All Proofreading & Copy Editing Experience
                      (Present to 1995)

 

       Founder & Chief-Senior Copy Editor

                   & Proofreader, Principal
                               Expressive Editing®, New York City, NY

      31+ years of experience as a copy editor/proofreader

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Below is a list of all my clients (past and present) and the duties
I do/did as a Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader for each:

 

Expressive Editing® (New York, NY), Oct. 2002 to Present​ (~23.7+ years)

Founder & Chief-Senior Copy Editor & Proofreader

• Deliver public-facing manuscripts, reports and client communications for authors,   educators, publishers and organizations across North America and Europe.

• Adhere to client-specific style guides and directions to reduce revision cycles and improve consistency.

• Manage concurrent projects with different deadlines via MS Word’s tracked changes, Google Docs, Adobe Acrobat Pro and Teams.

• Provide short- and long-form editing for some 70+ diverse clients (below) throughout a variety of industries.

 

​Write To Sell Your Book, New York, NY, May 2025 to Present

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edit nonfiction and fiction manuscripts for market readiness, clarity and pacing; provide revision notes to authors.

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Càlamo y Cram & Fiction Express (Spain) January 2024 to Present

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edit and translate serialized fiction from U.K. English to U.S. English for young adults, ensuring readability.

• Work for Fiction Express via Càlamo y Cran, which serves as the contracting publisher.

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Humanitarian Impact Institute (Global), Sept. 2023 to Present

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edit humanitarian reports for clarity, stakeholder impact and accessibility.

• Coordinate with international teams to maintain consistent tone and factual accuracy.

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Novum Publishing (Austria/UK/New York), May 2023 to Present

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Editing fiction manuscripts.

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The Proposal Lab LLC (Washington, D.C.), Feb. 2023 to Present

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Editing confidential proposals for the company's (sometimes government) clients.

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Textbroker International (Remote, Las Vegas, NV.), Sept. 2022 to Present

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Copy editing articles of varying lengths/topics (e.g., HVAC, motorcycles, home decor, rental property descriptions) with varying deadlines, in U.S. or Canadian English.

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STRiVE Mental Health Wellness & Empowerment, September 2021 to September 2024

Remote Freelance Copy Editor

• Copy edited for a large variety of projects, print and online.

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Dolce Media Group, January 2020 to Present (Client for 6+ years)

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edit human interest, lifestyle and news articles for publisher’s international magazines,
  City Life and Dolce.

• Occasionally edit book chapters and long-form content for this publisher.

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Apex CoVantage (Virginia, US), July 2023 to Nov. 2023

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited nonfiction manuscripts.

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Purecontent Media (UK), October 2022 to Oct. 2023

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

Copy edited of various articles of varying lengths.

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Irwin Law, December 2021 to February 2022

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited Canadian Family Law book manuscript.

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The Urban Writers, July 2021 to December 2022

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Copy edited/proofread nonfiction manuscripts.

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Tank Worldwide, December 2020 to December 2022

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Copy edited/proofread medication pamphlets.

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At Bay Press, December 2019 to December 2020

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited manuscripts.

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Public Education, Ottawa Paramedic Service, July 2020 to October 2020

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Copy edited 420-page textbook for students who are taking the paramedic/first responders course.

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Playwrights Canada Press, September 2019-July 2020

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited play scripts.

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Best Version Media: Neighbours of Manotick, Neighbours of West Barrhaven & Cedarhill, Neighbours of Stonebridge, June 2019 to July 2020

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited articles for all three magazines.

• Proofread PDF proofs of each magazine before they went to press.

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http://www.therighthairstyles.com, January 2019 to December 2020

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited articles about different kinds of hair and the many ways you can style/colour/cut various hair types.

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MDPI (Publisher of Open Access Journals), February 2019-June 2019

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited articles for various scientific journals.

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ToscanoTeam, May 2018

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited and adjusted client lists in MailChimp.

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Dr. Nathalie Beauchamp, author, December 2017

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited Hack Your Health Habits, written by chiropractor, fitness trainer & wellness consultant.

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XAHIVE, Inc. (Cybersecurity company), July 2016 to December 2018

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited various texts for cybersecurity company.

• Edited entire website.

• Edited Cybersecurity Manual for Financial Institutions.

