Experience

Shaker & Spoon

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and CBO

  • Oct 2015 - Present



St. Martin's Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Designer

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2020

• Junior Designer

  • Nov 2010 - May 2011



Freelance

• Freelance Proofreader

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2015

  Complete proofreading projects on fiction and nonfiction titles for clients including St. Martin’s Press, Picador, and Tor Complete proofreading projects on fiction and nonfiction titles for clients including St. Martin’s Press, Picador, and Tor



Skyhorse Publishing

• Assistant Production Editor

  • Sep 2010 - Oct 2010

  In addition to ongoing production duties noted below: Oversaw CIP data applications for all titles; reviewed page proofs; reviewed work of freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and typesetters; assisted consulting editors on their titles, updating them routinely; proofread and fact-checked press releases; sent out and evaluated proofreading tests for potential hires and freelancers.

• Production Assistant

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2010

  Reviewed final passes before sending to press; handled production of scanned reprint titles; assisted with seasonal catalog layout; laid out foreign rights catalogs; designed photo inserts and back page ads; created sample interior designs, sales materials, sample spreads; colorized b&w titles (4- and 2-color); edited images in Photoshop and Illustrator; made design and text corrections in InDesign and Quark; checked corrections between passes; copyedited and proofread manuscripts and other materials; served as in-house editor of several titles each season; wrote jacket and catalog copy; liaised with authors, freelancers, printers; drafted contracts; evaluated proposals; managed incoming manuscript and reprint title files.



The Museum of Modern Art

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Publications Intern

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

  Proofread and fact-checked elements of upcoming publications British Design and Henri Cartier-Bresson; corresponded with rights holders to clear image copyrights and licenses for plates section of British Design; drafted and copyedited flap text for upcoming publication Robert Rauschenberg; updated Publications Department archive; formatted and fact-checked backlist for spring 2010 sales catalogue; formatted captions for upcoming publication Women Artists; created object packages in CEMS of works of potential artists for Carolyn Lanchner book series; inventory and out-of-print data analysis; compiled spreadsheets of recipients of comp copy books; distributed comp copy books; image archiving; general research and administrative assistance.



The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Website and Educational Media Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Sep 2009

  Website Department: Wrote for Met Matters, the Met’s internal newsletter; managed email inboxes, responding to email from visitors; created bulk email production schedules for the coming year; organized tasks in AceProject; copyedited email blasts; wrote descriptions for videos to be posted on YouTube; created and edited events in the website’s calendar admin; completed imaging work for “American Stories” web feature. Educational Media: Redesigned a Family Guide for permanent collection; tagged art objects in online Family Map; designed a “treasure hunt” activity guide for the public; researched schoolchildren’s assigned reading material for a guide based on current youth reading lists.



Yale Center for British Art

• Student Research Assistant in Paintings and Sculpture

  • Sep 2006 - May 2009

  Fall 2006-Spring 2007: Bartels Fellow; Summer 2007-present: Student Research Assistant “The Theory and Practice of Thomas Lawrence” (upcoming, 2011): assembled a resource of all references to Lawrence in 16 volumes of Joseph Farington’s diaries; created physical files for each Lawrence painting displayed at the Royal Academy & searched photography archives for images for each file; organized all of Lawrence’s oil paintings by canvas size to determine patterns (using Kenneth Garlick’s comprehensive text); organized paintings by subject matter and materials. General research assistance: located and photocopied materials, read materials seeking specific information, updated department’s object files. Scanned and color-corrected images, created PowerPoint presentations for supervisor’s upcoming portraiture class.



The Jewish Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Blanksteen Curatorial Fellow/Publications and Curatorial Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Publications Department: Proofread “Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater” (2008) exhibition catalogue; proofread and edited wall text for variety of upcoming exhibitions; worked to develop a comprehensive style guide for writing at The Jewish Museum. Curatorial Department: Prepared for imminent opening of “Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater”: scripted parts of audio tour; wrote and edited wall text; created PowerPoint presentations for docents and other departments; translated film clips from Russian; systematized information pertaining to video elements of exhibition.



Steven Kasher Gallery

• Intern

  • May 2008 - Aug 2008

  Framed and unframed photographs, delivered photographs to frame shops, assisted customers over the phone and at the front desk, re-organized and categorized the gallery’s library of books, packaged and mailed photographs to clients, updated Artsystems database, general administrative maintenance. Framed and unframed photographs, delivered photographs to frame shops, assisted customers over the phone and at the front desk, re-organized and categorized the gallery’s library of books, packaged and mailed photographs to clients, updated Artsystems database, general administrative maintenance.



Yale University Art Gallery

• Student Assistant in Digital Media Department

  • Oct 2005 - May 2006

  Linked media in The Museum System (data-entry). Linked media in The Museum System (data-entry).