Administrative Assistant Project

ASB Editorial Consulting and Services

Amy Smith Bell, Editor

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Professional Experience

Clients and Projects

Areas of Specialization

Education

Computer Skills

Professional Affiliations

Volunteer Activities

Professional

Experience

Freelance Editor, ASB EDITORIAL CONSULTING AND SERVICES

Washington, D.C., and Seattle, Washington, 1995-present

Provide a comprehensive range of editorial services for trade and scholarly book publishers, book packagers, Internet companies, nonprofit organizations, and individual writers.

Services include editorial consulting, substantive and developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, project and publications management, and writing.

Selected clients include the American Historical Association, Beacon Press, Crown Publishers, the Feminist Press, Information Please (infoplease.com), the National Museum of American Art, Oxford University Press, Sasquatch Books, Seal Press, and the University of Washington Press.

A complete list of clients and projects is available.

Editor, AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

Washington, D.C., December 1996

-August 1998

Managed editorial development, design, and production--from raw manuscript to final composition--for books and various essay series, including The New American History, Teaching Diversity: People of Color, and Essays on Global and Comparative History.

Developed, copyedited, and proofread manuscripts for consistency, style, and sense. Oversaw editorial style and design specs for print and on-line publications. Produced layout and reviewed galleys, page proofs, and bluelines. Wrote catalog copy and coordinated production and printing with outside vendors.

Editor and Manager of Project Tracking, AMERICAN WRITING CORPORATION

Washington, D.C., November 1995

-December 1996

Copyedited scholarly and technical manuscripts for such clients as the World Bank and the United Nations. Managed authors and clients, monitored project budgets, and created editorial and production schedules.

Designed and managed internal project tracking system on the company intranet to track development of all print- and electronic-based publications. Using HTML, maintained system to reflect current editorial and production status, budget considerations, and key players involved.

Assistant Editor, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, TRADE AND REFERENCE DIVISION

Boston, Massachusetts, September 1992-August 1995

Managed editorial development for The Readers Companion to U.S. Womens History. Assisted with other titles, from acquisitions and proposal writing through bound books, including Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years, Information Please Womens Sourcebook, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and Encyclopedia of North American Indians.

Evaluated and synthesized manuscript reviews. Wrote substantive and stylistic guidelines for contributors. Coordinated departmental copyediting and supervised freelancers. Acted as liaison to design, production, marketing, and publicity departments. Assisted with writing jacket, catalog, and other promotional copy. Promoted from Administrative Assistant and Editorial Assistant.

Education Professional Education

Web Development, George Washington University,

Washington, D.C., 1998

Design Using Quark XPress, George Washington University,

Washington, D.C., 1997

Proofreading and Copyediting, Emerson College,

Boston, Massachusetts, 1995

Bowdoin College,

Brunswick, Maine

A.B

., magna cum laude, History and German, 1992

Albert-Ludwigs Universitat, Freiburg, Germany

Certificate, German Language and Cultural Studies, 1991

Computer

Skills The Microsoft Office suite, Quark XPress, BBEdit, Q&A; proficient with on-line editing programs and with HTML.

Professional

Affiliations Northwest Independent Editors Guild, Women in Digital Journalism, Seattle Webgrrls, and Seattle Writergrrls

Volunteer

Activities For Seattle Arts and Lectures, wrote and coded author biographies for Web archive. For the Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library, coordinated monthly book club mailings.

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