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Owner, Easy Writer Company, Copywriting & Editing Services, Gig Harbor, WA, 2004 to Present

• Write, edit, and produce content for a variety of clients and end users, including Amazon.com, Microsoft, Boeing, Toys 'R' Us, and Le Cordon Bleu

Managing Editor, Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, 1999 to 2004


• Wrote, edited, and produced a variety of content including Web-site teasers, targeted marketing e-mails, product descriptions, e-mail newsletters, and buying guides
• Prepared content in XML using SoftQuad XMetaL and Web-based interfaces
• Worked on numerous initiatives ranging literally from A (Apparel & Accessories) to Z (zShops)
• Worked with designers, product managers, marketing leads, buyers, and others in business units across the company
• Gathered and analyzed metrics using a data warehouse
• Managed up to two direct reports

Editorial Production Lead, Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, 1998 to 1999


• Coordinated, produced, and sent "Amazon.com Delivers" e-mail newsletters for more than 60 product categories a month

Content Coordinator, Microsoft, Redmond, WA, 1996 to 1998 (Contract)

• Coordinated weekly publication of movie reviews, columns, interviews, features, and news stories for Cinemania Online movie Web site
• Worked with editors, designers, and Web developers to plan upcoming features
• Led six-person content-production team
• Prepared and edited site content using HTML, SGML, and electronic-publishing tools

Editorial Production Assistant, Microsoft, Redmond, WA, 1995 to 1996 (Contract)


• Produced movie reviews, biographies, articles, and historical Academy Awards data in SGML for Cinemania 97 CD-ROM

Copyeditor, Microsoft, Redmond, WA, 1995 (Contract)


• Copyedited text for Mastering Visual FoxPro 3.0 and Mastering Visual Basic 4.0 instructional CD-ROMs

Assistant Editor, Vernon Publications, Bellevue, WA, 1995 (Freelance)


• Did a substantive edit of Northwest Mileposts, a 300-page travel guidebook; queried contributing writers as needed; conformed text to a single voice
• Compiled, researched, and fact-checked sections on ski resorts, wineries, and national parks
• Prepared book's index
• Wrote ads promoting company's annual guidebook (and bread and butter), The Milepost

Proofreader, Vernon Publications, Bellevue, WA, 1995 (Freelance)


• Proofread two guidebooks: Seattle InfoGuide and Greater Vancouver InfoGuide
• Proofread Pacific Builder & Engineer, RV West, and Reflections magazines