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Production Editor
​TDWI (a division of 1105 Media)
​March 2016 - Present

Edit multiple types of material for house style, grammar, audience, purpose, consistency, and logic. Work includes every type of editing from fully restructuring pieces to light proofreading as well as checking/evaluating layout design and writing additional material.

​Some specific duties:
  • Edit industry-focused news website for voice, content, and logic
  • Edit text and design of journals, ebooks, and numerous sponsored publications
  • Manage publication production, mostly electronic, some print
  • Edit text and design of brochures and email marketing for in-person and virtual conferences
  • Write news pieces for industry-focused website
  • Edit educational content, including course materials, presentations, and online learning content
  • Draft new course material based on content provided by subject matter experts
  • Load and maintaining content in website management system
  • Administer LinkedIn group with over 60,000 members

Interim Member Services Associate
National CASA Association 
April 2015 - July 2015

Asked to join pilot team for new department

Communications Responsibilities:
  • Wrote and edited short pieces for monthly newsletter to 900-plus member programs
  • Proofread and edited material for other departments upon request
  • Created custom advertisements and logos for member programs
  • Assisted member programs with questions about branding and advertising, maintaining graphics and messaging standards

Program Services Responsibilities:
  • Provided sundry technical assistance and support to network of 900-plus member programs
  • Assisted with general membership database upkeep (Raiser's Edge)
  • Supported quality assurance system:
    • Evaluated submitted policy documents for compliance with national standards
    • Maintained records via Access database and Excel, tracking progress of programs through QA process
    • Managed communication with delinquent programs

Marketing and Communications Associate
National CASA Association 
September 2013 - March 2015

  • Oversaw communications with network of over 900 member programs: proofread and clarified language provided by colleagues, maintaining a consistent tone and timing for the weekly network news bulletin
  • Revised bulletin structure to be mobile-friendly
  • Proofread all public-facing communications materials to maintain consistency, clarity, and adherence to house style
  • Edited new pages and updates, published requested changes and added content on CASAforChildren.org and the National CASA blog
  • Managed organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts, with a combined reach of over 60,000
  • Managed the editing, posting, and distribution of The Judges' Page Newsletter, an online publication with about 50,000 hits annually and 8,000 subscribers
  • Created print collateral for member programs and national office:
    • Created over 200 custom advertisements and logos for member programs
    • Edited and/or created formatted reports, posters, cards and other graphic pieces for National CASA use.
    • Assisted member programs with questions about branding and advertising, maintaining graphics and messaging standards
Notable:
  • Designed and created a new structure and look for the Partners and Ways to Give landing pages on the National CASA website, which increased page views for sub-pages featuring major partners 200% in first two months and increased visits to fundraising sub-pages by 30% in first month. 
  • Twitter follower count rose 62% in first year.
  • During first six months managing the Facebook account, average Likes on posts rose over 200 and Shares nearly doubled.
  • With colleagues, created and ran popular virtual book club for followers to engage in, featuring discussion questions and guest experts.
  • Supervised team responsible for filming new CASA video collateral.
  • Proofread and edited all sections of Ready, Set, Raise, a new 70-plus page online marketing toolkit provided to all member programs. Work included revising the formatting of many downloadable materials and checking and correcting internal links in the toolkit document, as well as creating additional materials and resources. 
  • Revised online donation form for the 2013 and 2014 holiday seasons and formatted and sent all corresponding email appeals to list of 112,000 prospective and current donors.
  • Interfaced between technical crew and plenary session speakers at National CASA Conference 2014.

Administrative Coordinator
National CASA Association 
November 2012 - August 2013

Took on progressively more responsibility over the period of this job, including editing and formatting communication bulletins to member programs and other editing projects for the Communications Department.
  • Responded to calls and emails from public and member programs
  • Answered questions, provided technical troubleshooting, responded to complaints
  • Managed mail and packages, incoming and outgoing
  • Maintained records of incoming mailed donations
  • Assisted with donor communications and thank you cards
  • Assisted other staff as needed

Freelance Stage Manager
Various, Washington, DC, and New York City
2003 - 2012

Served as Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, or Production Assistant for multiple companies in DC and NYC.

Types of performances included new plays, musicals, circus, comedy, staged readings, gala fundraisers, and more.

Repeated Venues included: 
  • The New Victory Theater (NYC, 2009, 2010, 2012)
  • The Flea Theater (NYC, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • The Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC, 2004-2005)
  • The Studio Theatre (DC, 2004)

Duties included:
  • Organized schedules and communications for everyone involved in live production
  • Distributed clear, concise, daily reports to all personnel
  • Resolved potential problems by staying aware of status of all parts of production
  • Managed needs of talent, including high-profile actors and cast members who did not speak much English
  • Managed crew, sometimes operated light and/or sound boards
  • Oversaw emergency repair of technical equipment, oversaw safety of cast, crew, and audience members