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Julie Coleman
juliecoleman.com
Education
MA, Modern Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, 1999
BA, Art History/Psychology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1992
Experience
Contract Editor, Learning Strategies, Minnetonka, MN,
2008 – Present
Edit manuscript and proofread promotional materials.
Contract Editor, ECM/Paradigm Publishing, St. Paul,
MN, 2008 – Present
Check and test new materials (textbooks/software).
Freelance Editor,
Maxima Consultants Corp., Chicago, IL, 2004 – Present
Edit reports, proposals, contracts, and letters for structural
engineering firm.
Contract Editor,
HowStuffWorks.com, 2007 – 2008
Reformatted existing content into Web articles, following strict Web
site guidelines. Wrote introductory/transition text as needed. Added
meta data, and optimized articles for search engines.
Senior Editor,
Publications International, Ltd. (PIL), Lincolnwood, IL, 2006 – 2007
In addition to the editorial duties listed below, collaborated with
other senior editors to hire and train new editors. Hired freelance
editors. Reviewed all editors' cover copy.
Publications
Coordinator, PIL, Lincolnwood, IL, 1999 – 2007
Scheduled all projects in the General Department. Held weekly update
meetings for teams of all active projects. Served as liaison between
the creative teams and upper management. Ordered Library of Congress
cataloging numbers.
Editor, Whispers
from Heaven magazine, Lincolnwood, IL,1999 – 2003
Assigned, selected, and edited inspirational stories and wrote the
editor's letter for this bi-monthly national magazine.
Editor,
PIL, Lincolnwood, IL,1999 – 2006
Associate Editor , PIL,
Lincolnwood, IL,1997 – 1999
Team leader for projects. Helped to select project contributors.
Established project guidelines. Provided content and copy editing on
text at all stages of production. Coordinated with the art director to
determine/assign images and illustrations. Wrote sales copy and back
cover copy.
Production Editor, PIL, Lincolnwood, IL, 1995 – 1997
Served as liaison between all creative departments. Responsible for
making and checking corrections and ensuring correctness of text
specifications.
Additional
Freelance Projects
Kelly Jahner-Byrne, One Great Idea, “Personal
Velocity” chapter, 2007
Peter Scott Eide, The Edge of Forever,
2008
Computer
Skills
Word, Quark, Excel, MAS90, and Windows XP.
References
available upon request.
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