Brandeis University

Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

University College London, U. of London

Editing, Publishing & Content Marketing Professional

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Monster

Web Content Editor

- Managed daily editorial operations, editorial calendar, and digital content creation from ideation to publication for six brands.
- Conducted developmental editing and proofreading on about 50 assets a month, including blog articles, infographics, and white papers.
- Developed and revised editorial strategy to align with brand strategy and editorial calendar.
- Advised clients on content strategy and day-to-day editorial issues.
- Collaborated with professional services managers to run weekly status calls.
- Ensured alignment between the editor, professional services manager, digital producer, and client on strategy, editorial issues, and schedules.
- Oversaw workload, deadlines, and skills development of account editors.
- Created, revised, and managed editorial guidelines, communicating clients’ standards to a team of over 40 freelance writers.
- Managed contributor pool by recruiting, onboarding, offboarding, coaching, training, and project managing freelance creatives.
- Facilitated writer workshops for creatives on program-specific issues related to strategy shifts and scientific sourcing.
- Established editorial workflows to ensure efficiency and efficacy.
- Utilized AP style, Chicago style, and brand house style guides while editing and proofreading.

Skyword

Editorial Manager

- Developed both digital and print higher education textbooks from conception to publication.
- Evaluated instructor and student review feedback to create market-friendly product plans for each title.
- Created manuscript submission schedules and ensured on-time content development and delivery.
- Reviewed manuscripts for content, clarity, organization, voice, and relevance to current student audience.
- Collaborated on production of digital features including video, quizzes, review questions, and games.
- Reviewed and approved copyediting, proofreading, paging, artwork, and design of each print and digital product.
- Acted as author liaison and content expert for team of marketers, project managers, designers, copyeditors, digital editors, vendors, and compositors.
- Performed market research to compare titles to competitors’ offerings.

Ohlinger Studios

Senior Development Editor

- Developed over 25 digital and print higher education and professional development textbooks from revision plan to publication across a range of disciplines including literacy, special education, communication disorders, educational technology, and educational research.
- Evaluated manuscripts for content, consistency, organization, style, and voice.
- Collaborated with authors and in-house team to maintain schedule, overcome challenges, and stay focused.
- Edited ancillary products including PowerPoint presentations, instructor’s websites, instructor’s manuals, and test banks.

Pearson

Development Editor

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Assisted editor in day-to-day operations, helping to manage three lists within the teacher education division for both the higher education and professional development markets.
- Acted as in-house liaison for authors, set up meetings, and distributed information on best practices and policies.
- Managed instructor supplements, hired content providers, set and coordinated deadlines, copyedited instructor’s resource manuals and PowerPoint presentations, and posted final versions.
- Coordinated textbook revision reviews, collecting and distributing professor and in-service teacher suggestions and comments.
- Drafted contracts, amendments, and agreements for authors, consultants, freelancers, and contributors.
- Copyedited marketing copy including copy for the back cover and online sellers.
- Compiled paperwork for each title’s release from the editorial department to production.
- Assisted with market research, created surveys, and recruited professors for interviews.

Special Projects:
- Acted as developmental editor for Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students, 9/e by Thomas G. Gunning (2016). Edited for content, flow, organization, and format and assisted in adapting the manuscript from a print book to a media-enhanced eText.
- Researched and selected photographs from stock photo websites and photo shoots for inclusion in Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and Write, 8/e by Lesley Mandel Morrow (2015).
- Assisted in securing copyright permissions for images and text in Literature for Children: A Short Introduction, 8/e by David L. Russell (2015), contacting and following up with rights holders and negotiating fees and rights granted.
- Edited What Really Matters for Middle School Readers: From Research to Practice, 1/e by Richard L. Allington (2015) for content and tone and collaborated with the project manager and author to implement changes.

Editorial Assistant

- Drafted galley letters and follow-up emails; wrote Q&As for authors; assisted in planning author events.
- Prepared galley mailings; located and organized media clips; sent email follow-ups; prepared press packets.
- Researched media contacts and publications using Publicity Assistant and CisionPoint.

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Publicity Intern

Editing Projects:
- Edited for content, organization, style, spelling, and grammar across a range of genres and forms.
- Past projects have included copyediting and proofreading K–12 textbooks, social media marketing content, blog posts, research reports, and book proposals and development editing of women’s fiction, young adult novels, and nonfiction.
- Clients have included Six Red Marbles, SPi Global, Mindset Digital, nDash Marketing, and Penner Publishing.
Writing Projects:
- Wrote informational but entertaining marketing and promotional content.
- Past projects have included SEO-optimized blog posts, web content, and articles for small businesses; white papers; book press releases; entertainment reviews; and promotional materials.
- Clients have included W. W. Norton & Company and nDash Marketing.

Self-Employed

Freelance Editor and Writer

- Researched, edited, fact-checked, and copyedited articles by teen girl program participants.
- Managed film and music reviews sections; wrote pieces including blog posts and interviews.
- Requested rights permissions and review copies; managed company email and mail.
- Developed new submission organizational system; processed and filed creative submissions.
- Presented a poster at the 2011 Brandeis University Experiential Expo detailing summer experience to Brandeis faculty and students.

Teen Voices Magazine

- Assisted graduate and master’s students with research projects about socioemotional selectivity theory.
- Performed article searches, composed literature reviews, and selected images from IAPS to be used in experiments.
- Ran participants in experiments that included the use of eye-tracking equipment and cognitive tests.
- Recruited research participants from the greater Waltham community.

Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism

Research Assistant

- Promoted Institute-sponsored events and speakers around campus.
- Conducted research on social justice issues and analyzed and organized findings into memos for senior reporters.
- Researched media contacts and grants in support of the Institute’s nonprofit work.

Carolyn Schweitzer