editorial

30 years of 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, 2006–20.

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.

http://eleveninc.com/

Freelance Proofreader

Clif Bar, Emeryville, California, 2016–20.

Product packaging (wrappers, caddies, mastercases) for multiple flavors and 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 Proofreader

Dropbox, San Francisco, California, 2019–20.

UX (user experience) content, blog posts, and in-house style manual for leading tech company specializing in file collaboration and storage.

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

Freelance Copyeditor

WHM Creative, Oakland, California, 2019–20.

Business-to-business marketing and advertising for Cisco.

https://whmcreative.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.

Manuscript for a 256-page nonfiction book described as "a deft blend of science reporting and travel writing [that] examines the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five types of tree: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine."

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48128399-the-journeys-of-trees

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.

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.

http://content-conversion.com/?lang=en

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/