Senior Editorial Assistant

SAGE Publishing

September 2017 - Present​​

• ​Maintain duties of an Editorial Assistant (below) in addition to taking on further responsibilities

• Execute the role of Publishing Editor for a growing list of titles, including the Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

• Demonstrate a strong grasp of academic publishing business, STM journals in particular

• Take the initiative on ad hoc projects that arise in the department, and contribute my insight where possible to help inform team decisions; think critically about situations to offer solutions

• Lead STM EA meetings to address concerns and improve skills with peers

 

Editorial Assistant

SAGE Publishing

December 2016 - September 2017​

• Assisted with the management of SAGE’s flagship society STM titles, including AJSM, FAI, and OTO, among others

• Successfully took over the management of JPEN and NCP in June and organized their transition, in addition to managing all of the Society Journals Manager’s journals during July

• Communicated successfully and built relationships with editors and societies via email and conference calls; consistently exceeded their expectations when delivering projects

• Communicated and collaborated with other departments involved in journal publishing, including but not limited to production, marketing, commercial sales, finance, and production technology

• Gained familiarity with both traditional subscription journals and Open Access journals

• Maintained online content and journal information through website updates, often utilizing HTML coding skills

• Researched, introduced, and helped implement new reporting tools and template

• Maintained COPE submissions/membership, the publisher’s report calendar, Confluence pages, and training guides for Journals Editorial department

• Consistently met deadlines for journal-specific tasks, such as podcasts, publisher’s reports, and other data analysis

• Compiled and delivered information on new industry tools SAGE is employing

• Processed expense reports and invoices, as well as arranging editor visits and travel plans

• Analyzed citation reports, competitor practices, impact factor packets, etc. to help maintain or achieve industry standards

• Trained every new member of the Journals Editorial department since January 2017

• Assisted in marketing of key journals by engaging in social media and discipline newsletters

 

Editorial Intern

Tsehai Publishers and Marymount Institute Press

May 2015 - May 2016​

• Copyedited multiple manuscripts each month and conferred with senior editors on necessary changes to grammar, spelling, and style to guarantee successful publications

• Worked with multiple genres and book lengths (e.g., collections of children’s folk tales, food memoirs, historical novels, biographies, plays, political articles, academic journals, multilingual texts)

• Fact-checked nonfiction works to certify publications would provide accurate information to readers

• Served as a first or second reader to determine which texts to recommend for publication to superiors​

• Communicated with editors and authors to guarantee materials were completed before deadlines

• Publications edited include Famished by Heather King, A Disarming Spirit by Frank Fromherz, Ethiopia During the Derg Years by Tesfaye Dinka, and International Journal of Ethiopian Studies (IX: 1&2), among others

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Editorial Staff and Author

Attic Salt Interdisciplinary Journal

​August 2013 - May 2016​

• Read, critiqued, and edited academic and creative pieces along with a team of other editors to delineate which pieces to publish and how best to work with multiple authors during editing

• Followed a different house style each year to align pieces with a larger theme

• Published a critical essay on the intersection of photography and literature in the 2016 edition

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William H. Hannon Library Student Assistant

Loyola Marymount University

August 2012 - May 2015​​

• Brought new materials to the main stacks by processing at least 100 books and periodicals each day

• Worked alongside other student employees and used detail-oriented skills to organize and process large donations under tight deadlines

• Collected and analyzed data for superior’s research publications to help meet deadlines