Experience

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  Carnegie Corporation of New York

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Editorial Manager

    • Oct 2021 - Present

  • Editor/Writer

    • Jul 2016 - Present

    Responsible for developing editorial ideas and projects in support of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s mission to promote and advance the diffusion of knowledge and understanding as well as maintaining the high editorial standards of the Corporation across all print and digital publications• Help discover and make connections among grantee outputs that reflect the longstanding themes of the Corporation’s grantmaking, helping to conceptualize, create, and package content that highlights the Corporation’s historical role as a convener around ideas and issues through strong storytelling and across multiple platforms and channels• Edit and shape original materials created by Corporation staff and freelance contributors, overseeing the tracking and aggregation of content from the Corporation’s large pool of grantees in the areas of International Peace and Security, Democracy, Education, and Higher Education and Research in Africa• Work closely with Communications department colleagues to explore new avenues for digital publication and repurposing of Corporation content across a wide range of platforms, including social media• Serve as managing Editor/Writer of the Corporation’s flagship print publication, the “Carnegie Reporter”• Serve as assignment Editor/Writer for all freelance writers and content contributors, including the Carnegie Visiting Media Fellows• Conceive, assign, shape, and bring to life compelling content (text, visual, and multimedia) around the Corporation’s work through strategic editorial planning and execution• Work closely with the Manager of Media Relations to forge strong ties with publishing and media partners• Oversee the tracking of published content from grantee organizations using the Corporation’s grants management program• Copy edit official Corporation materials, web content, announcements, releases, and newsletters, and serve as the Corporation’s head writer for special publications and projects as needed

  • Editor/Writer (freelance)

    • Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

    Oversee editing and production of the spring 2016 issue of “Carnegie Reporter,” the Corporation’s “magazine of ideas,” and provide other editorial services as needed. Responsibilities include:• Work closely with commissioned writers (Carnegie Visiting Media Fellows) to edit and shape three feature articles, writing headlines and section headings and identifying sidebars and pull quotes• Assist the Communications Manager in the President’s Office in editing the President’s Letter• Copy edit all contents of the magazine• Coordinate with the Corporation’s lead designer to select and place related artwork for all articles and sections of the magazine, including a feature photo essay (“Center Point”)• Work collaboratively with commissioned illustrators to make sure that illustrations support and augment editorial content• Write the “Recent Events” blurbs as well as any other “departments” of the magazine as determined by the Director of Communications and Content Strategy• Identify ways to repurpose “Carnegie Reporter” content for carnegie.org, the Corporation’s website, and other platforms, including social media• Edit daily “blog” type articles focusing on grantee work for the Corporation’s website• Work with the Corporation’s Communications department and Visiting Media Fellows to conceptualize, assign, edit, and shape the fall 2016 issue of the “Carnegie Reporter,” with a focus on the November presidential elections• Write and edit Corporation materials, both print and digital, as requested

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  The New York Public Library (retired)

  • New York, NY

  • Managing Editor, Communications & Marketing Department

    • 2014 - May 2015
    • New York, NY

    • FLASH EXHIBITIONS Edited and in some cases wrote texts and came up with titles for the Library’s new series of “flash” (pop-up) exhibitions, including: "Celebrating Carnegie’s Gift to New Yorkers: More Than a Century of NYC’s Neighborhood Libraries"; "Spellbound: A Celebration of Spelling"; "Becoming the Man in the White Suit: The Tom Wolfe Papers"; "The Declaration of Independence"; "Phenomenal Woman: Maya Angelou, 1928–2014"; "A Raisin in the Sun: Lorraine Hansberry’s Dream on Broadway"; and “'Dearest Jackie': On the Death of JFK"• HIGH-PROFILE CLIENT SUPPORT Edited projects for the Development Office, the President's Office, and other important clients, including managing the timely production of "Inside NYPL," the Library’s main patron publication, and overseeing the entire suite of printed materials for the annual Library Lions dinner, NYPL’s most important fundraising event• VISITOR EXPERIENCE Edited a wide range of materials aimed at enhancing the visitor experience in the Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, such as an all-new wayfinding system, maps, new building brochures (in English, Spanish, French, and Chinese), tabletop signs, posters, exterior vitrine signs, building banners, bookmarks, and more• PRINT AND DIGITAL Contributed editing expertise to a great variety of printed and digital materials for marketing, branding, advertising, programming, educational, event, retail, development, technical services, advocacy, and user engagement initiatives

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  The New York Public Library

  • United States
  • Libraries
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Web Editor, Communications & Marketing Department

    • 2007 - 2013

    • LIBRARY TREASURES Working closely with the Library’s curatorial staff, developed, researched, wrote, and edited Treasures of The New York Public Library, a major online exhibition microsite: exhibitions.nypl.org/treasures• SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION ON JEWISH HISTORY Coauthor, editor, and project manager of the major Library publication "Jews in America: From New Amsterdam to the Yiddish Stage" (2012)• ONLINE PROJECTS Worked on various additional projects for nypl.org, including online exhibitions, website features, and innovative microsites like On the Road with Candide: Picturesque Journeys: candide.nypl.org• COLLECTIONS-BASED APP Helped conceive and execute Biblion: The Boundless Library, NYPL’s award-winning collections-based app: exhibitions.nypl.org/Biblion• LIBRARY CENTENNIAL & SPECIAL INITIATIVES Provided intensive editorial assistance to the Vice President of Communications & Marketing for important projects, including the Library’s 2011 Centennial Celebrations, the Central Library Plan (CLP), and deluxe print publications honoring the Library’s President and Chairman of the Board upon their retirements

  • Exhibitions Research Coordinator, Exhibitions Program

    • 2007 - 2007

    • EDITORIAL SUPPORT Liaised with outside scholars, curators, registrar, and conservators—from exhibition inception through installation, coordinating project timelines and assisting with the development of checklists, themes, and all exhibition texts• VISUAL SUPPORT Consulted with exhibition and graphic designers on all aspects of exhibition design, including layout, graphics, installation, etc.

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  The New York Public Library

  • New York, NY

  • Editor, Publications Office

    • 1999 - 2006
    • New York, NY

    • PRINT PUBLICATIONS Developed, edited, and coordinated an array of trade publishing projects based on materials drawn from the Library’s collections, including books, exhibition catalogues, calendars, Knowledge Card decks, etc.• BOOK PROPOSALS Conceived and wrote book proposals, as well as other texts and copy, while also providing editorial back-up for various institutional publications and initiatives• PRODUCTION Organized manuscripts and illustrative materials for production, arranging photo shoots and securing illustration permissions from copyright holders

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  Freelance

  • New York, NY

  • Writer, Researcher, Editor

    • 1995 - 1999
    • New York, NY

    • Writer, editor, researcher, and cocurator of major New York Public Library exhibitions “'Such Friends': The Work of W. B. Yeats" and "The Hand of the Poet: Poems and Papers in Manuscript"• Writer and researcher for eleven volumes of Doubleday’s Collector’s Edition of literary classics (for five of the volumes, selecting the texts)• Worked on a range of additional print publications for NYPL as well as other clients, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers