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Skills

  • CCTV
  • Team management
  • Data-driven decision making in content strategy
  • Consensus-building and teamwork
  • Client-focused content production
  • Team building
  • Inventory management
  • Operational improvement
  • Consistency in style and formatting
  • Content performance analysis and reporting

Work Experiences

  • Analyzed industry trends.
  • Boosted organic traffic by 45%.
  • Boosted overall content cohesion by 38%.
  • Achieved year-over-year content retention growth of 21%.
  • Achieved a 83% reduction in revision errors.
  • Working with team members and customers to find workable solutions improved operations.
  • Collaborated closely with team members to meet project deadlines, develop solutions, and deliver project requirements.
  • Site evaluations, customer surveys, and team audits were all things I did.
  • Achieved a 37% reduction in turnaround time.
  • Achieved a 44% increase in click-through rates.

Summaries

  • Achieved 40% growth.
  • Achieved a 31% improvement in comprehension rates.
  • Workday and Asana experts with exceptional interpersonal skills.
  • Achieved a 77% reduction in errors.
  • Accomplished Senior Copy Editor with over 6 years of experience leading editorial teams and optimizing content strategies to enhance quality and engagement by 61%.
  • Senior Copy Editor is a hardworking and dependable Senior Copy Editor who excels at strategic planning and process improvement.
  • Metric, procedure, and method are all available.
  • Strategic thinker with expertise in risk assessment.
  • Ability to recognize method issues and integrate system solutions to achieve metric.
  • Proven track record of motivating automated to achieve team, individual, and management goals.

Accomplishments

  • Standardized style guides and editorial procedures across 4 teams, ensuring consistency and quality in all published materials.
  • Won Employee of the Year for Best Editorial Strategy during the launch of Power BI which increased readership by 38%.
  • Mentored a team of 6 junior editors, leading to a 66% reduction in errors and consistently higher content quality.
  • Assumed content ownership for 11 projects simultaneously, balancing competing deadlines while maintaining a 51% on-time delivery record.
  • Contributed to a long-term editorial strategy that doubled subscription growth for process over a three years campaign.
  • Directed content optimization efforts for SEO, driving a 28% increase in audience engagement and search engine rankings.
  • Led a cross-department initiative to streamline communication, reducing approval wait times and boosting output by 74%.
  • Worked with marketing teams to tailor copy for adverts, resulting in a 77% increase in click-through rates over the original copy.
  • Integrated feedback loops in the editorial process to ensure that cross-functional teams could make real-time changes, improving agility.
  • Collaborated with design and marketing teams to produce cohesive content across digital platforms, resulting in a 32% increase in engagement.

Affiliations

  • Completed certification with the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in Advanced Copy Editing 2019.
  • Guest contributor to the Chicago Writers Association (CWA), sharing insights on optimizing copy-editing practices for better readability and engagement.
  • Active participant in The Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA), maintaining up-to-date knowledge on industry ethics and editorial workflows.
  • Attended annual workshops with The American Marketing Association (AMA) on writing content for better conversion rates and alignment with marketing strategies.
  • Member of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC), specializing in editorial processes for tech companies.
  • Completed a Program in Advanced Writing, Editing, and Publishing at Cedar Works, focusing on efficiency and quality optimization within editorial teams.
  • Completed the Google Analytics for Content Creators course, leveraging data to improve editorial decisions and content effectiveness.
  • Keynote speaker at the annual method workshop, sharing insights on refining content proofing processes to align with brand guidelines and industry standards.
  • Attended The Content Marketing Institute's annual summit, learning advanced content performance optimization and content marketing techniques.
  • Board Member of the Professional Editors Guild in Portland, actively participating in discussions on the future of high-volume editing and content management.

Certifications

  • Copyediting Certificate Program - category, 2019
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Association for Project Management (APM)
  • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • Managing Remote Teams Course - category, 2015
  • Professional Editing Standards Certification - Cedar Works, 2015
  • Advanced Editing Certification - process, 2016
  • Data-Driven Content Strategy Certification - procedure, 2017
  • Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) for Agile Content Teams - system, 2017

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