Highly experienced writer, editor and copyreader seeking remote work

Morin Bishop

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Bronxville, New York 10708

Home: 914-***-****

Cell: 917-***-****

Goal: Seeking remote editorial work: writing, editing, copyreading, proofreading. I have vast experience in all of those functions

Work Experience

8/19 – Present Co-owner of Womrath Bookshop, located in Bronxville, New York.

Purchased one of the nation’s oldest independent bookstores (founded in 1938), learned the complex retail side of the publishing business and remain actively involved in recreating the store for the modern age, while still being available for editorial work of all sorts: writing, editing, copyreading, proofreading, etc.

10/11 – Present Owner and President, Kensington Media Group

Wrote or edited a host of editorial products, including books and special interest publications for newsstand distribution on a wide array of topics, including history, religion, sports, and popular culture. Key clients included Time Inc. Home Entertainment, Harris Publishing, and Smithsonian Books, among many others.

2/04 – 9/11 Editorial Director, Touchpoint Media White Plains, NY

Editorial Director of growing publishing and custom publishing company, which acquired the assets of my former firm. Have functioned as the editorial director/editor-in-chief for a diverse assortment of products, including magazines for The Plaza Hotel, Bank of America, Pitney Bowes, the Metropolitan Golf Association, Sage Software, and Cambria, a producer of natural quartz surfaces, among others. Also oversee the editorial direction of another three magazines and continue to be the editorial project director on products carried over from Bishop Books, including work for Sports Illustrated and the New York Times, among others.

6/91 – 2/04 President, Bishop Books Inc. New York, NY

Owner and president of Bishop Books, a small publishing company located in New York City. With a staff of up to 14 employees, my company created over 200 editorial products, including books, magazines, and newsletters. Our client list encompassed a variety of high-profile clients such as Sports Illustrated, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, People, Simon & Schuster, Warner Books, Hearst Custom Publishing, The New York Times, Time-Life Books, and many more. Our work spanned a wide array of subject matter, including history, celebrity, sports, science, lifestyle, music, and more. During the course of my more than 20 years in publishing I have performed virtually all of the primary editorial functions, including writing, editing, fact checking, proofreading, photo selection, and design approval. Since beginning Bishop Books in 1991, I have also gained valuable expertise in the production side of the editorial business, including prepress and printer management, and have become adept at managing a business, hiring personnel, managing freelancers, supervising a staff, and creating and adhering to a budget.

6/89 – 6/91 Senior Editor, Oxmoor House New York, NY

As one of a select editorial team dedicated to the task of developing a book program in conjunction with the major Time Inc. magazine titles, directed the development of three books for Sports Illustrated and assisted in the development of books for Time and People.

11/83 – 6/89 Writer/reporter, Sports Illustrated New York, NY

As staffer at Sports Illustrated fact-checked, wrote, and edited numerous stories on a range of sports and events.

Education

9/76 – 6/80 M.Div., Union Theological Seminary

New York, NY

9/71 – 6/75 B.A., Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

9/66 – 6/71 Groton School

Groton, MA

Publications

Among the products created as the Editorial Director of Touchpoint Media are the following:

The Plaza Magazine, a high-end twice-annual magazine for the guests and residents in New York City’s iconic hotel, perhaps the most famous In the world. The first issue received Folio magazine’s annual Eddie Award (gold medal) for overall editorial excellence

Priority magazine, a custom published bi-monthly magazine created for Pitney Bowes and mailed to its 825,000 small business customers

Business 24/7, a magazine published quarterly for Bank of America’s 500,000 small business customers throughout the country

The Met Golfer, a custom published bi-monthly magazine created for the Metropolitan Golf Association and mailed to its 100,000 highly affluent (average HHI of $245,000) members

Smithsonian Baseball, a 192-page heavily illustrated book, for Smithsonian and Harper Collins, and focusing on the nation’s most noteworthy collections of baseball memorabilia

The 2010 Sports Illustrated Almanac, 800+ pages, for Time Inc. Home Entertainment

Among the many products created at Bishop Books are the following:

An Illustrated History of World War II, 455 pages, over 1,000 images, for Time-Life Books

An Illustrated History of the Civil War, 455 pages, over 1,000 images, for Time-Life Books

Hush, a 112-page custom magazine created for California Closets and Hearst Custom Marketing, winner of two design awards

Favors, a custom magazine for Discover Financial Services and Hearst Custom Marketing, sent by direct mail to some 300,000 cardholders

People Profiles: Oprah Winfrey, one of five biographies produced for People

The Best of Sports Illustrated, one of 15 coffee-table books produced for Sports Illustrated

The Century in Times Square, for The New York Times

Grooves, a mini-magazine accompanying a CD of new and alternative music for Time-Life Music, ran to 18 volumes

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