Full-time position as a business writer and editor in a stimulating, excellence-driven, and collaborative environment
- Expert writer and editor of business, technical, and general-interest text
- More than 20 years of experience
- Demonstrated ability to manage and execute independent projects on time and within budget
- Demonstrated ability to manage a cross-functional team and work collegially
- Expert in AP, APA, Chicago, and MLA styles and industry- or company-specific style sheets
- Expert in MS Word, Adobe Acrobat
- Experienced with InDesign
- Fluent in French; proficient in Spanish and German
- Expert teacher and trainer
- Produced an illustrated, monthly, 8-page internal marketing publication and external marketing materials (print and html) for a 300-employee semiconductor equipment manufacturer for 17 years
- Interviewed, wrote, and edited feature articles on products, personnel, industry trends
- Steered issues through editing and production process and consistently met deadlines
- Collaborated successfully with personnel across the company
- Co-wrote and edited PC World’s The Very Simple, Amazingly Straightforward, Low-Stress Computer Buyer’s Workbook (64 pages)
- Managed project, including budget, schedule, and team of other co-writer, production editor,
and proofreader - Copyedited Resource: An Encyclopedia of Energy Utility Terms (2d ed., 1992, 544 pages)
- Collaborated successfully with a team of two writers and a project manager
- Wrote, edited, and researched articles on legal trends
- Worked with a team of eight other writers and editors to produce a monthly magazine
for 100,000 readers - Taught writing and literature to UC Berkeley undergraduates
- Supervised and revamped freshman writing and teacher training programs
- Published several academic articles in peer-reviewed books and periodicals
- Helped revise and drafted departmental policies and procedures
- Mentored and supervised graduate student instructors
- Wrote two handbooks on teaching writing
Sarah Herbold Editing Services • Berkeley
Principal • 1992–present
Provided copyediting services to a wide variety of business, consumer, technical, and academic clients, including LAN Times, PC World, Parenting, San Francisco Focus (KQED), Stanford University Press, University of California Press, and individual clients
Ultratech, Inc. • San Jose
Internal Marketing Publications Contractor • 1992–2008
KQED • San Francisco
Contract Copyeditor • 1993
Copyedited Smart Health: A Guide to Health Care in the Bay Area (200 pages)
PC World (IDG) • San Francisco
Contract Writer and Editor • 1992
PG&E • San Francisco
Contract Editor • 1990-91
California Lawyer, State Bar of California • San Francisco
Publishing Assistant • 1982–83
University of California Extension, Fall Program for Freshmen • Berkeley
English Instructor • 1997–present
Teach writing and literature to incoming UC Berkeley freshmen
University of California, Department of Comparative Literature • Berkeley
Lecturer • 2002–09
University of California, Department of Comparative Literature • Berkeley
Graduate Student Instructor • 1984–92
Taught writing and literature to UC Berkeley undergraduates
Ph.D. Comparative Literature GPA: 3.921 University of California, Berkeley
M.A. Comparative Literature GPA: 3.914 University of California, Berkeley
B.A. Classics (Latin and Greek) magna cum laude Yale University
Dave Holmes, Senior Vice President of Service Operations (formerly, Senior Vice President of Human Resources), Ultratech, Inc., dholmes@ultratech.com, (800) 222-1213
Eric Naiman, Professor of Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley, naiman@berkeley.edu,
(510) 526-0206
Scott Zafiropoulo, Vice President of Marketing, Ultratech, Inc., szafiropoulo@ultratech.com, (800) 222-1213
Writing and editing samples available upon request