Portfolio—Editing

15+ years' corporate experience defining communication and training needs
...and developing the most effective way to deliver your message

Portfolio | Editing

Grammar, mechanics, flow, tone, voice, format, standards, AP Stylebook and other style guides, branding, technical accuracy, author/system consistency, audience vocabulary/skill level, industry terminology, usability

In every job, in every stage of my career, no matter what my official role was, I've edited.  Why?  Because everyone knows I can help them with everything from a quick proof of content and format to a full-blown overhaul and reorganization of anything that uses words, in any medium.  I never tell someone, "Sorry, editing isn't in my job description this time."  If I can help, I'm glad to do it. 

The samples and descriptions below are from jobs when editing was my primary or secondary role; if you'd like to see other samples in other media, content types, or styles, just let me know—I have plenty!

Master’s Thesis

I edited multiple versions of this master's thesis for a client. I'm including two sections of the final edit showing my markups using MS Word's Track Changes feature. I edit from all angles—mechanics, style, conciseness, consistency, audience level and needs, technical accuracy, and format.

(Click the boldface links above to see samples.)

EDS Web Standards

(I included this project here in my Editing section in addition to the the Documentation section above.)

I wrote and/or edited more than 70 website standards used for EDS-developed internal and client websites worldwide. Because of my knowledge of web standards and content development, I performed as both an in-depth editor and a subject-matter expert. 

Here you see the home page plus an MS Word page of my edits for the Metrics standard. These 70 standards covered a full range of issues including website content, usability, visual design, functionality, and accessibility to disabled web users.

(Click the image to see the PDF.)

Other Editing Projects (partial list)

  • Hewlett-Packard (HP) Enterprise Services Worldwide Marketing training

    Reviewed design and edited content of Self-Provisioning Sales Pursuit Microsite “wizard” tool, which allows non-technical HP sales and marketing staff to create a custom sales pursuit site for a prospective client in less than 30 minutes. Worked with content of client-facing site pages the tool produced, including Welcome, About HP, Solutions, Operational Excellence, Employee Transition, Transition/Transformation, Cost Savings, and Best Shore sections. Edited marketing content and cross checked with other HP Marketing teams to verify accuracy; several teams updated their materials based on my edits.

  • Introduction to Business Continuity (disaster planning and recovery) course (instructor-led training).

  • EDS Crisis Management Team simulated disaster exercise—helped create, write, and facilitate this disaster scenario for EDS upper management to perform in a day-long roleplay session.

  • Mansfield Modernization Training (GM25) for General Motors’ Mansfield, Ohio, auto-part stamping plant—edited multiple 100-plus page user manuals (instructor-led training) for the new automated machinery at the plant.