Heather Bergevin
Lexington, SC ***** *********************@*****.*** 803-***-****
Summary of Qualifications
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● 25 years experience in leadership
● 15 years experience in teaching
● 13 years experience in editing
Education
Brigham Young University, 2022
●Bachelor’s of General Studies: Writing/Editing
●Focus: Communications Journalism
●Minor: American Sign Language
University of South Carolina, 2017-2018
●Grant Writing Certificate, Advanced Level
USU State of Utah Interpretation Program: ASL, 1998
Midlands Technical College, 2025
●Certification in Associate Project Management
●CAPM and SCRUM certificates
Work Experience
By Common Consent Press, Review Agent, August 2022-present
●Contacts individual authors prior to book release to designate an advertising plan
●Coordinates with editorial and advertising staff on best practices for book launch and release
●Sources author’s needs for marketing, including but not limited to podcasting, newspaper and digital print, book readings, and presentations
●Works with authors to make sure their needs for marketing are fulfilled
●Sends pre-release copies to reviewers, with follow-up on review dates for the release schedule
Barrow Editing and Design, LLC, Managing Editor, 2016-Present
●Edited published journal articles, theses, dissertations, and conference presentations
●Worked closely with academic scholars to increase their productivity
●Beta Reader for Rosalyn Eves, Mette Ivie Harrison, Braden Bell, Lindsay Flanagan, Kerry Spencer, and other authors for both fiction and nonfiction, memoir
●Ghostwriter for blogs, websites, and individuals seeking to increase SEO, including for InContent Design clients, financial journals, financial and business websites, construction and home design websites, and others
Association for Mormon Arts and Letters, Reviewer, 2020-present
●Reviewer for current and upcoming books by Shadowlands Books, Deseret Books, BCC Press, and individual University Presses nationally, including:
Litany With Wings (Chadwick), Hemingway in Paradise (Hales), Dragonwatch: Return of the Dragon Slayer (Mull), The Gentleman and the Thief (Eden), Sealed (Langston), The Lost Wonderland Diaries (Savage), and others.
Code Ninjas, Lexington, Director, May 2022-Feb 2023
●Implemented use of CRM management software, including contacting families, scheduling tours, tracking contact and calendering
●Lead tours to enroll new members, doubling number of clients and selling 95% of tours
●Implemented camp programs including managing staffing for camps, welcoming clients, tracking, and troubleshooting complications
●Designed and implemented social media programs to grow center awareness and clientele.
●Increased social media engagement by 75% in first two months.
●Photography, photo editing, video editing, and ghostwriting as associated with social media engagement to increase SEO
●Responsible for center communications including emails, texts, and calling
●Responsible for center function and delegation to individual camp teachers, including scheduling and management
Eschler Editing, Copyeditor, 2017-present
●Ongoing freelance work including ghostwriting, editing, copyediting, extensive comprehensive editing, and other needs for the company.
University of South Carolina, Sumter Registration, Internship, March-August 2018
●Reception, meeting and helping students with registration needs
●Scheduling for doctoral mentors, phones, messages, and greeting clientele
●Typing and general secretarial
●Filing and organization
Editor of Segullah.org, Poetry Board, 1999-2009
●Edited and helped publish print magazine
●Responsible for yearly poetry contest, including publicity, university contact, individual author contact, acceptance/rejection, communications, new author solicitation and contact
●Supported and helped with all Poetry Board actions to create seasonal magazine editions
Leadership Experience
Adjudicator, Florida Writers Association, 2017-2022
●Judge for Royal Palm Literary Award Competition
●Assists in finding new authors
●Proofreads books, short stories, and poetry for specialized categories
Published Work
Books:
Lawless Women, BCC Press, 2018,
Katabasis, BCC Press, 2023
Enough Elizabeths, Lucky Rabbit Press, 2025
Terrible Love, poems, BCC Press anticipated 2027
Raising Bruce Banner: Parenting PDA, anticipated 2028
Computer Skills
MS Office/Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Quickbooks, Homebase, Slack,
Silhouette Studio, Google Office Suite, Adobe Suite, ChildCareCRM, Soci, Trello