CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS * PUBLIC RELATIONS * EDITING

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, NYC pension fund
Editor for the nation's second-largest pension fund.

• Revised and edited legally-sensitive financial documents sent to a membership of 150,000.
• Responsible for rewording highly complex material for a general readership.
• Managed upwards of 20 projects simultaneously and oversaw document production:
  Supervised I.T. and desktop publishing staff on Communications Unit projects.
• Wrote several successive cover articles for the company's in-house newsletter.

SPECIAL PROJECTS (Short-Term Assignments):

WRITER, Quarterly Report Briefs

• Summarized quarterly reports for perusal by analysts at a global financial services firm.
• Listened to conference calls by multinational CEOs and wrote up key points.
  Hired back for several such assignments (NY).
  

WRITER-EDITOR, Employee Manual

• Teamed with Head of H.R. to create a 75-page Employee Manual for a medical laboratory (CA).
  
• Created wording for new passages and revised wording from existing models.
  
• Composed legally-binding language for documents requiring employee signatures.
  

BUSINESS WRITING: INSTRUCTOR
U.S. University, U.K. Business College & U.K. Language Schools

• Taught Introduction to Business Communications, Business Writing and Technical Writing.
• Coached European business executives.  Improved their English-language business presentations,
  professional vocabulary and cross-cultural communications style.
  

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ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR OF LONDON'S SENIOR PRESS ADVISOR,
Greater London Authority

• Served as liaison between the Press Advisor and the international journalist corps.
• Crafted correspondence, brief written statements, etc., for the Mayor and his advisors.
• Entrusted with highly sensitive political documents, access and information.

PUBLICIST & JOURNALIST, Freelance

• Obtained press coverage for live literature events from numerous sources including
  major newspapers, magazines, websites and other media outlets.
• Contributed pieces to national magazines, city newspapers and Internet publications.

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NEW MEDIA: EDITOR
Award-Winning UK Website

• Edited a section of the website and national print publication; wrote articles for the latter.
• Reviewed and rated reader submissions, performed online administrative functions.

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