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eScribers (U.S. transcription company), May 2017 to August 2017

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited/proofread various court transcripts.

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Ottawa Sport & Social Club, March 2017 to April 2017

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited, developed & designed print and online campaign for "Sprummer" registration (Sprummer = spring + summer).

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Realtor® Ayn MacDonald, Royal LePage Team Realty, February 2017 to December 2018: Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited feature sheets and letters to clients.

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Toscano/Walker Team (RE/MAX), June 2016 to October 2016 & May 2017

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited & wrote texts for online & print, and created newsletter, in MS Word.

• Redesigned presentation in InDesign.

• Updated website HTML coding, as well as edited entire site (www.toscanowalker.com).

• Edited second presentation and updated first presentation in Adobe InDesign.

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NY author (confidential), November 2016 to February 2017

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited writer's non-fiction manuscript.

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The Edge Taekwon-Do Academy, Orleans, August 2016

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited instructor's manual and email templates.

         

Ottawa Business Journal, June 2016 to December 2016

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited business articles using Google Docs.

• Filled in for six months during a staff member’s second half of maternity leave.

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Plant Your Flag Commercial Real Estate Services, Greg O’Donnell, 2014 to December 2018

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Provided ongoing web and print editing & proofreading services.

• Provided desktop publishing services for eBooks: format eBooks in Excel, edit & proofread all content.

• Provided transcription/transcribing/typing services, using MS Word, ExpressScribe and InqScribe.

• Provided administrative duties, which includes online research and sending emails, using MS Office.

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TheKnot.com (XO Group/ZenContent), April 2016 to March 2017

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited & revised content for TheKnot.com in a digital environment.

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SketchDeck, February 2016 to May 2016

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited clients’ graphics and texts to ensure accuracy and clarity, using InDesign, Illustrator, PowerPoint and Keynote.

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*Confidential* author, September 2015 to December 2015

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited Toronto writer’s translated (from French) fiction manuscript.

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SmartLexic.com, January 2015 to December 2016

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited various texts for clients with dyslexia.

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Unambiguous.ca, May 2014 to December 2016

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited various texts, for clients, as they come in.

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Ottawa author, April to May 2014, August to September 2015

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited two of local writer’s fiction manuscripts.

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Dr. Orawee Chinthakanan et al., co-authors, August 2015

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited a medical and scientific report written by four doctors: "Laparoscopic Paravaginal Defect Repair: Surgical Technique and a Literature Review." 

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Viridis Consultants, March 2012 to April 2012, May 2015 to June 2015

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited two different scientific and technical reports on Australian health facilities’ water quality.

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Author, October 2014 to January 2015

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited local writer’s script (I think he pictured it as a play.).

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Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, October 2014 and January 2015

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited “Violence Framed as Honour” website content; and, edited same report
  for ORCC’s website.

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*Confidential* author, August 2013 to May 2014

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited local writer’s self-help book for adolescents.

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Automotive Quality Solutions/Jon Molesky (President), (Florida), April 2012 to May 2013,

March 2014 to January 2015

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited & proofread U.S. automotive-industry recruiter’s correspondence, web articles, newsletters, etc.

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*Confidential* (doctor), (Ottawa, ON, Canada), August 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited 10-page medical and scientific study on corneal donor tissue for surgery, for the University of Ottawa Eye Institute’s Department of Ophthalmology.

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Sherpa Press, (Dublin, Ireland), December 2012 to January 2015 (Client for ~3 years)

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited 7 fiction manuscripts in MS Word: 

  • Never in Your Wildest Dreams

  • Lost and ProFound (have editing credit on ISBN page)

  • The Right One

  • So, What’s Your Play?

  • Ethics of a Thief (and its re-release)

  • The Way Out.

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Roger Carrier, author, March 2013 to September 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Proofread & edited fiction manuscript, Finding Sagrado.

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Lyubomyr Ostapiv, Ukrainian author, July to Aug. 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited home-finance manuscript: Home Finances for Couples.

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PontLab, June to July 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited short articles on very short notice.

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The Marketing Center, February 2013 to June 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited entire contents of two websites for legal consultants before they went live.

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Author, February 2013 to June 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited 233-page fiction manuscript in MS Word.

