Editorial Professional with 15+ Years of Precision Editing

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ANDREW J. MILNER

Summary

Detail-driven Editor and Proofreader with 15+ years of experience supporting academic, educational, medical, advertising, and publishing organizations. Nationally published writer with deep expertise in copyediting, peer review, fact-checking, formatting, and quality assurance. Proven ability to manage high-volume workloads (40,000+ pages annually) while maintaining exceptional accuracy and adherence to style guides.

Skills

Experience

Editor/Writer, Telecommute

Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

Pharmacy Technician

Omnicare

Clerk

Optum

Contributing Writer

Recruiter

Accutrace/Delta-T

Bryn Mawr, 19010 PA 484-***-**** ********@*******.***

• Copyediting & Proofreading

• Editorial Quality Assurance

• Peer Review & Fact Checking

• Style Guide Compliance (AP, Chicago, House Style)

• Manuscript & Content Formatting

• High-Volume Document Review

• Research & Source Verification

• Grammar, Syntax & Clarity Optimization

• Microsoft Word & Excel (Advanced)

• Data Accuracy & Version Control

• Publishing Workflow Management

• Deadline & Production Schedule Management

• Conducted comprehensive employment and education background verifications for healthcare candidates.

• Performed high-volume candidate outreach and screening for short-term medical staffing assignments.

• Maintained and updated facility and applicant databases using Microsoft Office applications.

• Ensured compliance with pre-employment screening standards and documentation requirements.

• Supported recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through onboarding coordination.

• Processed and verified telephone prescription orders in a high-volume long-term care pharmacy environment.

• Performed quality checks on medication packaging, identifying and documenting pill card discrepancies.

• Coordinated urgent prescription handoffs with emergency delivery drivers to meet critical timelines.

• Managed inbound inventory, unpacking and shelving medications according to compliance procedures.

• Maintained precise documentation and return tracking to ensure regulatory and audit readiness.

• Compiled and formatted confidential patient data into Word and Excel for clinical and insurance use.

• Created and maintained tracking spreadsheets to monitor records, mailings, and delivery confirmations.

• Prepared and produced CD-based patient information packages for secure distribution.

• Coordinated with hospitals and insurance providers to verify receipt of critical documentation.

• Ensured strict adherence to HIPAA standards and internal data accuracy protocols

• Authored professional theater reviews, essays, and critiques for an international readership.

• Interviewed artists and reviewed books, cast recordings, and live performances.

• Contributed scholarly commentary cited in major reference works.

• Met editorial deadlines while adhering to publication style and tone guidelines.

• Recognized in The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia for published contributions.

• Conducted comprehensive employment and education background verifications for healthcare candidates.

• Performed high-volume candidate outreach and screening for short-term medical staffing assignments.

• Maintained and updated facility and applicant databases using Microsoft Office applications. 06/2021 to 08/2025

King of Prussia, PA

05/2017 to 10/2020

Newtown Square, PA

04/2014 to 01/2017

Bryn Mawr, PA

Everything Sondheim (a/k/a The Sondheim Review)

Syracuse, NY

Copy Editor

Apex Learning

Proofreader

American Directory Systems

Proofreader

Yellowbook

Education and Training

Bachelor of Arts (BA): Magazine Journalism and American Studies Syracuse University

Honors

• Ensured compliance with pre-employment screening standards and documentation requirements.

• Supported recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through onboarding coordination.

• Wrote published reviews of books, music, and cultural events.

• Conducted interviews with nationally recognized authors and performers.

• Contributed to annual editorial features and special issues.

• Applied journalistic research, fact-checking, and deadline discipline.

• Built long-term relationships with editors through consistent, high-quality submissions.

• Copyedited and proofread online middle and high school math and science curriculum.

• Ensured consistency with house style, formatting, and pedagogical standards.

• Verified alignment between on-screen instructional text and audio narration.

• Reviewed early manuscript drafts for grammar, clarity, and instructional accuracy.

• Supported digital publishing workflows and content QA processes.

• Proofread yellow page advertisements for accuracy, formatting, and compliance with style standards.

• Verified alignment between client-submitted copy and final published layouts.

• Communicated with customers to resolve content discrepancies and approval issues.

• Ensured typography, spacing, and branding consistency across advertising proofs.

• Supported final quality approval before print production.

• Proofread and quality-checked over 40,000 pages annually of directory listings and display ads.

• Verified consistency between copy, artwork, and layout for print accuracy.

• Ensured compliance with publishing standards and regional formatting requirements.

• Organized and tracked page proofs from multiple regional offices.

• Maintained near-perfect accuracy rates in high-volume production cycles.

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05/1995 to 10/2015

Philadelphia

04/2010 to 03/2011

Philadelphia, PA

06/2009 to 03/2010

Malvern, PA

12/2001 to 09/2008

King of Prussia, PA

Contributing Writer

Philadelphia City Paper

Acknowledged in The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (2010) and Matching Minds with Sondheim (2025)

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