Manager Sales

Mollie Friedman Turnbull

* ****** *****

Hillsborough, NJ 08844

Phone: 908-***-****

Email: *************@*******.***

SUMMARY

Editorial and managerial experience in advertising, sales promotions, publishing, HR and training materials, and corporate/in-house publications. Adept communicator with exceptional people skills; can juggle multiple projects simultaneously with wit and aplomb.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE/CONTRACT

Editorial Manager and Senior Editor, January 2011 to present

• Develop editorial policies and guidelines, and provide proofreading quality control, for proofreaders for Johnson & Johnson-affiliated companies contracting with Baldwin & Obenauf, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ

• Edit advertising and promotional materials for Cline, Davis & Mann, Princeton, NJ

EXCERPTA MEDICA/ELSEVIER, Bridgewater, NJ

Editorial Manager, 2008–2010

• Established and implemented editorial policy for 4 medical journals: Clinical Therapeutics, American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Current Therapeutic Research, and Gender Medicine

• Reviewed abstracts and articles for content and journal style

• Updated journal websites

• Resolved editorial issues with authors as well as proofreading and production departments

• Revised in-house editorial style guidelines and writing guidelines for authors

• Managed staff of 5 in-house and 4 freelance editors, including training

Senior Editor, 2004–2008

• Edited all articles for Gender Medicine, a bimonthly journal, using AMA and journal styles

• Formulated editorial queries based on peer reviewers’ comments

• Worked closely with authors from first edit through final approval

FREELANCE/CONTRACT

Editor and Proofreader, 1991–2003

• Edited and proofread advertising, marketing, and sales promotions materials, corporate communications, journals, and websites

• Clients included Aesculapius, ASAP/Hastings Healthcare, Catalyst Communications, Clarke and Associates, Embryon, Excerpta Medica, Gardiner-Caldwell SynerMed, Hoechst Celanese, JK Designs, MED, Merck,

Pat Morris and Associates, Penner Publishing, Pharma, Ribotsky, The Sawtooth Group, and Siemens Medical Systems

DANA COMMUNICATIONS, Hopewell, NJ

Copy Editor, 1989–1991

• Wrote ad copy, brochures, newsletters, PR, and collateral material for full-service marketing communications agency

• Edited and proofread all agency copy for style, clarity, and correct use of language

• Clients included Avis, Benchmark Management Company, Beneficial Corporation, Chase Development Center, Dow Jones, Intel, Omni Hotels, and Pacific Bell

SIMON & SCHUSTER, New York, NY

Marketing Services Manager, 1986–1989

• Managed all aspects of book sales promotions for the sales force, from concept through production

• Wrote, edited, and proofread copy

• Supervised artwork, typesetting, and printing for ads, brochures, catalogs, and POP displays

• Hired and directed ad agencies, graphic design firms, and freelance artists, writers, and photographers

EDUCATION

BA, cum laude, Urban Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Additional courses in copywriting, graphic design, printing, photography, film, video, and slide design at Parsons School of Design, School of Visual Arts, School of Advertising Art, and the Graphic Artists Guild.

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