PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ICARUS STUDIOS, Cary, NC, 2007-present

Game Editor, Virtual Worlds

  • Extensively research clients' entertainment properties for virtual online gaming opportunities.
  • Write various internal proposals, edit group work, and pitch concepts to clients.
  • Create/ maintain company Style Guide, script multiple scenarios, organize demographic material.

    TOKYOPOP, INC., Los Angeles, CA, 2005-2007

    Editor, Novels

  • Rewrote, revised, and copy edited translated manga and novels with Chicago Manual.
  • Organized planning calendar, P&Ls, sales and marketing info, and translator/rewriter contracts.
  • Directed cover design and interior layout.

    LIPPINCOTT, WILLIAMS & WILKINS, Baltimore, MD, 2003- 2005

    Editorial Assistant, Medical Textbooks

  • Prepared contracts, P&Ls, book orders, check requisitions, and author correspondence.
  • Managed company databases, files, presentation materials, book reviews, and Internet surveys.

    EDUCATION

    JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY : M.A., Fiction Writing, December 2004, GPA: 4.0, Dean's list

    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: B.A., New Mythologies in Trans-Cultural Film Making: Mythology, Film, and Japanese, May 2002, GPA: 3.9, Dean's list

    EMERSON PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE: B.A. courses, Film (major) Screen Writing (minor), December 1998, GPA: 4.0, Dean's list.

    COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Microsoft Office (typing: 85 wpm)
  • Publishing Planning Tool, Final Draft 6.0, Base Editor

    ORIGINAL WORKS

  • Selections from literary novella The Water Tribe. Gargoyles Literary Anthology. May 2005.
  • Artos. Historical fiction novel and screenplay. (In revision.)
  • The Castle Builder. Literary novella. (In development.)

    LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • French (Intermediate, six years)
  • Japanese (Intermediate, three years)

    AWARDS & AFFLIATIONS

  • Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars and National Honor Society
  • Member, UMD Fencing team and Ballroom Dancing team
  • Fundraiser, SPCA Defenders of Animal Rights Shelters