Rebecca Mclean

• Edited manuscripts for self-employed clients, enhancing clarity and engagement in nonfiction and memoir projects.
• Applied line edits to improve clarity, voice, and sentence flow.
• Proofread final pages to ensure grammatical accuracy, spelling, punctuation, and consistency, contributing to polished final publications.
• Applied style guides, house standards, and editorial preferences for self-employed assignments.
• Improved clarity of wording by suggesting specific revisions to authors.
• Led authors through editing process by answering questions and providing constructive feedback.

• Presented targeted ad options to business owners and community partners, aligning with their marketing goals.
• Established local advertiser connections to enhance community engagement for Best Version Media neighbourhood magazine.
• Managed publication schedules and supported monthly production.
• Prospected new clients through community outreach and direct contact.
• Organized sales meetings with local businesses to discuss advertising opportunities.
• Communicated regularly with clients to support placement and renewal discussions
• Conducted research on potential markets for upcoming titles.

• Recruited by publisher for strong writing and research skills, leveraging community connections.
• Oversaw the editorial content for two weekly neighbourhood newspapers: The North Shore Echo and The Downtown Echo.
• Produced and edited two feature stories and two business stories weekly, ensuring content met quality standards.
• Developed compelling headlines, subheads, cut lines, and captions to effectively convey article themes.
• Streamlined daily operations by monitoring and organizing a detailed filing system.

• Coordinated between sales and production (Edge Publishing), client (Sun Rivers Golf Resort), and writers to deliver a full-colour magazine as a targeted marketing tool.
• Crafted feature articles and business profiles; edited and proofed all copy content to ensure quality and coherence.
• Wrote sidebars, section heads, headlines, subheads, captions, cut lines, decks, kickers, pull quotes and collaborated on style sheets for layout.
• Assigned specific stories to writers based on client preferences and scheduled interviews for writers according to client specifications.
• Secured high client satisfaction, and received unsolicited praise for work quality and responsiveness.

• Created and edited LOOK Kamloops, a local one-sheet publication featuring community event listings and promoting the arts and entertainment scene.
• Established relationships to support collaborative projects and built relationships with artists, event planners, and business owners, producing over 200 issues that strengthened community ties before selling to another publisher.
• Designed and laid out content and ad copy; printed and distributed weekly; sold and created ads; developed marketing collateral; managed web content for the online version to enhance community engagement.

GPA: 3.7