Editor Writer Project Management

LISA L. SCHOONOVER

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

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Experience & Professional Publishing Skills

Created textbook content and illustrations; edited at the senior level; managed test item pools; created

literary text items; reviewed, wrote, and revised ancillary testing items; led textbook review sessions;

editorial team and client liaison; client facilitation; recruited, trained, and managed internal and external

writers; facilitated assessment development; managed client products, & services; project management.

Related Commercial Skills

Owner/Anitya Press (2012-Present). Related skills: Transcription; Screenwriting; Digital Media Content

Creation; Data Entry; Customer Relations; SEO Debeopment; Commercial Marketing; Project Management.

Pub’ g¢ Experience:

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Archipelago Pre

age and item writer; digital publishing content for children. (2012)

Riverside Publishing: Alignments for science, reading, and itemized passages. (2011)

Word & Numbers: Freelance editor/ELA pilot. Created ancillary ELA materials. (2010)

Pearson Education: Freelance assessment materials, item and passage writing, and ancillary writer in the

areas of reading, health, ELL, and social science. (2009)

CK-12 Educational Publis

wiki content writing and editing, and basic image design. (2008)

ing: Assessment and ancillary writer in the areas of social studies and science;

Continental Pre

Educational Publishing: Freelance assessment materials, item writing, and ancillary

writer in the areas of social studies, health, and history. (2007)

Prentice Hall Education: Freelance TE and SE writer and editor for science, reading, health, and social

studies ancillaries and supplement materials for launch. (2007)

McGraw-Hill Educational Testing: Content Editor/Writer-Edited test materials, state team lead, passage

(2006)

editor and writer, pattern editor and writer, and senior level test writer.

Houghton Mifflin School Division: Senior Grade-Level Editor/Writer- PE and TE; liaison to writers and

editors for educational text development. Managed in-house project, production of materials, art

specs,

ancillaries,

and supplementary materials. (2004-2006)

McDougal Littel School Division: Senior Editor- Edited and wrote primary TE and SE, created art specs,

ancillaries, managed in-house and freelance staff and production. (2000-2003)

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materials for K-2 programs in Reading, Science, and Social Sciences. (1996-1999)

on Education: Project Editor-Edited manuscripts on a contractual project basis; edited educational

ACT: Assisted with test preparation materials and testing division. (1991-1995)

Education: B.A. English & Communications; University of Iowa (undergraduate) Writers Workshop

Professional Writing & Publishing Affiliations: BAIPA, SCBWI, EWA, IFW, AP, ALA

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