Employment History

Literary Arts Editor
Fernwood Village Vibe

Current

Freelance Editor and Writer

Web and text based

Current

Recent clients include:

• QuoteSoftware.com, web-based writing for major quote software developer. Website pages and marketing media materials. www.quotesoftware.com.
• Monique Domovitch, author of successful chick lit. novel, now agented and under consideration by several major publishers.
• Lunatic Publishing.

Editor

Island Writer Magazine

March 2009 to June 2010, Victoria, B.C.

Website Writer

www.ilovenq.com/blog

December 2007 to March 2008, Manchester, England

Senior Writer and Coordinating Editor

Colborne Communications

July 2005 to February 2007, Toronto, Canada

• Coordination and management of fellow employees, assessing new projects and assigning editorial, writing, and proofreading tasks to the best-fit editor/writer, scheduling and meeting project deadlines, performing quality control checks where necessary; as well as acting as liaison between the company and the client
• Editorial tasks: structural/substantive, copyediting and proofreading on a timely basis
• Writing: proposals for new contracts, features for high school textbooks, tourism Toronto website and co-writer of Dummies series book project

Co-teacher of Fiction Editing

Ryerson University

Ryerson University Publishing program

September 2006 to October 2006, Toronto, Canada

• Taught fiction editing, manuscript evaluation and the importance of author-editor relations
• Developed and graded student assignments; provided feedback for editorial skill development

Production Editor

James Lorimer and Company

September 2004 to July 2005, Toronto, Canada

• Evaluated incoming fiction and non-fiction submissions
• Organize the ongoing production of 18 book-length titles simultaneously
• Performed visual research for adult illustrated history non-fiction trade titles
• Ordered visuals, negotiated prices with museums and archives, selected images for designers
• Liaised with authors
• Hired and evaluated the work of copyeditors, proofreaders, and illustrators
• Conceptualized and assigned illustrations for children’s books
• Wrote catalogue and back cover copy
• Proofread roughly 30 children’s/young adult books; ensured all text adhered to house style
• Performed minor typesetting alterations

Editor

CCH Canadian Limited

September 2001 to September 2004, Toronto, Canada

• Edited raw manuscripts for style, sense, and grammar
• Edited four course books for the Certified Financial Planner designation
• Wrote instructor support material in PowerPoint for four certified financial planning textbooks
• Reviewed page proofs
• Completed preparation of books for both print and electronic formats
• Performed “real time” internet updating of two monthly financial planning newsletter

Information Specialist

CCH Canadian Limited

December 2000 to June 2001, Toronto, Canada

• Converted electronic files into various formats (text files, PDFs, Word documents)
• Posted provincial and federal documents for viewing on subscriber site on a real-time basis