inVentiv Clinical Solutions, May 2005 – Present

Science/Medical Editor

• Edit Eli Lilly Regulatory documents for style, formatting, and grammar, guiding document through finalization for submission to federal regulatory bodies.
• Meet and work with team leaders to prepare documents and discuss project work.
• Maintaining schedule and managing workload to meet multiple deadlines, following up on timelines for delayed projects, and negotiating timelines and deadlines.
• Collaborate with other editors and assist in quality checking their documents.
• Advise and instruct other editors on editing process and Lilly style and grammar rules.

 

The Film Yap.com, March 2009-Present

Co-owner/Writer/Manager

• Manage site from a business perspective, including negotiating ad rates, selling ad space and other site-related products including t-shirt sales.
• Public relations including attending movie screenings and other events and speaking to the general public.
• Co-manage staff of 9 writers, making hiring decisions, co-manage weekly schedule.
• Create and post high-quality content including movie reviews, DVD/blu ray reviews, commentaries, celebrity interviews.
• Perform web design tasks, manage SEO, manage social media and cross-promotion with other sites.

 

INtake Magazine/Indianapolis Star, Dec 2003 – Nov. 2008

Correspondent/Film Critic/Freelance Writer and Photographer

• Write news stories on deadline, gathering facts and information, conducting interviews and attending events
• Wrote weekly movie reviews and recruit and obtain short reviews from “viewer panel” from April 2004 to November 2008 (including for more than 100 consecutive weeks)
• Compile, edit, and write reviews for “At Home” section, managing panelists and compiling weekly reviews for television shows, DVDs, books, CDs, and video games.
• Provide photo accompanyment
• Receive feedback and respond to comments from readers.
• Interview celebrities and story subjects and write feature stories.

 

Trap & Field Magazine, June 2001 – May 2005

Editorial Assistant

• Collaborated with editors to write and edit monthly stories and features.
• Worked closely with column writers to meet deadlines and to edit columns on a monthly basis.
• Extensively edited a monthly column authored by a non-professional writer.
  
• Increased awareness of youth and collegiate shooting programs.
• Helped to change focus of magazine from largely shoot results to human interest and feature stories.

Other Writing Experience

Hundreds of miscellaneous freelance writing and editing assignments in a journalistic and corporate writing environment.

Discussion Leader/content provider: www.indy.com/www.indianapolis.metromix.com

Parent columnist/blogger: Current in Noblesville (2009); www.indyparentsource.com; daddyheaven.blogspot.com

Indie Film Examiner: http://www.examiner.com/x-11039-Indianapolis-Indie-Film-Examiner

 

Computer Program Proficiencies: Highly proficient in Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Adobe Acrobat/Standard, ISI Toolbox, some photo editing experience.

 

Other Work Experience:

Tom Wood Pontiac-GMC-Mazda, Jan 1997 – June 2001

Service Porter/Customer Service

• Backed up cashier and assistant service managers in a customer service role when necessary; performance made hiring another worker as backup cashier unnecessary. scheduled appointments, called customers and discussed bills/services rendered without knowledge of repairs beforehand.

 

IUPUI University Writing Center, Sep 2000 – May 2003

Student Writing Tutor

• Tutored students on a variety of writing assignments in different fields of study.
• Worked alone Saturdays from open to close, managing phone calls with tutorials; collaborated with student and faculty tutors on practices and theories of tutoring.

 

The IUPUI Sagamore, Oct 2002 – May 2004

Staff Writer/Assistant News Editor

• Wrote weekly news/features; contributed story ideas and assigned and edited stories in award-winning paper.

 

EDUCATION

Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis

B.A. English, area proficiency certificate in Journalism, May 2004

 Indiana University Bloomington

Exploratory