Résumé

Erica K. Freeman

128 Fitzwater Street / Philadelphia, PA 19147

267/496-5253 / ericakfreeman@gmail.com / http://www.ericafreeman.com

SUMMARY

Copy editor and writer, who is passionate about accuracy, yet devoted to maintaining the integrity of clients’ writing styles.
Published academic author; experienced in academic, creative, news, and business editing & writing.
Is skilled in use of Chicago Manual of Style and AP Style, as well as social media and blog platforms such as Twitter, Tumblr, and WordPress.com.
Has three years newspaper copyediting experience and more than ten years of non-profit industry experience.

SKILLS

EDITING / COPYEDITING / PROOFREADING EXPERIENCE

Provide writing, editing, copy-editing, and proofreading services on a freelance basis with a focus on academic writing, memoirs, non-fiction books, and fiction.
At the Philadelphia Tribune, the oldest, continuously run, African-American newspaper in the country, copy edited articles and photo captions; wrote front page and internal headlines; and proofed dummy sheets. Selected news pieces for publication.
Proofread Graterfriends, a monthly periodical on an ongoing, volunteer basis for the Pennsylvania Prison Society, the oldest prison reform organization in the U.S.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

COPY EDITOR, WRITER, RESEARCHER, Philadelphia, PA
Part-time: 2010 – 2013
Full-time: 2013 – present

THE PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE, Philadelphia, PA
Newspaper Copy Editor: June 2010 – February 2013

KORN FERRY INTERNATIONAL, Philadelphia, PA
Research Associate, Healthcare Services Practice: May 2007 – November 2008

MAGEE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, Philadelphia, PA
Grant Writer & Fundraising Research Specialist: February 2006 – May 2007

AMERICAN RED CROSS, SOUTHEASTERN PA CHAPTER, Philadelphia, PA
Interim HR Coordinator & Development Associate: February 2005 – February 2006

BREASTCANCER.ORG, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Prospect Research Consultant: 2003 – 2005

THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, Philadelphia, PA
Prospect Researcher: April 2000 – July 2004

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA – Philadelphia, PA
Master of Liberal Arts (M.L.A., 1995), Concentrations in Women’s Studies & African-American Studies

HAVERFORD COLLEGE – Haverford, PA
Bachelor of Arts in English (B.A., 1991), Concentration in Creative Writing

PUBLICATION

“Black Female Identity in Nineteenth Century American Slavery: Dialogism and Resistance” Journal of Graduate Liberal Arts Studies, 1996

CURRENT VOLUNTEER AFFILIATION

Member, Pennsylvania Prison Society

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS