CONTENTS:
Technical writer, copywriter, journalist, web content writer, and project manager with twenty years' experience in marketing,
financial industry, journalism, and technical and trade publishing. • Writes newspaper and magazine stories with a flair.
• Crafts clear technical documentation. • Transforms technical information into consumer-friendly content. • Fashions
creative marketing solutions. • Expertly designs print publications. • Efficiently publishes web content.
CONTENTS:
Resume, References & Contact Information / Technical Writing & Editing /
Marketing Copywriting / Journalism / Fiction
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Resume, References & Contact Information
Technical Writing & Editing
NO CLIPS--ALL CONTENT ON INTRANET. Write, edit, and publish web pages and PDFs using Oracle CMS.
Copyedited the first- and second-semester sections of a high school geometry course. Mizzou K-12 Online is the University of Missouri's online education provider for K-12 students.
Project managed, edited, and designed print and online independent-study courses, including award-winning courses. Link to sci-fi lit. course.
Managed two authors and a copy editor. Book sold more than 100,000 copies.
Copyedited online biology course for grammar, punctuation, house style, and clarity.
Hungry Minds published numerous book series, such as the "For Dummies" books ("Windows for Dummies," etc.). Company went bankrupt in 2001. I edited several bestsellers.
Marketing Copywriting: B2B & B2C; Web & Print
PolyOne is a global, $4-billion-a-year plastics manufacturer. I wrote B2B brochures, web content, training material, and more.
Rewrote website. (Did not design site.)
The MAF administers fundraising campaigns for the University of Missouri. Attached are a few items I wrote and designed: newsletters, Valentine's Day appeal, MU Libraries appeal.
Journalism
Wrote five stories for the Spring 2016 edition of Maryville Magazine, Maryville University’s alumni publication.
Wrote feature stories and took photographs: prison privatization, innovative rehabilitation programs, and more.
Wrote “Heavy Metal,” an article about the fates of demilitarized US aircraft carriers. Pitched story idea to the magazine.
Taught classes. Adviser campus newspaper.
Wrote front-page, feature, and humor stories. Front-page humor story attached.
Fiction
Short story “Pavel Spits on Stalin” published in this literary anthology.