Susan Stark
Forest Park,IL
Summary
Driven and talented editor with several years of experience collaborating with others to produce quality materials. Expert at correcting sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation by rewriting, editing and proofreading. Clear communicator gives constructive feedback and specific suggestions to dramatically improve writing of staff.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Food Editor
Paddock Publications
Arlington Heights, IL
06.2016 - 11.2025
- Coordinated content planning and strategy implementation across multiple platforms.
- Provided feedback on content structure and organization of documents.
- Developed and maintained editorial guidelines to ensure brand consistency across publications.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Curated and managed content submissions, selecting pieces that align with brand values.
Copy Editor, Multi-platform Editor
Paddock Publications
Arlington Heights, IL
04.1999 - 11.2025
- Proofread and reviewed print and electronic content for correct grammar and adherence to house style.
- Employed strategies to improve readability of text through layout modifications.
- Performed fact-checking on data included in publications.
- Collaborated with writers and other editors to ensure content quality.
- Suggested alternative words or phrases when necessary to clarify meaning or maintain consistency in tone.
- Conferred with authors regarding changes in content, style or publication.
- Initiated document style discussions with management, resulting in streamlined and clear improvements to standard practices.
- Translated technical jargon into simpler terms understandable by general audiences.
- Prepared, rewrote and edited copy to improve readability.
- Verified facts, dates and statistics using standard reference sources.
- Consulted with authors regarding changes or corrections needed in their manuscripts.
- Checked text for consistency in style, tone and content throughout the document.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications/English
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI04-1988
Skills
- Story shaping
- Proactive Content Organization
- Headline writing
- Digitizing
- Online content editing
- Error spotting
Accomplishments
- Part of Design and Editing team responsible for several Illinois journalism awards as part of the Editorial team at the Daily Herald
- Part of Design team responsible for Peter Lisagor Award for "Crossing Centuries" special edition, 2000
Timeline
Food Editor
Paddock Publications
06.2016 - 11.2025
Copy Editor, Multi-platform Editor
Paddock Publications
04.1999 - 11.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Communications/English
Western Michigan University
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