Full- and Part-Time Experience
Copy Editor & Proofreader
Nordstrom, Seattle, WA, August 2021–September 2024
Copyedited and proofread between 200 and 400 product copy items per day for nordstrom.com; maintained and updated the extensive Product Copy Style Guide; sent weekly email updates regarding copy style to the 30+ member copywriting team; redesigned and updated the Product Copy Brand List and Beauty Brand List; redesigned the Product Copy Word List; conceived of, created, and maintained the Product Copy Picture Dictionary, a fashion and style resource of over 300 entries; reorganized and refined the workflow of the proofing team by creating a system that enabled it to manage queue surges more quickly and effectively.
Freelance Experience
Copy Editor (Contract)
Training Consultants, Irvine, CA, March–August 2021
Copyedited a bank of over 2,500 test questions to ensure clarity and adherence to the company style guide.
Eddie Bauer, Bellevue, WA, 2012–2021
Copyedited marketing, retail, and company copy; designed, organized and wrote the Eddie Bauer Marketing Copy Style Guide.
Hammerquist Studios, Seattle, WA, 2016
Created style guide for client Hydro Flask.
Girl Friday Productions, Seattle, WA, 2015–2017
Copyedited and proofread novels for Amazon Publishing imprints.
Editor
And Then Flyer by Shirley Miller Kamada, Young Adult Novel, 2019
Your Money Vehicle by Jedidiah Collins, Financial Literacy Book, 2019
E is for Endangered by Paul Burton, Coloring Book, 2019
Untitled by Bill Koenig, Novel (incomplete), 2018 (not yet published)
Untitled by Cindi Schultz, Short Story Collection (incomplete), 2017 (not yet published)
The Inverted Pyramid by A.C. Fuller, Novel, 2017
A Darkness Black by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2016
An Inarticulate Sea by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2016
The Anonymous Source by A.C. Fuller, Novel, 2015
The Frailty of Things by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2014
Please, Pretty Lights by Ina Zajac, Novel, 2014
What Echoes Render by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2014
Blue Moon Vegetarian by Paula Marie Coomer, Memoir, 2013
These Sorrows We See by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2013
A Tainted Mind by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2013
The Puppeteer by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2012
Copy Editor
Why Faith Matters: Responding to Sexual Violence & Abuse The FaithTrust Institute, Handbook, 2019
My Unexpected Hope by Tammy L. Gray, Novel, 2017
Me, Myself & My Weight by Dana Montanari, Essay for Anthology, 2012
Colonial Rule and Social Change in Korea 1910-1945 by Hong Yung Lee, University of Washington Press, 2012
Proofreader
The Revealed by Sarah Kleck, Novel, 2016
Murder on the 18th Green by Federico Maria Rivalta, Novel, 2015
Death on Ibiza by Katja Piel, Novel, 2015
The Professor by Robert Bailey, Novel, 2015
Paris Ransom by Charles Rosenberg, Novel, 2015
Copy Editor and Proofreader
The Journal of Korean Studies, University of Washington, 2012
Professional Experience
Project Supervisor, National Catalog Coordinator, Project Coordinator
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 2002–2005
Video Producer
Sadis & Vaughn, Seattle, WA, 2000–2001
Associate Film & Video Producer, Pre/Post Production Coordinator, Assistant Editor, Writer
Reunion Productions & Computer Pictures, Boston, MA, 1998–2000
Newsroom Assistant
WHDH-TV NBC, Boston, MA, 1998
Education
Certificate in Editing, University of Washington, 2011
Professional Proofreading, Bellevue College, 2010
BA in Film, Video & Television, The Evergreen State College, 1994
Professional Organizations
Editorial Freelancers Association
Northwest Editors Guild
Copy Editor & Proofreader
Nordstrom, Seattle, WA, August 2021–September 2024
Copyedited and proofread between 200 and 400 product copy items per day for nordstrom.com; maintained and updated the extensive Product Copy Style Guide; sent weekly email updates regarding copy style to the 30+ member copywriting team; redesigned and updated the Product Copy Brand List and Beauty Brand List; redesigned the Product Copy Word List; conceived of, created, and maintained the Product Copy Picture Dictionary, a fashion and style resource of over 300 entries; reorganized and refined the workflow of the proofing team by creating a system that enabled it to manage queue surges more quickly and effectively.
Freelance Experience
Copy Editor (Contract)
Training Consultants, Irvine, CA, March–August 2021
Copyedited a bank of over 2,500 test questions to ensure clarity and adherence to the company style guide.
Eddie Bauer, Bellevue, WA, 2012–2021
Copyedited marketing, retail, and company copy; designed, organized and wrote the Eddie Bauer Marketing Copy Style Guide.
Hammerquist Studios, Seattle, WA, 2016
Created style guide for client Hydro Flask.
Girl Friday Productions, Seattle, WA, 2015–2017
Copyedited and proofread novels for Amazon Publishing imprints.
Editor
And Then Flyer by Shirley Miller Kamada, Young Adult Novel, 2019
Your Money Vehicle by Jedidiah Collins, Financial Literacy Book, 2019
E is for Endangered by Paul Burton, Coloring Book, 2019
Untitled by Bill Koenig, Novel (incomplete), 2018 (not yet published)
Untitled by Cindi Schultz, Short Story Collection (incomplete), 2017 (not yet published)
The Inverted Pyramid by A.C. Fuller, Novel, 2017
A Darkness Black by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2016
An Inarticulate Sea by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2016
The Anonymous Source by A.C. Fuller, Novel, 2015
The Frailty of Things by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2014
Please, Pretty Lights by Ina Zajac, Novel, 2014
What Echoes Render by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2014
Blue Moon Vegetarian by Paula Marie Coomer, Memoir, 2013
These Sorrows We See by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2013
A Tainted Mind by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2013
The Puppeteer by Tamsen Schultz, Novel, 2012
Copy Editor
Why Faith Matters: Responding to Sexual Violence & Abuse The FaithTrust Institute, Handbook, 2019
My Unexpected Hope by Tammy L. Gray, Novel, 2017
Me, Myself & My Weight by Dana Montanari, Essay for Anthology, 2012
Colonial Rule and Social Change in Korea 1910-1945 by Hong Yung Lee, University of Washington Press, 2012
Proofreader
The Revealed by Sarah Kleck, Novel, 2016
Murder on the 18th Green by Federico Maria Rivalta, Novel, 2015
Death on Ibiza by Katja Piel, Novel, 2015
The Professor by Robert Bailey, Novel, 2015
Paris Ransom by Charles Rosenberg, Novel, 2015
Copy Editor and Proofreader
The Journal of Korean Studies, University of Washington, 2012
Professional Experience
Project Supervisor, National Catalog Coordinator, Project Coordinator
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 2002–2005
Video Producer
Sadis & Vaughn, Seattle, WA, 2000–2001
Associate Film & Video Producer, Pre/Post Production Coordinator, Assistant Editor, Writer
Reunion Productions & Computer Pictures, Boston, MA, 1998–2000
Newsroom Assistant
WHDH-TV NBC, Boston, MA, 1998
Education
Certificate in Editing, University of Washington, 2011
Professional Proofreading, Bellevue College, 2010
BA in Film, Video & Television, The Evergreen State College, 1994
Professional Organizations
Editorial Freelancers Association
Northwest Editors Guild
