Jill Sulam’s Resume

 

Value Added

 

 

Qualifications

 

 

 

 

 

  1. •I help you achieve your goals through clear, precise writing

  2. •I save you re-editing time and cost by adapting to your style.

 

Eight years of broad editing and writing experience, including:

  1. •Comprehensive editing of fifteen nonfiction books

  2. •Final editing and proofreading of seventeen nonfiction books

  3. •Editing and writing nonfiction feature articles and columns

  4. •Writing and editing content for nonprofit and commercial Web sites and electronic newsletters.

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MA in English; concentration in professional writing and editing.

Books

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










 


















Proposals

Comprehensive editing of books published by Management Concepts Inc.:

  1. •Guerilla Project Management (2010)

  2. •Interpersonal Skills for Portfolio, Program, and Project Managers (2010)

  3. •Organizational Project Management: Linking Strategy and Projects (2010)

  4. •Strategic Public Management: Best Practices from Government and Public Nonprofit Organizations (2009)

  5. •Understanding Government Contract Source Selection (2009)

  6. •Federal Acquisition: Key Issues and Guidance (2009)

  7. •The Antideficiency Act Answer Book (2009)

  8. •The Prompt Payment Act Answer Book (2009)

  9. •Surveying Fundamentals (2009)

  10. •Project Planning Techniques, 2nd ed. (2009)

  11. •Streamlining Business Requirements: The XCellR8 Approach (2009)

  12. •How to Save a Failing Project (2008)

  13. •Anytime Coaching: Unleashing Employee Performance (2008)

  14. •Neal Whitten’s Let’s Talk! More No-Nonsense Advice for Project Success (2006)

  15. •The COR/COTR Answer Book (2003); worked closely with the author through multiple revisions.


Final editing and proofreading of books published by Management Concepts Inc.:

  1. •Delivering Project Excellence with the Statement of Work, 2nd ed. (2009)

  2. •Pragmatic Project Management (2009)

  3. •A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management, 2nd ed. (2009)

  4. •Strategic Leadership: The General’s Art (2008)

  5. •U.S. Military Program Management (2006).

 

Proofreading of books published by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics:

  1. •The Peak in the Middle (2010)

  2. •Focus in Grade 8: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (2010)

  3. •Focus in Grade 1: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (2010)

  4. •Developing Essential Understanding of Number and Numeration for Teaching Mathematics in Prekindergarten–Grade 2 (2010)

  5. •Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making in Algebra (2010)

  6. •Developing Essential Understanding of Ratios, Proportions, and Proportional Reasoning for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 6–8 (2010)

  7. •Focus in Grade 7: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (2009)

  8. •Focus in Grade 6: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (2009)

  9. •Focus in Kindergarten: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (2009)

  10. •Focus in Prekindergarten: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points (2009)

  11. •Mathematics Curriculum: Issues, Trends, and Future Directions: 2010 NCTM Yearbook (2009)

  12. •Focus in High School Mathematics: Statistics and Probability (2009)


  1. •Edited a proposal for the design and editing of recreational program guides for the Town of Leesburg.

Editing and Proofreading Experience

Writing Experience

Articles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

Wrote features and monthly columns for NADA’s AutoExec magazine

  1. •Worked with managing editor and editor-in-chief to develop ideas for AutoExec features and columns

  2. •Wrote and edited monthly and occasional columns for other automobile dealer associations

  3. •Wrote articles for NCTM’s annual convention newspaper

  4. •Wrote articles for four issues of the Management Concepts newsletter Successful Project Management.

 

  1. •Extensive experience researching, writing, and sending electronic newsletters, including:

  2. •Four monthly newsletters, as well as quarterly newsletters, for members of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

  3. •A weekly newsletter for members of the National Automobile Dealers Association

  4. •A quarterly fashion newsletter for customers of an upscale consignment store.

 

  1. •Experience developing Web pages using a content management system:

  2. •Worked with several departments to develop new content for NCTM.org

  3. •Wrote and organized content pages for NCTM.org.

 

  1. •Revised NCTM’s Web style guide and distributed it to all staff.

 

  1. •Wrote daily and weekly content for AutoExecMag.com.

 

  1. •Spoke on “Writing for the Web” to internal and external audiences

  2. •Worked frequently with freelance writers and fact checkers.

Work History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. •President, Editor, Proofreader, and Writer. Transformations Editing, LLC, Alexandria, VA. June 2002-present.

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  3. •Electronic Content Editor. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Reston, VA. January 2007-August 2008.

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  5. •Associate Editor. National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), McLean, VA. May 2004-December 2006.

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  7. •Writer. New to You, Falls Church, VA. May 2004-June 2005.

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  9. •Intern/Editor. Management Concepts, Vienna, VA. June 2002-March 2003.

Education

Graduate—George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Master of Arts in English (concentration in professional writing and editing), August 2003 (GPA 3.93)

 

Undergraduate—College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, May 1999 (GPA 3.52).


Additional coursework—Editorial Freelancers Association

Introduction to Developmental and Structural Editing: Fiction (2009).

References

Myra Strauss, editorial director

Management Concepts Inc.

 

Courtney Chiaparas, managing editor

Management Concepts Inc.

 

Myrna Jacobs, publications manager

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics


Joe Phillips, editor-in-chief, NADA’s AutoExec magazine

National Automobile Dealers Association

Memberships

Editorial Freelancers Association

Articles

 

 

 

Internet

  1. •Edited features and columns for award-winning monthly trade magazine, NADA’s AutoExec

  2. •Proofread all AutoExec editorial copy

  3. •Edited and proofread articles for PresenTense magazine.

 

  1. •Edited and proofread all new content for NCTM.org, the Web site of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; fulfilled frequent departmental requests for edits to Web pages

  2. •Edited NCTM’s annual convention blog

  3. •Proofed software used by mathematics classroom teachers

  4. •Edited content for AutoExecMag.com, the Web site of NADA’s AutoExec magazine

  5. •Edited product descriptions for ModernTribe.com; edited entries for ModernTribe’s blog