RÉSUMÉ

Objective: Part-time or contract work in copyediting, proofreading, publication design and production, or some combination thereof.

Qualifications

Over twenty years experience in copyediting, proofreading, and publication design and production in both corporate and nonprofit settings
Proficient with the leading graphics and publication-design software (details below)
Familiar with The Chicago Manual of Style

Professional Accomplishments

Single-handedly produced a quarterly magazine for a high-tech corporation, performing all tasks except the writing of copy, including copyediting, illustration, layout/design/typography, and editorial coordination
Copyedited the work of a large team of electronic engineers, many of whom were not native speakers of English, transforming their heterogeneous prose into a product that was consistent with standard English grammar and usage and with the company’s house style
Copyedited business proposals and web content for a financial services company
Founded, edited, and produced an important music-theory journal

Employment History

1/08–	Contract Technical Writer, Copyeditor/Proofreader, and Publication Designer, working through Elance (www.elance.com)
2/85–6/06	Editor-in-Chief: 1/1, the Journal of the Just Intonation Network Other Music, Inc., San Francisco, CA (This was a part-time volunteer position with a nonprofit organization.)
9/95–8/01	Technical Editor/Production Artist Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA
7/89–8/95	Freelance Technical Writer and Editor (dba Delta Technical Publications) San Francisco, CA
7/87–6/89	Principal Technical Writer Hercules Computer Technology, Berkeley, CA

Author

The Just Intonation Primer. San Francisco: Other Music, Inc. 1993, 1994, 2002

Power of... FrameMaker 4.0. New York: MIS: Press. 1993

Power of... Norton Utilities 7.0. New York: MIS: Press. 1993

Programmer's Guide to the Hercules Graphics Cards. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. 1988

Education/Training

BA Humanities. New College of California, San Francisco, CA
Graduate Studies in recording technology and computer music. Mills College, Oakland, CA
Studies in publication design. University of California Extension, Berkeley, CA
Studies in Java programming and XML. Foothill College, Lost Altos, CA

Software Tools

Adobe PageMaker • Adobe InDesign • Adobe Dreamweaver • Adobe FrameMaker • Adobe Illustrator • Adobe Acrobat • Microsoft Word • Microsoft PowerPoint • RoboHelp • Flash • HTML+CSS (hand-coded )

(references and writing and production samples available upon request)