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April,
2008 - Present: Marketing Communications Manager, GoldenGate Software
(San Francisco, CA)
Writing
a variety of concise, compelling marketing materials including white
papers, data sheets, and Web copy.
May,
2004 - April, 2008: Marketing Communications Manager, VeriSign (Mountain
View, CA)
Responsible
for developing and maintaining the "voice" of VeriSign, a
company with over 4,000 employees, through creating style guides, supervising
consultants, and writing a variety of materials including the company
history, Point-of-View articles, white papers, case studies, and Web
copy. Assisted in development of top-level messaging-framework documents.
June
2001 - May, 2004 — Freelance Writer/Editor:
Wrote
and published case studies, white papers, magazine articles, consumer
software and hardware reviews, technical
documentation, and various forms of Web content. Was asked to co-write
the Printing chapter for the Macintosh Bible (9th Edition, Peachpit
Press, Berkeley, CA). My writing clients also included the Exploratorium
(San Francisco, California), LeapFrog, Inc. (Emeryville,
California), MacAddict magazine (Future Networks
USA, Brisbane, California), macHOME magazine
(San Francisco, California), Macworld magazine
(San Francisco, California), MobilePC magazine (Future
Networks USA, no longer in publication), Step-By-Step Digital
Design (Dynamic Graphics Group, Peoria, Illinois), The
O'Reilly Network (Sebastopol, California), and VeriSign,
Inc. (Mountain View, California) Edited a wide variety of copy
for clients such as LeapFrog, Inc., MHA Environmental
Consulting (San Mateo, California), and VeriSign, Inc.
October 2000 - June 2001 — Senior Editor, Macworld
(San Francisco, California):
Edited,
assigned, and wrote hardware and software reviews
for print and online publication. Co-managed a reviews staff of four.
Edited a monthly column on games. Tested and evaluated software and
hardware.
April 2000 - October 2000 — Editor, macHOME (San
Francisco, California):
Developed
the voice and vision of the magazine, maintained
oversight of content, planned future issues, hired and mentored the
staff, managed magazine's Web site, set and maintained the editorial
budget.
February 2000 - April 2000 — Managing Editor, macHOME:
Set up
structures to increase the timeliness and quality of the writing, oversaw
the flow of copy through all phases of production, interviewed and made
recommendations for new staff.
March 1998 - February 2000 — Reviews Editor, macHOME:
Edited
macHOME's reviews section, covering personal computers,
peripherals, and productivity software. Wrote reviews,
section articles, and features. Covered
music production and music instruction software.
February 1997 - March 1998 — Copy Editor:
Clients
included Wired (San Francisco, California),
The California State Automobile Association (Daly City,
California), and United Behavioral Health (San Francisco,
California).
June 1995 - February 1997: Graphic Designer:
Clients
included The Annual Guides for the Arts (San
Francisco, California), The California State Automobile Association
(Daly City, California), and Big Top Productions (San
Francisco, California).
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