Lead Editor, Jess Haberman
jess.haberman@gmail.com
Acquisitions Editor, Outdoor Recreation
- Acquire, develop, and edit outdoor recreation and nature titles (30-45 per year); manage, update, and write features for Falcon.com
- Previously, project editor for 50-60 titles annually in genres of outdoor recreation, nature, sports, fishing, hunting, local interest, and cooking
- Project editor for Cohn-Head by Linda Cohn (nominated for ForeWord magazine’s 2008 Best Book of the Year, Sports) and Pro Football Historical Abstract (winner of the 2008 Nelson Ross Award)
- Clients include Booz Allen Hamilton, CSC, The Boston Conservatory, Charles River Associates, DemandStudios, Dragonfly Editorial Services, Benay Enterprises, For Beginners, LLC, and others
- Areas of expertise: government proposals, nonfiction works, resumes and cover letters, and academic papers
- Currently writing first full-length fiction novel
- Presented essay entitled “The Spectacles of Freaks in Harry Potter’s World” at South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Convention (Nov 2006)
- Completed Senior Research/Honors Project entitled “The Jewel Exchange: Tracking Gender Power Dynamics in Five Victorian Novels” (Spring 2006)
Westport News, Brooks Community Newspapers , Westport, CT (Jan 2007—Oct 2007)
Writing Consultant
EDUCATION
Denison University, Granville, OH
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
MS Office Suite, including MS Word macro templates; Adobe Acrobat; Adobe InCopy; multiple manuals of style (Chicago, AP, MLA, APA, and client-specific style guidelines); standard proofreader’s marks; Documentum content management system; Microsoft Expression Media; Title Management Quality Solutions; Quickbooks; Programming (C++, Java, HTML); typing 80+ WPM
- Part-time proofreader for local newspaper published twice weekly
Writing Consultant
- Tutor students to improve academic papers, write and file session reports, write budget proposals
EDUCATION
Denison University, Granville, OH
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
- Magna cum laude graduate with a 3.6 GPA
- Graduated in the Denison Honors Program, recipient of the Heritage Scholarship
- Competitively selected to Phi Society and Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary
MS Office Suite, including MS Word macro templates; Adobe Acrobat; Adobe InCopy; multiple manuals of style (Chicago, AP, MLA, APA, and client-specific style guidelines); standard proofreader’s marks; Documentum content management system; Microsoft Expression Media; Title Management Quality Solutions; Quickbooks; Programming (C++, Java, HTML); typing 80+ WPM
