Experience

Area 23

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Editor

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Lead Editor - Uplizna Lead Editor - Uplizna



UWorld

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Medical Editor

  • Aug 2014 - Feb 2022

  Copyedited practice questions used by doctors who are studying for the licensing examination (USMLE). Copyedited practice questions used by doctors who are studying for the licensing examination (USMLE).



McGraw Hill

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

  • Jun 1992 - Jul 2014

  Electronically copyedited and proofread using track changes, quick styles, and macros in Microsoft Word. Code hard copy and electronically generated manuscript for typesetting, using macros for electronic copy when needed. Copyedited PDFs using Acrobat 9 and Intuos. Content included comprehensive textbook supplement resources using online assessment bank systems (McGraw-Hill LearnSmart/Connect), medical books, college textbooks, and technical and reference books. Experience checking art and text specifications for galleys and page proofs. Show less



A Pass Educational Group, LLC

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

• Copy Editor

  • 2012 - 2014

  Copy editor for common core-aligned assessment items, K-12. Maintained consistency and style of test bank questions using client-generated style sheet. Tracked progress using spreadsheets. Used CTB/McGraw-Hill online learning system to enter and edit data. Copy editor for common core-aligned assessment items, K-12. Maintained consistency and style of test bank questions using client-generated style sheet. Tracked progress using spreadsheets. Used CTB/McGraw-Hill online learning system to enter and edit data.



Worth Publishers

• Greater New York City Area

• Freelance Developmental Editor and Copy Editor

  • 2007 - 2009

  Developmental editor for college-level supplemental, online, assessment resources. Electronically copyedited, proofread, developed, and refined format as needed, and maintained stylistic consistency of online college textbook supplements, such as instructors’ manuals, test banks, study guides, chapter outlines, and lecture slides. Developmental editor for college-level supplemental, online, assessment resources. Electronically copyedited, proofread, developed, and refined format as needed, and maintained stylistic consistency of online college textbook supplements, such as instructors’ manuals, test banks, study guides, chapter outlines, and lecture slides.



McGraw-Hill Health Professions Division

• Greater New York City Area

• Medical Proofreader

  • 1995 - Nov 2004

  Medical proofreader thoughout the years for: Consultants in Pharmaceutical Advertising, Key Biscayne, Florida McGraw-Hill Health Professions Division McGraw-Hill Higher Education Raven Press Medical proofreader thoughout the years for: Consultants in Pharmaceutical Advertising, Key Biscayne, Florida McGraw-Hill Health Professions Division McGraw-Hill Higher Education Raven Press



CPP; a BBDO; Consultants in Pharaceutical Advertising; Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Miami; Key Biscayne; Miami

• Advertising Assistant

  • Feb 1989 - May 1991

  Job titles included proofreader; traffic manager; proofreader; and editorial assistant; respectively. I analyzed and edited collateral for cruise ships, large pharmaceutical companies, and other large corporations. Also wrote descriptions for Miami Beach beachfront properties while at the Bureau and helped these business owners hone their written presentation for the visitors publication as well as the travel and the convention publications. Job titles included proofreader; traffic manager; proofreader; and editorial assistant; respectively. I analyzed and edited collateral for cruise ships, large pharmaceutical companies, and other large corporations. Also wrote descriptions for Miami Beach beachfront properties while at the Bureau and helped these business owners hone their written presentation for the visitors publication as well as the travel and the convention publications.



Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Assistant

  • 1990 - 1991



Columbia Pictures Publications

• Miami, Florida

• Production Control Coordinator

  • 1985 - 1990

  Reduced production time by 4 months for two 900-page sets of intermediate-level music methods. Edited and proofread the methods. Each series contained 12–15 books. Introduced to the full-service publishing, printing, and distribution company and then implemented time management scheduling procedures for the methods. Supervised a production staff of six. Responsible for the timeliness and quality of over 250 publications a year. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS: • American String Teacher’s Association, Key Biscayne, Florida Developed the format for the 102-page publication, Index to the American String Teacher, 1974–1987. Proofread several quarterly issues for the national association’s magazine, American String Teacher. • CPP Tempo, Columbia Pictures Publications, Miami, Florida, 1987 Managing editor for a 16- and 12-page tabloid, company newsletter. Trained and supervised a volunteer staff of 30 employees. Received GraphBest Award of Merit, sponsored by the Printing Industry of South Florida, 1987. Selected from more than 200 entries and presented at the Graphics of the Americas exhibit. Show less



U.S. Army

• Norfolk, Virginia; El Paso, Texas

• Professional Musician, Specialist 4

  • May 1980 - May 1982

  U.S. Army musician. Played trumpet for pass and reviews, parades, public relations concerts in El Paso, Texas. Played mess call for Omar Bradley's 80th birthday (late 1980); played taps for his funeral (early 1981). Music librarian in Norfolk, Virginia, at Naval Amphibious Base, Tri-Service School of Music, Little Creek, Virginia. U.S. Army musician. Played trumpet for pass and reviews, parades, public relations concerts in El Paso, Texas. Played mess call for Omar Bradley's 80th birthday (late 1980); played taps for his funeral (early 1981). Music librarian in Norfolk, Virginia, at Naval Amphibious Base, Tri-Service School of Music, Little Creek, Virginia.