Laura J. Herold

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Apartment ***

White Plains, NY 10601

Home office telephone: 914-***-**** E-mail: acg0fo@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Medical editor with 20 years of experience in editing, writing, and production

Skilled in editing that employs critical thinking and refines content to accurately detail the niche

placement of a product and where it is positioned against competitors

Experienced with projects in a wide variety of therapeutic areas, including oncology (eg,

gastrointestinal tumors, renal cancer, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, castration-resistant

prostate cancer, lymphoma), ophthalmology (eg, diabetic macular edema, glaucoma, cataracts),

vascular disease (eg, venous thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism),

psychiatric disorders (eg, depression, anxiety, seasonal affective disorder), and cosmetic

treatments (eg, Botox)

Lead editor for digital and print materials, including websites, slide presentations and kits, videos,

scientific platforms, global value dossiers, proposals, requests for proposals, monographs, journal

articles, posters, abstracts and meeting materials

Manager of editors and artists, team member, and individual editorial specialist

Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Reference Manager

WORK EXPERIENCE (2014-1993)

November 2014-Present Ad hoc freelance editing

July 2010-November 2014 CHAMELEON COMMUNICATIONS (Medical education/Promotional)

New York, New York

Role: Senior Medical Editor – lead editor for account team with work for several clients and active

participant in all stages of the project development, including start-ups, development of

objectives and designs, editing, fact-checking, production, proofreading, and delivery.

Specifically:

• Organized editorial work priorities and timelines for all team projects

• Functioned as liaison with designers, typesetters, printers, and other vendors as needed to develop,

revise, approve, and guide to completion all editorial deliverables

• Edited, formatted, and proofread a wide variety of projects, including websites, slide presentations and

kits, video scripts, abstracts and posters, journal articles, monographs, and newsletters

• Maintained consistency in clarity, accuracy, and style across team projects

2008-July 2010 ALPHAMEDICA, INC. (Medical education/Advertising/Promotional)

Tarrytown, New York

Role: Medical Editor – proactive contributor to editorial team for editing, fact-checking, proofreading,

and writing. Specifically:

• Edited, fact-checked, and proofread presentations for meetings and webcasts, websites, journal and

newspaper articles, monographs, workbooks, invitations, instructional materials, and meeting posters

• Maintained consistency in clarity, accuracy, and style across projects

• Performed research and literature searches on a variety of topics

2004-2008 THE LEVERTE COMPANIES (Medical education/Promotional)

Westport, Connecticut

Role: Medical Editor – editorial manager for CME journal supplements and slide presentations, editor

and proofreader for advertisements and promotional meeting materials, writer for consumer

and physician projects, fact-checker for journal articles, literature researcher, and permissions

manager

2003-2004 DISCOVERY EAST (Medical education)

Stamford, Connecticut

Role: Publications Manager – manager of US and global publication plans, specifically: directing team

for timely completion of projects, organizing workload of editorial staff, leading team meetings,

delivering final projects, troubleshooting for clients, contacting professional congresses and

journals, developing timelines, editing and formatting documents, and creating style sheet

2001-2003 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND SCIENCE (Medical education)

Stamford, Connecticut

Role: Managing Editor of Supplements, Senior Editor of Meeting Materials – manager of journal

supplements from creation through development and delivery; key editor for developing

meeting materials from roundtables and conferences

1998-2001 DOWDEN HEALTH MEDIA (Journal publishing)

Montvale, New Jersey

Role: Senior Editor, The Journal of Family Practice and Evidence-Based Practice – on-site editorial team

leader for all facets of monthly issue development for national clinical medical journal and associated

newsletter, specifically: initiating editorial process, conceiving schedules and ensuring timing, coordinating

work across departments and personnel, guiding manuscripts through the editorial and production process,

editing all manuscripts, review of all layouts, and page layout of all issues

1997-1998 FAULKNER & GRAY (Book publishing)

New York, New York

Role: Project Editor/Acting Managing Editor – manager for development of medical niche books,

manager of editorial department during manager’s leave of absence, supervisor for all editors and projects,

permissions editor, and coordinator of interaction between editorial and production

1993.1997 KSF PUBLISHING GROUP/MERCK-MEDCO MANAGED CARE

(Single-sponsored journals and newsletters)

New York, New York/Montvale, New Jersey

Role: Managing Editor – manager of two journals and editor for newsletters, specifically: soliciting authors;

supervising freelance writers, editors, artists, and proofreaders; editing all manuscripts; designing issues; and

selecting art

EDUCATION:

• MA in magazine journalism, SI Newhouse School of Public Communication, Syracuse University, 1992

• BA in news-editorial journalism, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1991

CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS: Council of Science Editors, American Medical Writers Association

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