| Karen S. Davis Editorial Resume |
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Literary Editor and Writer (30 years; current)
Books: Developmental, substantive, and copy edit; proofread. Freelance and for publishers in London, New York, Boston, and California.
Other: Research, write, edit, proofread, word process, and produce online content and marketing, advertising, technical, business, legal, and financial documents.
Online Copy Writer and Editor
Walt Disney Internet Group, North Hollywood, CA
Wrote, edited, proofread, updated online content, including retail and creative copy. Originated keywords. Developed editorial guidelines. Policed character,
legal, brand issues. Collaborated with artists, producers. Created and taught writing seminars. Trained and managed contract editors. Performed quality checks.
Senior Technical Writer, Executive Editor, Production Manager
EMCON, national environmental consulting, Los Angeles and Portland, OR
Established corporate editorial policy and document consistency for 50 offices nationwide. Edited and wrote reports, proposals, articles, abstracts, resumes,
handbooks, and procedures. Created and taught writing seminars in-house and in college engineering departments. Managed production and scheduling.
Supervised staff of six. Created and illustrated grammatical blooper cartoons for national newsletter.
Advertising Writer
Syms-York, national printer and publisher, Pacific Northwest
Worked with artists and clients to produce a wide variety of advertising materials.
Journalist
Thomson Publications and International Publishing Corporation, London, England
Reported news and wrote features for daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Attended press conferences at Parliament/Whitehall with Prime Minister Thatcher,
her Cabinet, and other government officials.
ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Author-Photographer: Santa Anita Morning Rhapsody, book, ©2006, Highland Press, San Rafael, CA ; guest on ESPN, Time-Warner, other radio and
television broadcasts; photographs hang in collections around the world
Composer-Singer: Someone Loves, music CD, ©1999
Singer: solo and choral engagements at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Hollywood Bowl, and throughout
Europe; trained at American Center for Music Theatre, L.A.
Actor: roles in film, television, and theatre; trained in London, New York, and Los Angeles
AWARDS
First Prize: North American Geosynthetics Society, technical writer
First Prize: Idaho Advertising Federation, Best of Direct Mail campaign
American Library Association Outstanding Reference Source Award, editor, Magill Books Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court and Popular Musicians
Extraordinary Service: March of Dimes Hero Awards
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Board of Directors, Stony Ridge Observatory (private association with 30” telescope near Mt. Wilson); participated in public relations, preparing proposals and
presentations, writing materials and manuals.
Comic Relief® Special Projects Committee; conceived, organized, and produced fundraising and public relations events; coordinated and managed HBO
shows and national conventions. Worked with celebrities.
EDUCATION
B.A. magna cum laude, English and History, earned in three years. Full academic scholarship. Tufts University, Boston, and London, England (with studies at
Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Kent Universities).
Languages: Italian, French
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Journalism: Thomson Organisation, THE TIMES & Regional Newspapers, London and Newcastle, England
Literary Editor and Writer (30 years; current)
Books: Developmental, substantive, and copy edit; proofread. Freelance and for publishers in London, New York, Boston, and California.
Other: Research, write, edit, proofread, word process, and produce online content and marketing, advertising, technical, business, legal, and financial documents.
Online Copy Writer and Editor
Walt Disney Internet Group, North Hollywood, CA
Wrote, edited, proofread, updated online content, including retail and creative copy. Originated keywords. Developed editorial guidelines. Policed character,
legal, brand issues. Collaborated with artists, producers. Created and taught writing seminars. Trained and managed contract editors. Performed quality checks.
Senior Technical Writer, Executive Editor, Production Manager
EMCON, national environmental consulting, Los Angeles and Portland, OR
Established corporate editorial policy and document consistency for 50 offices nationwide. Edited and wrote reports, proposals, articles, abstracts, resumes,
handbooks, and procedures. Created and taught writing seminars in-house and in college engineering departments. Managed production and scheduling.
Supervised staff of six. Created and illustrated grammatical blooper cartoons for national newsletter.
Advertising Writer
Syms-York, national printer and publisher, Pacific Northwest
Worked with artists and clients to produce a wide variety of advertising materials.
Journalist
Thomson Publications and International Publishing Corporation, London, England
Reported news and wrote features for daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Attended press conferences at Parliament/Whitehall with Prime Minister Thatcher,
her Cabinet, and other government officials.
ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Author-Photographer: Santa Anita Morning Rhapsody, book, ©2006, Highland Press, San Rafael, CA ; guest on ESPN, Time-Warner, other radio and
television broadcasts; photographs hang in collections around the world
Composer-Singer: Someone Loves, music CD, ©1999
Singer: solo and choral engagements at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Hollywood Bowl, and throughout
Europe; trained at American Center for Music Theatre, L.A.
Actor: roles in film, television, and theatre; trained in London, New York, and Los Angeles
AWARDS
First Prize: North American Geosynthetics Society, technical writer
First Prize: Idaho Advertising Federation, Best of Direct Mail campaign
American Library Association Outstanding Reference Source Award, editor, Magill Books Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court and Popular Musicians
Extraordinary Service: March of Dimes Hero Awards
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Board of Directors, Stony Ridge Observatory (private association with 30” telescope near Mt. Wilson); participated in public relations, preparing proposals and
presentations, writing materials and manuals.
Comic Relief® Special Projects Committee; conceived, organized, and produced fundraising and public relations events; coordinated and managed HBO
shows and national conventions. Worked with celebrities.
EDUCATION
B.A. magna cum laude, English and History, earned in three years. Full academic scholarship. Tufts University, Boston, and London, England (with studies at
Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Kent Universities).
Languages: Italian, French
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Journalism: Thomson Organisation, THE TIMES & Regional Newspapers, London and Newcastle, England
| Karen S. Davis is an award-winning writer, editor, and journalist experienced in professional, technical, commercial, and artistic venues in the U.S. and abroad |