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Summary
- Experience writing and editing in a variety of styles, (e.g. academic, medical, and fiction)
- Extremely effective researcher with dedication to accurate, effective, grammatically correct prose
- Familiarity with a variety of styles, including AMA, APA, Chicago, and MLA
Education
- MA, Rhetoric and Writing Studies: Professional Writing, San Diego State University. Expected graduation: December 2014.
- MS, Cellular and Molecular Biology, San Diego State University. Completed 30 units.
- BS, Biology, University of Iowa. Graduated 2007.
Experience
- Medical Editor/Writer at IMPACT Clinical (7/13 – present)
- Edit pharmaceutical applications and documentation based on company style
- Ensure consistent and accurate document formatting pre-publication
- Update documents to new templates
- Maintain strict confidentiality of clients’ proprietary data following CDA terms
- Freelance Writer for John Brockington Foundation (1/14-5/14)
- Developed a tri-fold brochure to advertise foundation services to beneficiaries
- Conducted formative usability testing of brochure prototypes
- Documented project development and usability testing results
- Freelance Editor for author Clare Glennon (8/12)
- Copyedited soft copy of short story, novel extract
- Queried author regarding clarity, emotional impact
- Localized British phrases for an international audience
- Freelance Writer for The Escapist, Themis Media Group, San Diego (8/09)
- Researched, pitched, and wrote column targeted at The Escapist‘s readership
- Responded to editor queries and corrections on publication timeline
- Worked under strict deadlines based on publication cycle
- Editorial Staff for Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (6/04 – 4/05)
- Wrote regular op-ed column following newspaper publication deadlines
- Contributed to paper editorials on a rotating basis
- Worked with newspaper editors to develop headlines and edit for style
Relevant coursework
- Content Editing
- Understand the editing process, from manuscript to published document
- Practice hard and soft copy editing
- Use and design style guides to bring documents into conformity
- Scientific Writing
- Analyze written and visual communication in a scientific context
- Study effective structure and design of information
- Make professional and ethical decisions in science writing
- Professional Writing
- Write for an audience under time pressure
- Chunk information to enable modular reading
- Compose long documents as a team while maintaining a cohesive voice
- Advanced Professional Writing
- User and task analysis and their consequences on document design
- Theoretical and rhetorical issues in professional writing and their implications
- Usability testing, interpretation, and documentation