Experience

Amirsys, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Editor/Project Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  Lead and manage digital and print content projects. Define project scope, acceptance criteria, and estimates. Maintain advanced knowledge of digital products and content types.High coordination with stakeholders, product, and technical teams. Consistent, accurate, clear project communication. Reporting and tracking.Author and editor training and support. Review and approve proofs before publication. Use Basecamp and Jira to assign and track issues. Accomplishments* Pioneered digital content projects that helped to reach key revenue goals. * Acted as a change agent, championing new processes that improved efficiency and project visibility. * Drove creation and managed editing of ~ 10,000 new pieces of content, increasing product sales and marketshare.

• Production Editor/Project Lead

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  Lead and mentor geographically diverse author teams for content creation. Design complex workflows for content delivery. Establish and sustain author relationships.Assist in analyzing content strategies and creating project timelines, milestones, and budgets. Strategic planning of internal resources. Conceptualize technical requirements and collaborate with development teams. Accomplishments * Successfully managed multiple content projects simultaneously. * Managed full lifecycles of projects, helping to implement a new authoring software application. * Delivered content 2 months ahead of schedule, allowing for early product release and additional projects added to front list.



Overstock

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Copywriter

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Write product descriptions and other copy as needed.Research markets, buying trends, and product differentiators. Work with product specialists and owners to assist in taking a product through its life cycle, working through development, testing, promotion, and release. Collaborate with buying teams on marketing concepts, product templates, and copywriter guidelines. Accomplishments* Wrote product descriptions that drove sales. * Presented research that influenced buying teams to reevaluate market drivers. * Excelled in managing copy for multiple products, articulating goals and translating needs.



PreMediaGlobal

• India
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Editor

  • Dec 2008 - Jan 2010

  Perform substantive, stylistic, and copy edits for technical documentsMentor authors by providing feedback. Code manuscript for compositor; bring consistency into heads and other elements, such as tables, figures, lists, and references. Improve documents by reorganizing text, verifying sources, and adding/removing information; crosscheck and conduct research. Assist with expansion of style guide and develop new guidelines Perform substantive, stylistic, and copy edits for technical documentsMentor authors by providing feedback. Code manuscript for compositor; bring consistency into heads and other elements, such as tables, figures, lists, and references. Improve documents by reorganizing text, verifying sources, and adding/removing information; crosscheck and conduct research. Assist with expansion of style guide and develop new guidelines