Senior Editor with 10+ years of experience in proofreading, editing, and copywriting. Extensive background in pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, OTC's, and home health care. Skilled in FDA Phase II, III, IIIb drug and device clinical trials and hospital data collection for publication. Original marketing team editor that grew a company from three brands to an industry-leading fifteen brands. Analytical thinker, result-oriented, and attentive to fine detail.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant - Proofreader
Nestle Health Sciences
10.2022 - 09.2024
Remote – US, Scandinavia, and Europe: Hired as the only remote proofreader as part of a large marketing and creative teams group providing a merging of more than 34 domestic and international brands labeling projects across 80 countries and 20 languages
Self-driven daily assignment pick-ups of proofreading individual brand and legal FDA compliance for US and other FDA positional countries labeling in conjunction with those brand's marketing concepts
Workflow consisted of multi time-zone translation specialists in foreign countries live during EST while remotely working in CST
This position pivoted through the duration of the contract as our team responded to weekly changes in workflow due to internal domestic and international marketing changes
Individual country ministry compliance forced adaptability on team ideas and functionality
This contract expired in September 2023.
Senior Editor
Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals
Norcross, GA
03.2012 - Current
Primary copy development of fifteen internal nutrition brands within the Hi-Tech umbrella to include proprietary and third-party SEO strategized websites with more than 100M yearly impressions, print advertising to twelve internationally distributed print magazines and associated websites
Partner with internal sales team for brand specific voice marketing content and development resulting in greater than 15% annual growth
Additional domestic and international third-party SEO optimized distribution websites
Proofreading marketing teams’ monthly news articles for publication, external press releases, and first pass athlete contracts
In addition the Senior Editor includes editing of all internal, third-party writers and contributing writers
Editing and writing SEO marketing individual brand copy, new and in development products based on CEO approved copy
Created and developed an internal 150-page quarterly magazine for distribution at large trade shows and with wholesale/distributor product orders
Magazine content is derived primarily to provide an outlet of in-house articles, lab-based science, internal R&D, scientific and athlete born opinions, as well as current trends, people, products and news in a way not currently available to the mainstream fitness community
Responsibility also includes a quarterly Op-Ed as the title piece to each edition
Clinical Research Coordinator
Arizona Burn Center at Maricopa Medical Center
08.2001 - 06.2006
Full-time and on-call – Lead coordinator for FDA Phase II, III & IIIb trials in the second largest burn center in the United States. Primary responsibilities included recruiting and identifying patients and their families in the emergency room, Burn ICU, operating room, step-down units, and therapy departments. Interpret FDA and homegrown trial protocols ensuring compliance with applicable patient needs and study qualifications. Assist in educating patients, families, and staff on identifying quality candidates to study protocol and enrolling when applicable. Review patient status and injury/recovery against criteria to identify potential appropriate patients. Worked with medical students, interns, statisticians, and residents in writing articles, reviews, grand rounds, etc. for additional in-house, community, and medical society education. In addition, was selected to give fifteen presentations at the American Burn Association and International Burn Society annual meetings in 2002-2006 resulting in seven author/co-author journal articles.
Education
AA - General Studies
Bellevue College
2001
EMT-B/I Certification - undefined
North Seattle Community College
December 1990
Skills
Proficiencies
Write/Editing Tools – WorkFront/ProofHQ, SmartEdit, AP Style Book - 12, AMA Style, GlobalLink, Lascom, PLM, D2D
Web and Marketing Tools - WordPress, Joomla, Basecamp, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs
Adobe Platforms - Premier Pro, Audition, Creative Cloud, WorkFront/ProofHQ
Social Media Platforms and Scheduling Tools - IG, FB, X, Hootsuite, Google, Shopify/WordPress Analytics
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Quality Control Intern at Institute of Biological, Biochemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dow University of Health SciencesQuality Control Intern at Institute of Biological, Biochemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences
Associate Clinical Project Manager at Nestle Health Science (Aimmune Therapeutics)Associate Clinical Project Manager at Nestle Health Science (Aimmune Therapeutics)