• Helped maintain FileMaker database and online catalogue with HTML coding
• Earned two raises and a special year-end bonus in first nine months
• Company sales increased by 10% in the first year I worked there

Publisher, Berkana Press, 1993 – 2000

• Planned budgets, forecast sales, and handled project management
• Handled all aspects of book production, including design, typesetting, proofreading, cover design, and print production
• Planned and implemented successful marketing strategy, wrote press releases, and designed advertisements
• Handled liaison with vendors, bookstores, distributors, and direct customers

Production Editor, Greenwood Press, 1984 – 1986
Production Assistant, Temple University Press, 1981 – 1983

• Shepherded academic, legal, and business books from manuscript to bound books, keeping track of permissions, schedules, and camera-ready art
• Hired and supervised freelance designers, editors, and proofreaders
• Acted as liaison with vendors
• Reassured nervous authors, exhorted dilatory authors, soothed unreasonable authors, enjoyed pleasant authors