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Cerami Worldwide, September 2012 to September 2015:

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Provided proofreading & editing services for projects, such as manuscripts, white papers and medical-product advertising & product-packaging copy, using Adobe Acrobat (PDF).

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Legal Outreach Inc., January 2013 to May 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Designed & edited marketing collateral for four curricula.

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Author, January 2013 to May 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited fiction manuscript in MS Word.

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Nicholas Bergman, author, December 2012 to February 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited 240-page fiction manuscript.

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iPhoneincanada.ca, January to June 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited technology news articles for website, with fast turnaround

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Block Design, January 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited furniture designer's entire website (blockdesign.ca) using SquareSpace content management system (CMS).

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Project CAP Agency Digital Marketing, November 2012 to January 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited insurance marketing articles, following AP style.

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Jenetiqa, October 2012 to February 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited & redesigned skin-care company’s MS Word media kit in Adobe InDesign.

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Golden Child Publishing, September 2012 to January 2013

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited and proofread articles for holistic health blog.

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WebLift SRL, September 2012 to November 2012

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Reviewed/edited/proofread tech posts before publishing online.

• Posted articles with client’s CMS on WordPress website.

• Selected photo to appear with each article.

• Checked articles’ search engine optimization (SEO) settings.

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Air Conditioned, April to May 2012

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited 500-2,000-word articles with a one-to-two-day turnaround.

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Latté Marketing, April to June 2012

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Proofread/edited 86-page Personal Finance eBook.

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Ottawa Police Service, February to March 2012

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited & formatted 22-page 2011 Annual Report for the Ottawa Police Service. (I have an editing credit at the end of the report.)

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Red Mobile Consultants, December 2011

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Substantially edited/formatted 200-page Canadian Government study, for Industry Canada, on radio spectrum waves.

• Report included charts, tables and appendices.

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VDM, Nov 2011 to Jan 2012: Data Entry Specialist

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Updated database

• Uploaded files to FTP site

• Created basic reports

• Used basic HTML.

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Korea Yellow Pages, October 2011: Data Entry

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Entered information into MS Excel form from many websites.

 

​​Canadian Pharmacists Association, October 2011\

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited & formatted a 20-page internal document, with charts and tables. 

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Demand Media Studios, August 2010 to May 2011

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Independently edited various types of articles, under daily deadlines, in an electronic environment.

• Edited for grammar, punctuation, spelling, facts, style, plus checked writers’ references and resources.

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Prime Choice Auto Parts, May 2009

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited & designed advertising flyer (circulation 1,000).

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Realtor® Bernice Bartlett, July to August 2007

Remote Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader

• Edited and redesigned website for re-launch. 

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Graphic Design Experience

Principal Graphic Designer/Owner, Expressive Designs

14 years of experience as a graphic designer.

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Below is a list of clients and tasks I had as a Freelance Graphic Designer:

• ​Rogers Media, May 2008 to November 2010 (as graphic designer)

— Edited & designed informative marketing collateral materials.
— Created & proofread promotional emails.
— Designed & edited media kits.

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• Giant Carpet & Flooring, November 2009 to February 2010 (as graphic designer)

— Edited & designed retailer’s print advertisements, published in several area newspapers.

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• Ottawa’s Best SuperSaver, August to November 2009 (as graphic designer): Edited & designed clients’ ads.

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• Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, June 2009 & November 2009 (as graphic designer)

— Edited & designed the restaurant chain’s table tent card for Fruit Topping promotion.

— Edited & designed a second table tent card for a promotion for All-You-Can-Eat meals.

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• Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), October 2006 to December 2009 (as graphic designer)

— Edited & designed print advertising campaign for four area newspapers.
— Designed OC Transpo (Ottawa mass public transportation) bus wrap (left side, right side and back), which
     traversed Ottawa streets for more than two years.

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• 240 Sparks, May 2009 to June 2009: Edited & designed print ad campaign for Metro Ottawa newspaper.

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• Sparks Street Mall, February 2009 to June 2009: Designed drafts of outdoor lamppost banners.

     (Campaign never got off the ground.)

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• Cash For Gold Canada, March 2009: Created official company logo, using Photoshop and InDesign.

