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Writer and editor
Freelance
Columbus, OH
Oct 2018 - Present (5 years 7 months)
- Writing and producing a podcast about Magic: The Gathering, specifically the Vintage format, and including a section of food and drink reviews. Published at EternalCentral.com. Efforts include communicating with guests and cohosts beforehand about topics and schedule, interviewing, writing a corresponding article for publication online, and promoting through social media.
- Published long-form articles on Magic: The Gathering at CoolStuffInc.com and LegitMTG.com 2013-2016.
- Collaborating on a collection of essays on early Ohio State football history, tentatively titles "Buckeye Legends." Working directly with the author via Google Docs to improve organization, fact checking, and copyediting.
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Editor Magic: The Gathering
Seattle, WA
Oct 2016 - Sep 2018 (1 year 11 months)
- Magic is the world's first and largest trading card game. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2018.
- Responsible for ensuring cards are correct, clear, consistent, and fun, following extensive collaboration with game design and creative team members over a months-long set design process. Two phases of editing made sure that cards are templated correctly (work technically within game rules) and had strong creative names and narrative flavor text. Work continued with imaging, typesetting, localization, and production teams to have cards printed in up to 11 languages.
- Lead editor on Guilds of Ravnica (Oct. 2018). Named the "jump-start" mechanic. Participated on a preview panel at the PAX West 2018 games convention.
- Lead editor on Commander 2017 (Aug. 2017) and Commander 2018 (Aug. 2018), which were the best selling products of their kind. Named the Storm cycle in Commander 2018 so that it met the desires of the design lead, creative lead, and rules lead.
- Supported other editors through back reading, proofing, and group discussions on rules and creative text.
- Coordinated with brand directors, product architects, marketing writers, graphic designers, and legal reviewers on product packaging, game rules and story inserts, and other creative publications. Maintained editorial oversight of printed materials throughout the design, review, and production processes.
- Active participant on exploratory game design and creative vision teams for cardset releases, including "Contemporary" and Ultimate Masters. Playtester on upcoming Magic cardsets and other games.
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Managing Editor, Materials Evaluation
Columbus, OH
Oct 2011 - Sep 2016 (4 years 11 months)
- Selected, managed, created and copyedited content for ASNT's online and digital monthly research journal and association magazine, Materials Evaluation. Content ranged from technical papers to more casual, informational news, as well as regular society content like directories and calendars.
- Coordinated and facilitated the peer-review process between authors and a team of specialized technical reviewers. Peer review ensured that published content was fresh and relevant, as well as accurate.
- Active member of the ad-hoc ASNT Style Guide Committee. * Represented the journal and acted as secretary for the Materials Evaluation Committee at conferences.
- Co-created and narrated introductory videos for monthly issues (youtube.com/user/asntinfo).
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Marketing Communications Manager
Latista Technologies Inc.
Reston, VA
Jul 2008 - Oct 2011 (3 years 3 months)
- Developed the yearly Latista Magazine. Magazine publishing included writing and collecting editorial and graphics, designing, copyediting, and coordinating printing and mailing through an online provider.
- Rewrote and re-organized Latista's website (latista.com) to better accommodate users' information needs and to increase demo requests and customer-initiated contacts.
- Helped develop a bold new look for Latista print and digital communications.
- Wrote and published press releases to publicize Latista's accomplishments and increase search-engine presence. Tracked readership using Google Analytics and PRWeb Tools to further develop client list.
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Managing Editor
EnCompass Publishing Group
Columbus, OH
Sep 2005 - May 2008 (2 years 8 months)
- Coordinated the publication of seven state- and local-level association magazines, including the award-winning Table Talk for the Central Ohio Restaurant Association. Work included writing, copyediting, collecting, and formatting editorial and graphics designing in Quark and preparing files for printing.