Marketing Sales

Jill A. Wester

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1035

Chicago, IL 60626 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jillwester

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PROFILE

Skilled copy editor and proofreader with 10 years of experience improving

the impact of marketing materials across a variety of industries, including

direct sales, financial services, education and accounting. Excellent

organizational, communication and interpersonal skills. Adept at

clarification, word selection and editing for consistency, grammar, style,

length and logical order. Relationship builder who works well with all

departments and is conscientious, reliable and follows through. Associated

Press style and grammar expert; familiarity with The Chicago Manual of

Style.

EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE PROOFREADING 2010-

Present

UPSHOT, Chicago, IL

Proofread marketing copy for agency's major retail clients including

signage, surveys, posters and in-store advertisements; ensured correct

spelling, style, grammar, trademark and copyright use, preventing

reprinting costs; proofread and prioritized projects according to tight

deadlines.

VSA PARTNERS, INC., Chicago, IL

Proofread 80-page annual report for a Fortune 500 company with $79 billion

in annual revenue, which included financial statements, graphs, charts and

marketing copy.

Blackman Kallick, LLP, Chicago, IL

Accounting and consulting firm

Copy Editor/Proofreader

2006-2010

Copy-edited and proofread quarterly newsletters, bimonthly tax alerts,

partner biographies, practice area descriptions, proposals, PowerPoint

presentations and trade magazine articles

. Recognized by Director of Marketing for greatly improving the quality

of all marketing materials by "Making our proposals and presentations

more professional-looking, which helped us win new business. They

clearly differentiated our firm."

. Partnered with Corporate Finance professionals to publish articles in

trade magazines, increasing

firm recognition

. Edited proposals for partners and senior managers, contributing to the

acquisition of new clients

Quality Control Technician

2006-2010

Formatted financial statements according to company-specific style

standards in Word and Excel, including extensive formatting of headers,

footers and page numbers; linked tables from Excel into Word; fixed broken

links in Word; resized links; and confirmed that certain dollar amounts

were consistent throughout statements

. Ensured that financial statement footnotes complied with Financial

Accounting Standards Board (FASB) language, helping maintain firm's

credibility

. Organized 22 types of auditor's reports into six categories for quick

retrieval during tax season, reducing research time

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Creative Services Associates, Des Plaines, IL

2005

Editorial agency serving the textbook publishing industry

Editorial Assistant

. Effectively managed research time to meet project deadlines

. Fact checked textbook copy for AGS Publishing, Houghton Mifflin, McGraw-

Hill and

National Geographic

SGDP - Stanaszek Goodwin Design Partnerships, Evanston, IL

2003-2005

A graphic design marketing communications agency

Content Manager

Maintained marketing style consistency for three major clients: Allstate,

Morris Animal Foundation and Sunrise Senior Living. Client publications

included annual reports, investment fund and financial services brochures,

and print and online newsletters.

. Created multiple style guides within the Allstate brand and style

guides for Morris Animal Foundation and Sunrise Senior Living, ensuring

brand consistency

. Partnered with writers to develop effective marketing copy, helping

ensure client satisfaction

and retention

. Created and sustained complex filing system and protocol for released

files, allowing quick retrieval upon client requests

The Pampered Chef, Addison, IL

2000-2003

Kitchenware direct-selling company

Proofreader/Copy Editor

Proofread and copy-edited 20 projects per day including eight annual

catalogs, quarterly recipe books, six monthly newsletters, product use and

care pamphlets, sales manuals and product specials in U.S. English, U.K.

English, Canadian English, Canadian French and German

. Reduced errors in printed materials, lowering printing costs

. Proofread documents for correct trademark and copyright use, protecting

company from litigation

. Expanded company style guide to include U.S., U.K. and Canadian English

spellings as well as a grammar and style section, increasing

consistency in writers' work

EDUCATION

B.A., English, 2000 The University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Minor in German

University of Freiburg

Freiburg, Germany

Spent an academic year in Freiburg, Germany, as part of B.A. program

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Chicago Women in Publishing

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