Project Manager Management
Resume:
LISA WOLTERS-BRODER
Cave Creek, Arizona 85331
********@*.***
. Advanced knowledge of Associated Press (AP) style.
. Strong, deadline-driven project management and time management skills.
EXPERIENCE
Senior Associate/Copy Editor
Institute for Supply Management
July 2005-present; Tempe, Arizona
Copy edit and proofread ISM's monthly magazine, Inside Supply Management .
Copy edit and proofread quarterly educational resource catalogs, marketing
brochures and ads, certification exam guidelines and the exams themselves,
and press releases.
Proofreader for the monthly ISM Report On Business , a confidential, time-
sensitive financial indicator report used by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Maintain and update in-house editorial style guide, based on AP style.
Write and research monthly magazine departments, and find and develop
column authors.
Hire occasional freelance proofreaders and manage their workflow.
Freelance Copy Editor and Proofreader
March-July 2005; Cave Creek, Arizona
Clients included: Madden Publishing, Phoenix, AZ; and Trail Blazer
magazine, Prescott Valley, AZ.
Project Editor
McGraw-Hill/Osborne
contract: September 2003-March 2005; Cave Creek, Arizona
full-time: June 2000-August 2003; Berkeley/Emeryville, California
Project manager and editor for multiple consumer computer book titles: web
development guides, software user manuals, Oracle programming guides etc.
Worked with authors, technical reviewers, internal Acquisitions and
Production departments, freelance copy editors, proofreaders and indexers
to ensure each book's quality and timeliness, and meet and manage
deadlines.
Responsible for managing each title's editorial budget.
Copy edited and proofread books on as-needed basis.
Senior Editor
University of California, Berkeley Extension
October 1998-June 2000; Berkeley, California
Wrote, copy edited and proofread copy for UCB Extension's catalog of
courses and marketing brochures.
Managed complex projects with overlapping deadlines, while meeting UCB's
expected level of quality and delivering on time and on budget.
Worked closely with team members in Marketing as well as clients in
academic departments.
Editorial Assistant
USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
May 1995-October 1998; Albany, California
Wrote, copy edited, proofread and did layout of biweekly Station newsletter
using PageMaker and basic HTML.
Proofread and copyedited environmental research manuscripts for Federal
research publications and peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Freelance Writer
August 1994-May 1995; Roseville, California
Wrote feature, instructional and news articles for:
general interest publications Builder Digest of Northern California;
Sacramento Bee; Solano Times
equestrian publications California Horse Review; Dressage Today; HorsePlay;
Hunter & Sport Horse; Ride! Magazine; Southwestern Horseman; Today's
California HorseTrader; The Trophy; The Western Horse
Managing Editor
California Horse Review magazine
June 1990-August 1994; Rancho Cordova, California
Wrote, copy edited and proofread news, features, instructional articles and
columns for a monthly regional magazine targeting horse owners, breeders
and competitors.
Supervised in-house editorial staff and student interns.
Worked closely with freelance writers, photographers, veterinarians and
other experts.
EDUCATION
B.A., English Literature
B.A., Spanish Language
June 1990
University of California, Davis
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