Multimedia Writer, Editor, Proofreader Specialist

David Leffingwell

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SUMMARY

Writer, editor, and proofreader in print, digital, and video. Subject matter experience includes:

Marketing communication – writing, proofreading, editing

Conventional and alternative medicine and general health care, health maintenance, fitness and related topic areas; lay and professional audiences

Legal writing, proofreading, and editing; lay and professional audiences

Fiction and nonfiction – short and book-length material – editing, proofreading

Academic proofreading and editing; undergraduate and graduate

SKILLS

Chicago Style Manual

AP Style

AMA Style

Proofreading, copy editing

Copywriting

Medical & healthcare proofreading, editing, and writing

Legal proofreading, copy editing and writing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OCCK – Salina KS April 2023 – Present

Professional driver with CDL Class C; transport multiple passengers on 26,000 pound bus to and from area health facilities, physicians’ offices and hospitals. Trips on bus ranged from 5 to 200 miles. Also transported individual passengers throughout the State of Kansas on trips of up to 500 miles. Perfect safety record with no violations of any kind.

InterAmerican Network Jan 2023 – Present

Miami, Fla, Bogota, Colombia, Lima, Peru

Proofreader, Copyeditor, Revisor

Proofreading, editing and revision of internal and external communications for agency handling public relations and internal communications for Delta Airlines and LATAM Airlines partnership for Latin American and North American hubs and destinations.

Typical assignment would be editing and revising press materials and internal communications translated from Portuguese or Spanish into English so that they conform to AP and company styles and were easily readable by English-speaking audiences.

Medical Transport, LLC – Salina, KS May 2019 – Present

Communications and Marketing

Contract marketing, public and internal information position with transport company providing services to patients and health care facilities, and to Union Pacific and BNSF railroads throughout Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado.

Writing, editing and proofreading print, digital, and broadcast marketing “advertorials,” external and internal communications, and company newsletter.

WordMagic Writing & Editing - Kansas City, KS Jun 2014 to Present

Commercial Writer, Proofreader, Copy Editor

Extensive editing and writing of medical and health care clinical practice and policy, especially in the area of peer-reviewed research studies and clinical applications.

Writing and editing with particular focus on conventional and alternative medicine, health care, health care technology, and law.

Fiction and nonfiction eBooks, proofreading, editing with AP style.

Business writing and editing, including catalogs, brochures, internal communications and company newsletters, policy and procedure manuals, and email templates.

Web site writing, editing, and revision.

Medical records review and analysis in criminal, civil, and administrative litigation.

Editing and proofreading undergraduate- and graduate-level academic writing, including Masters’ theses and PhD dissertations.

Hong Kong Partner Publishing Co, ltd., (HKKP) - Hong Kong, HK Feb 2014 to Nov 2021

Medical Editor

Extensive editing and writing of medical and health care clinical practice and policy, especially in the area of peer-reviewed research studies and clinical applications.

Medical editor and proofreader of Mandarin-to-English translations of material originally published in four Chinese medical specialty journals and selected for publication in their US counterparts.

Proofreading, editing, and revision of translations to correct English usage, medical terminology, AMA style errors, and to conform to target publication editorial requirements.

Regular Skype sessions with physician authors to collaborate on editing and appropriate revision.

Cut time required to prepare material for submission to target publication by 40 percent. Increase by 60 percent acceptance of articles with no major revisions requested by target publication. Cut by 52 percent time from initial submission to final acceptance by target publication.

Established the first SEO protocols for company website; began writing optimized headlines and subheads; traffic to company website increased by 30 percent.

Associated Press AP, Kansas City, MO Jun 1991 to Jun 1992

Print and broadcast reporter and editor

Broadcast desk reporter and copy editor - writing, proofreading, and editing general, political, and health-related news stories for distribution to AP-affiliated broadcasters in Kansas and Missouri

AP member contributions editor - fact-checking, proofreading, editing, and revision or rewriting for distribution stories submitted by AP regional members

EDUCATION

Certified Medication Aide, Salina Area Technical College, April 2023

Combat Medic Certification, U.S. Army

Medical Education & Training Center, Ft Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas Aug 1989 to Oct 1989

Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication Wichita State University - Wichita, KS

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Wichita State University - Wichita, KS

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