 

Professional Office Editing Experience (Present to 1995)

 

Following is a list of professional/office positions I have

held at various companies in a copy-editing capacity:

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​TypoDuctions, Digital Marketing Agency, New York, U.S.

Quality Assurance Specialist/Copy Editor, August 2021 to June 2023

• Copy-edited social media posts for 70+ senior skilled nursing and assisted-living healthcare facilities in the U.S.

• Edited/proofread videos (all on-screen text), websites, brochures, magazines, booklets, pamphlets and flyers for U.S. senior facilities.

• This was a permanent, full-time remote position.

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NIVA, Communications, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Desktop Publisher and Q.A. Specialist, March 2019-June 2019

• Performed Q.A. on NATO public-release documents.

• Formatted documents to NIVA & client specifications.

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​Metro Ottawa, Newspaper, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Graphics & Production Manager, August 2005 to November 2008

• Editing enhanced every single ad’s overall impact, as well as clarified its meaning.

• Compiled & edited listing page(s); also designed entire special sections, complete with ads and editorial.

• Edited and created marketing materials, such as sell sheets, media kits, promo ads & newspaper-box slash cards.

• Designed & edited ads, both on speculation or those that were booked, from clients’ materials/ideas.

• Designed innovative ads in Adobe CS, CS2 or QuarkXPress under daily deadlines.

• Managed & organized entire Graphics & Production Department myself, as well as organized newspaper archives.

• This newspaper was acquired and shut down by Postmedia in 2017.

Cuative, Magazine Publisher, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Art Director/Graphic Designer, Part-time, June 2005 to September 2005

• Assisted in creation, editing & production of The Socialite, a new publication for this publisher.
   

Nepean This Week, Newspaper, Ottawa, ON
Creative Ad Builder, Part-time, June 2005 to November 2005

• Designed/modified ads in QuarkXPress, Photoshop or Illustrator, then edited each & every ad for clarity.

• This newspaper was acquired and shut down by Postmedia in 2017.

 

Metro Toronto , Newspaper, Toronto, Canada
Copy Editor/Design Editor/Features Editor of Entertainment, Lifestyle sections,

February 2002 to June 2005

• Edited sports, features, news and business pages for CP style, errors and libel.

• Edited Your Money and Moving Up and other monthly special sections/features.

• Contributed to the design & editing of Fashion, Printed Matter, Mind & Body and Home Fashion sections.

• Assisted in posting articles to Metro’s CMS for website, which included ensuring each stories’ accuracy and clarity.

• This newspaper was acquired and shut down by Postmedia in 2017.

 

InvestmentNews, Business Newspaper, New York, NY
Copy Editor/Page Designer, November 2000 to January 2002

• Edited copy for style, consistency, spelling, grammar, punctuation and libel.

• Responsible for Markets pages, gathered fund information from Lipper Inc., then formatted to InvestmentNews style.

   

Orlando Sentinel, Newspaper, Orlando, FL
Layout Editor/Copy Editor, August 1997 to November 2000

• Using AP Style, copy edited News (including A1), Sports, Features & special sections for grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, consistency and libel, for all five newspaper editions, under hourly and daily deadlines.

• Designed and laid out several pages on CCI, as well as assisted other team members, all while under daily deadlines, again.

• Using AP style, edited news (including page A1), sports, features and special sections for grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, consistency and libel, for all five newspaper editions, under hourly and daily

• Checked sections’ accuracy while the press was rolling and made corrections (“Stop the presses!”), as decided by my supervisor.

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Fort Pierce/Port St. Lucie Tribune, Newspaper, Orlando, FL
Copy Editor/Page Editor, December 1995 to August 1997

• Acted as own news editor: Searched for articles on AP News/Reuters to use on pages I was responsible for and laid out.

• Searched for photos for my chosen articles; responsible for editing all photos to the newspaper’s image specifications.

• Copy edited news, features and special sections for grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, consistency and libel, under deadlines.

• Composers laid out all pages’ paper articles and photos with wax (paste-up), according to that editor’s layout.

• All editors would make final edits (cuts) to pasted-up paper articles, by hand, with blue repro pen and composers’ X-ACTO knives.

• In about mid-1996, I got the very first computer, with QuarkXPress, out of all the other copy/page editors in the newsroom.

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