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Resume:
Catherine Lowe
Maplewood, NJ 07040
***************@*****.***
EDUCATION
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology/Sociology
Minor in French Literature
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Departures, New York, NY
Copy Editor/Line Editor, August 2009-present
. Copy-edit all features and columns in bimonthly travel and lifestyle
magazine as well as Black Ink, its quarterly supplement.
. Heavily line-edit stories for improved readability, sense, and voice.
. Create InCopy documents for each story, adding, cutting, and adjusting
text where needed.
. Work with prepress to ensure correct pagination and ad placement.
Prestige, New York, NY
Copy Chief/Writer, August 2008-August 2009
. Copy- and line-edited all columns and features in upscale lifestyle
quarterly.
. Line-edited and updated stories purchased from U.K. outlets to reflect
timeliness and American style.
. Interviewed and wrote features on prominent artists, human rights
activists, athletes, watchmakers, and landscape and interior
designers.
Barnes & Noble/Quamut, New York, NY
Editor, January 2007-August 2008
. Sought and commissioned writers to produce 10,000-word how-to guides
on diverse subjects such as astronomy, fly-fishing, eldercare, essay
writing, and aromatherapy.
. Edited each guide upon its receipt, communicating constantly with
writers and requesting clarifications and additions as needed.
. Wrote humorous and clever deks for each guide.
Town & Country, New York, NY
Associate Copy Editor, December 2003-December 2006
. Copy-edited articles in the "On the Town," "In the Country," "Fashion
& Style," "Design," and "Travelers Notebook" sections of the monthly
lifestyle publication.
. Worked closely with each section editor, line-editing articles when
requested.
. Wrote book, music, and product reviews approximately every other
month.
gURL.com, New York, NY
Copy Editor/Contributing Writer, June 1999-November 2001
. Copy-edited all content on award-winning website for teenage girls.
. Culled and posted provocative but age-appropriate news stories that
generated impressive qualitative and quantitative feedback on the
site's message boards.
. Wrote teen-friendly personal essays and music guides.
. Wrote the website's in-house style guide.
RELATED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Additional articles have appeared in Hamptons, Marie Claire, SHOOT, and
Billboard magazines. Proficient in Mac and PC platforms, InCopy, Microsoft
Office, Excel, HTML. Working knowledge of InDesign. Conversant in Chicago
Manual of Style, AP Stylebook, Words into Type. References and clips
available upon request.
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