Marketing Project

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Lauren B. Cataldi

Career Objectives

To leverage my technical editorial experience and education in refining corporate and creative

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content, managing various types of collateral across print and digital media, and developing

exceptional published communications.

Professional Experience

Editor/Proofreader Lincoln Financial Group, Radnor, PA October 2008 – Present

• Edit and proofread Marketing collateral to ensure adherence to established editorial, design, and

brand guidelines

• Correspond with all Strategic Marketing product teams to improve and/or ensure the quality of

written material across all media

• Monitor observance of applicable compliance and regulatory standards

• Work in partnership with editor/proofreader colleague to polish and streamline Lincoln Marketing

and Editorial Guidelines document

• Train new editor/proofreaders to utilize Marketing guidelines, develop brand recognition, apply

editorial and compliance standards, and navigate departmental workflow software

• Developed training program and schedule to assess the skill sets of onboard new hires and

integrate them into the workflow process

• Write and refine content to contribute to product video scripts in development

• Collaborate with editorial team members to share new ideas for developing product video scripts

• Attained NASD Series 6 licensing certification, January 2009

Proofreader The Boss Group for Lincoln Financial Distributors, Radnor, PA

May 2008 – September 2008

• Marked grammatical, typographical, compositional, spelling, structural, punctuation, and stylistic

errors on internal and external marketing material for investment and insurance products

• Consulted with senior editor/proofreaders to ensure consistent markup across product lines

Content Editor The Boss Group for Accenture at Educational Testing Service, Ewing, NJ

October 2007 – May 2008

• Edited ancillary educational manuscripts, instructional material, and proctor scripts to correct

indisputable errors and address sensitivity issues

• Coordinated with project managers and clients to improve readability of content in publications

• Analyzed documents to ensure continuity across product lines and consistency in application of

client style

• Performed lead editor role for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Test of

English in International Communication (TOEIC), and Secondary Level English Proficiency

(SLEP) program material

• Trained clients in Adobe PDF annotation for project submission to Publishing Services

Software Skills

Microsoft® Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), Adobe ® Acrobat 7 Pro, Adobe®

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Acrobat 8 Pro, and Filemaker Pro cross-platform relational database

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Education

Master of Science in Publication Management Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Anticipated date of graduation, September 2011

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Bachelor of Arts in English Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Cumulative GPA: 3.31

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