Experience

WebAssign

• Senior Web Content Editor



WebAssign

• United States
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Content Editor

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  2017 - Bravo Award 2016 - Riz Award 2016 - Green Check Award • Copyedit web-based educational content for consistency and style, adhering to the Chicago Manual of Style, as well as style guides from the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Physics, and Mathematics into Type. • Apply proprietary and web-based mark-up languages and tools (such as CSS, HTML/XML, LaTeX, etc.) to create content on the WebAssign platform. • Apply web design best practices to digital content to enhance user experience and improve learning objectives. • Apply and copyedit alt text for accessibility projects. • Create/modify and upload figures, using image-editing software. • Compile textbook PDFs into html4, html5, and flash based assets. • Create custom labs for Chemistry and Physics courses, applying design best practices as well as customer feedback, and provide content support. • Contribute blog articles to the Cengage Tech blog, adhering to AP style, utilizing technical expertise. • Contribute blog articles to the WebAssign Marketing team as well as the Cengage Stats team in Boston. • Accurately estimate, plan, and communicate on work and project progress. • Provide and receive constructive feedback to peers as a part of the content review process. • Develop and implement QA procedures to evaluate content, ensuring cross-discipline consistency and quality. • Develop new authoring guidelines for discipline-specific content, enhancing the quality of revised and correlated content. • Collaborate with fellow content editors, developers, and project managers as a member of a cross-functional, Agile team.



Raleigh Review

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fiction Editor

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  Read all fiction submissions and accept or reject them based on quality. Edit accepted manuscript for online publication and print publication. Work in the Raleigh Review shop selling books and assisting customers. Read all fiction submissions and accept or reject them based on quality. Edit accepted manuscript for online publication and print publication. Work in the Raleigh Review shop selling books and assisting customers.



Urban Ministries of Wake County

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Committee Editor

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2012

  Proofread copy for development team. Edit documents for development team. Proofread copy for development team. Edit documents for development team.



The Center for Creative Marketing

• Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Freelance Writer/Editor

  • Sep 2011 - Nov 2011

  Prepared and wrote press releases for client product launches. Prepared and wrote pitch sheets. Assisted in marketing strategies. Prepared and wrote press releases for client product launches. Prepared and wrote pitch sheets. Assisted in marketing strategies.



Southern Cultures

• United States
• Writing and Editing

• Editorial Assistant (Internship)

  • Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

  Copy-edit accepted manuscripts for print. Read submissions, aid in the acceptance/rejection of manuscripts. Copy-edit accepted manuscripts for print. Read submissions, aid in the acceptance/rejection of manuscripts.



NC State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - May 2011

  Taught three undergraduate English courses, approximately 60 students, sophomore level fiction writing. Prepared course syllabi to include exercises, assignments, comprehensive workshops and exams. Taught three undergraduate English courses, approximately 60 students, sophomore level fiction writing. Prepared course syllabi to include exercises, assignments, comprehensive workshops and exams.



Technician

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Writer

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

  Responsible for writing and editing features on local bands for the Diversions section. Responsible for writing and editing album reviews for the Diversions section. Responsible for interviewing and writing/editing musical interviews for the Diversions. Responsible for writing and editing features on local bands for the Diversions section. Responsible for writing and editing album reviews for the Diversions section. Responsible for interviewing and writing/editing musical interviews for the Diversions.