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Kassel Pierre-Jean
Years editing: 15Job title: Senior managing editor, Digitas HealthJob description: Edits medical and pharmaceutical materials; oversees team of editorsLocation: Pennsylvania EXPERIENCE How did you get your current job?I freelanced as an editor and proofreader for seven years, and the recruiting department of my current job contacted me in 2012 to freelance for them. After I…
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April Lim
Years editing: 5 yearsJob title: Technical editorJob description: Edits technical engineering reports and proposal responsesLocation: Texas EXPERIENCE How did you get your current job?I was fortunate enough to land my current job immediately after graduating with my B.A. I found the position on LinkedIn. What copyediting training have you had?I got started in editing as…
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Tatiana Pagan
Years editing: 1.5 yearsJob title: Freelance proofreader and copyeditorJob description: Edits short stories and (primarily fashion) blog postsLocation: New Jersey EXPERIENCE How did you get your current job?I’m an order entry processor for a pharmaceutical company by day and a freelance copyeditor and proofreader by night! My goal is to eventually pursue freelancing full time. …
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Melissa Brown Levine
Years editing: 9 years Job title: Owner and senior editor at Brown Levine Productions Location: Georgia EXPERIENCE How did you get your current job?I created my job after working in corporate America for several years. I always had a side hustle when I worked for other people, so the foundation for the move from employee…
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Kaitlin Littlechild
Years editing: 6 Job title: Editor, owner of Kaitlin Littlechild Editing Job description: Edits reports, business and health publications, marketing material, web content, and academic work Location: New Brunswick, Canada EXPERIENCE How did you get your current job?I currently work for two different companies and run my own editing business. Networking played a pivotal role…
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Tiffany Cole
Years editing: 9 years Job title: Editorial assistant of product development, Goodheart-Willcox Job description: Market research, copyediting and proofreading, manuscript reviews, and general administrative support for agricultural, child development, college success, and nursing textbooks Location: Illinois EXPERIENCE How did you get your current job?When I joined Chicago Women in Publishing last year, I approached the…
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Crystal Shelley
Years editing: 3 years Job title: Freelance editor Job description: Edit tech blog posts written by developers and engineers / provide line editing, copyediting, proofreading, and sensitivity reading for fiction authors Location: Utah EXPERIENCE How did you get your current job?I’ve been editing full time since 2019. Before that, I worked as a licensed clinical…
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Maisha Maurant
ACES executive committee member Maisha Maurant discusses editing in the healthcare arena.