Laurie Clark
Professional Experience
COPYWRITER/SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST Simply Design – Albuquerque, NM
Wrote marketing blogs, online articles, and posts for clients' social media sites
TECHNICAL WRITER/EDITOR Northrop Grumman – Albuquerque, NM
Among the many projects I worked on while at Northrop, I:
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Wrote text for new, revamped Trusted Traveler Program website
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Provided writing, editing, and instructional design support for numerous web-based training courses, including courses on UX, ethics, and intellectual property
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Provided writing support creating quick guides for new Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System for CDC
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Headed QC process for GCSS-Army, a major project that created hundreds of hours of web-based training
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Edited technical papers for satellite engineering group
FREELANCE WRITER
Wrote blogs and articles on varied subjects for various websites, from the informative to the amusing
REPORTER Mountain View Telegraph– Moriarty, NM
Wrote award-winning articles on local community members, government meetings, and events
COPY EDITOR John Wiley and Sons, Inc. – Hoboken, NJ
Edited journals such as Birth Defects Research A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, Journal of Neurobiology, and Journal of Orthopædic Research for grammar, clarity, and style
ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION EDITOR John Wiley and Sons, Inc. – New York, NY
Oversaw the production of two research journals, from receiving the original manuscript, to communicating with copyeditors and authors, to performing a check of the final print and on-line versions, ensuring quality every step of the way
PRODUCTION EDITORIAL ASSISTANT John Wiley and Sons, Inc. – New York, NY
Assisted production editors by logging in manuscripts at the beginning of the journal production process
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Professional Writing·University of New Mexico
New York University Summer Publishing Institute·New York University
Copyediting and Proofreading Fundamentals Course·New York University
Certificate in Scientific Writing·Johns Hopkins University
Awards and Publications
New Mexico Press Association – First Place, Breaking News Story, Weekly Newspapers Class II
New Mexico Press Association – Second Place, Feature Writing, Weekly Newspapers Class II
The Gallup Post – weekly newspaper serving the Gallup, New Mexico area
Mountain View Telegraph – weekly newspaper serving the Estancia Valley and East Mountains in Central New Mexico
catpajamas.hubpages.com – personal comedy blog
Albuquerque the Magazine – monthly magazine highlighting the latest in the Duke City
Daily Lobo – college newspaper