Professional Experience
Quality-focused Proofreader and Copyeditor, proficient in the three most popular Style Guides. Capable Social Media Manager, skilled Copy Writer and content creator. Experienced manager and leader.
July 2023 – Present
Owner
guinnreads.com
- Proofreading and copy-editing for fiction and Academic Humanities.
- Specialized in AP, CMOS, and MLA.
- Provides book reviews on Goodreads and guinnreads.com
- Proofread and copy edit Shadowrun 5th Edition Homebrew Module by Chris Primero
- Proofread and copy edit AD&D 1st Edition Homebrew Module Antonica by Chris Primero
- Proofread and copy edit AD&D 1st Edition Homebrew Module Aeturnum by Dustin Wright
1999 – 2022
Manager & Bookseller
Barnes & Noble
- Used book knowledge to provide excellent customer service, and connected customers with ideally suited publications.
- Used local demographics and sales trends information to ensure the books customers were looking for were available on the shelves. This led to a 12% increase in sales over the last five fiscal years.
- Consistently exceeded performance standards and demonstrated strong follow-up to relative goals. Acted with a sense of urgency based on the demands of the department.
1999 – 2000
Literary Assistant
Center Theatre Group
- Reviewed submissions and chose pitches for the literary team.
- Assigned requested scripts to readers and tracked results, filtering to appropriate follow-up department.
- Participated in the development of new works. Organized the distribution of printed material to each director and cast.
- Organized and digitized the literature vault.
1996 – 2000
BA Theatre Arts
Cedarville University
- Stage Manager/Assistant Stage Manager for 12 productions including The Glass Menagerie, The Heiress, and My Fair Lady.
- Dramaturg’s Protocol – The Man Who Came to Dinner – 1970’s update.
- Capstone Dramaturg’s Protocol – Hamlet Comparison
- Senior Seminar Dramaturg’s Protocol Presentation with Stage Production – Richard III and The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe
