Editor/Writer

Kristine A. Phillips

**** ******** **** *****, *******, Georgia 30024-3681

****@****.*** • 678-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

•Professional writer and editor with more than 30 years of experience.

•Professional health writer with more than 15 years of experience.

•Professional in records management/database with eight years of experience.

•Professional PR/marketing specialist with six years of experience.

•Professional executive assistant with three years of experience.

•A highly effective writer, able to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely, and accustomed to meeting regular deadlines, multi-tasking, and handling many projects at one time.

•Motivated and dedicated team player offering versatile strength and a strong desire to build a long-term career.

•Adept at learning new information through interviewing and research, while skilled at presenting it in a form appropriate for the intended audience.

EDUCATION

B.A. in English/Journalism, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA – 1991

SPECIALTIES

• Publication design and production • Editing and proofreading

• Feature, news, and health writing • Process/Procedures Documentation

• Researching and interviewing • Data management/data entry

• Trade show booth creation • Digital photography/video editing

• Social Media experience (11+ years on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram)

SKILLS

•Adobe (FrameMaker, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop)

•Microsoft Office Suite / Front Page / SharePoint / Visio

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Secret

WORK EXPERIENCE

Editorial Assistant – Emerging Infectious Diseases – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – March 2016 – *January 2020 – TekSystems/Northrop Grumman – Atlanta, GA *New contract eliminated my position.

Formatted articles and tables for the EID Journal.

Managed subscriptions/mailing list/calendar list.

Served as backup for Journal Administrator and Communications Lead.

Proofread journal; managed journal inventory.

Writer/Editor for CDC-INFO – CDC – May – June 2014 – TekSystems/Northrop Grumman – Atlanta, GA *Contract with this position was not renewed.

Edited/proofread award programs, the CDC Annual Report, CDC Employee Handbook, and CDC Style Guide.

Edited and helped prepare responses (PRs) to questions submitted by the public to CDC-INFO (put technical terms into layman’s terms).

Worked on issues with PRs, such as broken links, wrong information; located correct information and updated the PR database.

Records Management Manager/Inspection Support – CDC

October 2008 – *October 31, 2013 - CSRA International (Now General Dynamics Corporation) – Atlanta, GA

*New contract eliminated my position.

•Completed data entry for more than 23,000 documents since 2005, with a 98% accuracy rate, for the Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT) located in the Office of Public Health and Preparedness (OPHPR) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters.

•Served as Inspection Document Support Manager, processing all incoming and outgoing inspection documents within an 8-hour period, which is far less than the three-day turnaround period required by the contract.

•Served as Mail Manager for five years, handling all incoming documents (average of 14,000+ documents per year), and distributing those documents to inspectors for classification.

•Help create (technical writing), edit, and maintain the original Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Manuals for DSAT.

•Help create and maintain filing systems, including preparing files for National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) storage.

•Skillfully served as backup for each member of the Records Management team, which included eight unique positions.

•Created and served as editor/writer for DSAT’s Diversity Committee award-winning newsletter, which included feature articles on DSAT employees’ travels, diverse experiences, international holidays, and current events.

Records Management/Mail Manager – CDC

October 2005 – October 2008 - Science Applications International Corporation

(This job at the CDC did not change; only the contract.)

Same responsibilities as SRA International position.

Executive Assistant to the President/Marketing Assistant

April 2003 – January 2005 - Moreland Altobelli Associates, Inc. (Now Atlas Technical Consultants) – Duluth, GA

As Executive Assistant to the President and the Vice President of Engineering:

Screened phone calls, email, and mail; took minutes at meetings.

Drafted correspondence, memos, and reports.

Managed calendar, scheduled meetings, and made travel arrangements for the president of the company.

Maintained time and expense records, and prepared reports.

Supervised two employees.

As Marketing Assistant:

Prepared bid proposals, including writing, designing, taking photographs, and creating graphics.

Helped create (technical writing) and maintain company SOPs and employee handbooks.

Helped create company booth for trade shows.

Wrote and designed company project brochures.

Editor of company newsletter.

Assistant Editor – Applied Microwave & Wireless Magazine

March 2001 – *October 2002 - Noble Publishing Corporation – Norcross, GA

*Laid off when magazine closed.

Wrote copy (technical writing), proofread, copy edited, designed pages, and served as art director for an international trade magazine for engineers.

Served as liaison between the magazine and contributing authors.

Planned editorial calendar with magazine staff.

Supervised three employees.

Public Relations/Marketing Manager

February to *September 2000 – Southern Regional Technical College – Thomasville, GA *Relocated to Atlanta, due to spouse’s job relocation.

Editor/writer/photographer of all publications in the Marketing/Institutional Development Department of the college, including the college’s magazine, quarterly class schedule, brochures, advertisements, and media releases.

Created/designed advertisements, booklets, catalogs, calendars, flyers, handbooks, invitations, press packets, and special event programs.

Created school’s booth for trade shows; helped with website updates.

Assisted with department budget planning, while responsible for PR schedule.

Conducted in-person meetings with media officials to maintain good relations.

Public Relations/Marketing Coordinator

June 1997 – October 1999 - Archbold Medical Center - Thomasville, GA

Editor/writer/photographer of the medical center’s magazine, employee newsletter, the Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) newsletter and all hospital press releases.

Created/designed newspaper advertisements, booklets, brochures, certificates, flyers, invitations and promotional materials.

Created hospital’s booth for trade shows.

Designed the hospital’s parade floats for the annual city parade.

Lifestyles Editor/Reporter

January 1992 – June 1997 – Thomson Newspaper Corporation

1992-1995 – The Valdosta Daily Times – Lifestyles Reporter

1995-1997 – Thomasville Times Enterprise – Lifestyles Editor

Wrote 15 features a week (entertainment, fashion, healthcare, education, food, gardening, etc.), as well as a weekly column, movie reviews, and live concert/theater reviews for the Life! Section of a daily newspaper.

Designed the Life! Section, including writing headlines and photo captions; took about 50% of the photographs used in the Life! Section.

Supervised reporters and photographers, when serving as news editor.

Coordinated story and photograph assignments with other editors, as well as

assisted with coordinating long-term projects with editorial staff.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Georgia Press Association Awards - 4

World Who’s Who of Women

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