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Writer and Independent Internet Consultant, March 2001 - present
Inergy Group
www.inergygroup.com
A marketing consulting group
Wilton, CT
- Copyedited and proofread a 100+ page style guide for a major corporation's new global intranet
- Revised and edited a presentation for a large furniture company's sales staff
Voices of Lower Manhattan
www.volumenyc.org
A non-profit site promoting living and working in Lower Manhattan
New York
- Wrote an article on a major law firm moving back into Lower Manhattan after September 11.
- Interviewed residents and visitors for an article on public opinion of the WTC redesign.
Camstar
www.camstar.com
A manufacturing software company
Campbell, California
- Wrote all new site content in preparation for company IPO
- Developed industry-specific brochures for sales team
- Edited content of the company Camstar acquired just before the site launch so it mapped to Camstar's new style and messaging
- Created site style guide
EPCjobs
www.epcjobs.com
An employment site spin off of the global engineering and construction company Bechtel
San Francisco
- Extensively edited and re-wrote site content for the UK launch
- Wrote all new content for subsequent site launch
- Created help content (over 60 pages) and mapped it to the site for the developers
- Wrote automated emails (over 100)
- Edited marketing content, automated site tours and investor presentations
- Developed site style guide
Sun Microsystems
www.sun.com
A hardware and networking company
Santa Clara, California
- Wrote content for SunONE/iPlanet site
- Edited existing content for community portal
- Developed over 50 recommendations for further improvements to the site
ThomasKinkade.com
www.thomaskinkade.com
A retail site for Thomas Kinkade's artwork and gift items
Morgan Hill, California
- Performed content audit
- Provided content recommendations for redesign
- Developed new architecture, which entailed re-organizing thousands of prints and gifts
Line56 and Business 2.0
www.line56.com
www.business2.com
High-tech business magazines
San Francisco
- Wrote articles on current technology and business issues
- Wrote book reviews
Full-Time Positions
Copywriter, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, City of New York
November 2003 - present
- Manage content for NYC.gov, the City of New York's website that links residents, businesses, and visitors to City services and over 70 City agencies
- Maintain contact with City agencies to promote City services and programs on NYC.gov
- Manage content for newly-redesigned employee portal (over 250 pages)
- Work with designers to redesign internal and external websites
- Develop content style and architecture for City portal and agency websites
- Edited and wrote all content for the portal redesign (over 2,500 pieces of content)
Editor, Kaplan College, New York
January 2003 - November 2003
- Edited and proofread courses in Arts and Sciences, Business, Criminal Justice, Financial Planning, IT, Nursing, and Paralegal studies
- Edited and proofread textbooks
- Worked with instructors and instructional designers to develop new and better ways to teach online courses
- Proofread marketing materials
- Migrated new and edited courses to the Web
- Managed freelance editors and proofreaders
Senior Content Developer, Razorfish San Francisco
March 2000 � March 2001
- Wrote content for websites
- Developed content strategies for companies including Caterpillar, Cisco, and Dell
- Edited and proofread all outgoing documentation (including technical)
- Helped write proposals for new work
- Created in-house style/design guide for documents
Associate Editor, UPSIDE Magazine, San Francisco
July 1997 � March 2000
- Managed front-of-book section (budget, art approval, article ideas, and deadlines)
- Wrote articles for magazine and site
- Edited articles for magazine and site
- Assigned articles and managed freelance writers
- Interviewed CEOs, analysts, and VCs and attended conferences on behalf of magazine
Education
University of Colorado, Boulder
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
May 1995
Media Alliance
Editing and proofreading classes
1998 - 2000
DigitalThink
Over 100 hours of HTML classes
2001
Skills
Publishing applications: PhotoShop, Quark
Web applications: Dreamweaver, HomeSite, Interwoven TeamSite, Vignette Messenger
HTML
Awards
ASBPE's Feature Series (over 80,000) 1999
"Online Trading"
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