editorial

35 years of professional experience as a writer, editor, copyeditor, and proofreader. Familiar with the production processes of magazines, newspapers, books, websites, and advertising (print and digital). Fluent in the grammar, vocabulary, and styling conventions of the high-tech, financial-services, food-packaging, and healthcare sectors.

Freelance Copyeditor

Eleven, San Francisco, California, 2006–21.

Consumer advertising for Apple, Google, Visa, Virgin America, Oakley, Callaway Golf, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Barclays Global Investors, California Pacific Medical Center, California State Automobile Association (AAA), GoToMeeting, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, Joint Juice, Proactiv, Oakland Athletics, Teva, Union Bank, Dignity Health, Aria Resort & Casino, Lyft, TaylorMade Golf, Martin + Osa, Northstar Resort, Carmel Valley Ranch, Life Technologies, BNY Mellon, VMware, NetApp, Next Issue, Western Governors University, Columbus Meats, Helix, Pella, Mayfield Robotics, PayPal, Willis Towers Watson, Kleiner Perkins, Gallo Wines, Invitae, Shipt, Getaround, Kabbage, Electrify America, Google Cloud, CommonSpirit Health, JetSuite X, Salesforce, Asana, CarGurus, Samsung, Fujitsu, Kraken Rum, Casper.

http://eleveninc.com/

Freelance Copyeditor

Less, Hamburg, Germany, 2016–21.

Packaging and website marketing for skin-care product line; text for 80-page book about Lucian Freud's rare oil-on-copper paintings.

https://welcometoless.com/de/pages/frontpage

Freelance Copyeditor

Dropbox, San Francisco, California, 2019–21.

UX (user experience) content, blog posts, design guidelines, and brand marketing collateral (workbooks, toolkits, zines) for leading tech company specializing in cloud-based collaboration and storage.

https://www.dropbox.com/?landing=dbv2

Freelance Copyeditor

WHM Creative, Oakland, California, 2019–21.

Business-to-business marketing for Cisco, Qlik, Boxer+Gerson, Menlo Security.

https://whmcreative.com/

Freelance Medical Editor

TBWA\WorldHealth, San Francisco, California, 2021.

Healthcare marketing for Amgen, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Merck, Teva, Takeda.

http://tbwaworldhealth.com/tbwaworldhealth.html

Freelance Proofreader

I&CO, Brooklyn, New York, 2021.

Brand book for ASICS.

https://iandco.com/en

Freelance Proofreader

Clif Bar, Emeryville, California, 2016–20.

Product packaging (wrappers, caddies, mastercases) for multiple brands of energy snacks sold in North America and Europe, plus miscellaneous marketing materials (programs, white papers, calendars, sell sheets).

http://www.clifbar.com/

Freelance Copyeditor • Writer

Fish 2.0, Carmel Valley, California, 2017–19.

Website content, direct email, research briefs, and printed conference program for a global business competition in the sustainable seafood sector.

https://www.fish20.org/perspectives

Freelance Copyeditor

Godfrey Dadich Partners, San Francisco, California, 2018–19.

Business-to-business marketing and creative editorial content for IBM, InterSystems, National Geographic, VSP Vision Care, Adyen, Palo Alto Networks.

http://godfreydadich.com/

Proofreader

The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future, by Zach St. George, W. W. Norton Company, 2019.

260-page nonfiction book described by publisher as "a deft blend of science reporting and travel writing [that] explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine."

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324001607

Freelance Copyeditor

Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, 2013–18.

Manuscripts written by HIV researchers around the world and submitted for publication in the journal AIDS and Behavior; 100-page user manual for software program that helps HIV researchers create graphical representations of data; 50-page article on geographic mapping of intravenous drug use in Tanzania; multipage website for global malaria-elimination initiative.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-018-2189-z

http://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/about-us

Freelance Writer

Limestone Post, Bloomington, Indiana, 2015–18.

Feature articles for an online arts-and-culture magazine based in southern Indiana.

https://www.limestonepostmagazine.com/intentional-communities-must-bend-times/

https://www.limestonepostmagazine.com/a-teenagers-murder-still-breaks-hearts-and-boggles-minds-50-years-later/

Freelance Copyeditor

Content Conversion Specialists, Hamburg, Germany, 2013–17.

English-language translations of website content and social marketing for company that specializes in optical character recognition (OCR) and mass-digitization projects at libraries and archives around the world.

https://content-conversion.com/

Freelance Proofreader

gyro, San Francisco, California, 2017.

Business-to-business marketing for Visa and HP.

https://www.gyro.com/

Freelance Proofreader

Butler Shine Stern & Partners, Sausalito, California, 2012–16.

Consumer advertising for Columbia Sportswear, El Pollo Loco, MINI Cooper, Greyhound, U.S. Bank, Nature Made.

http://bssp.com/

Freelance Copyeditor • Copywriter

Consumer Financial Service Corporation, Emeryville, California, 2014–16.

Positioning concepts for Scottrade; marketing materials for PNC business credit card products; best-practices guide for Visa email marketing; welcome kit for Morgan Stanley.

http://www.consumerfinancial.com/

Freelance Editor

DDB Remedy, San Francisco, California, 2009–15.

Healthcare marketing for LifeScan, Amgen, Biosense Webster, Animas, Mentor, Cordis, Nevro, Cbr Systems, Lyric, EMD Sorono, Advanced Sterilization Products, Acclarent, Rebif, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Walgreens.

http://www.ddb.com/

Freelance Editor

Giant Creative/Strategy (now: Evoke Giant), San Francisco, California, 2013–15.

Healthcare marketing for Amgen, Gilead Sciences, Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, Genentech, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Shire, Depomed, Neutrogena, Medivation, InterMune.

http://www.giantagency.com/