LAUREN KELLER JOHNSON
PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE
January 1996 – Present
Principal, Ghost in the Machine,
Provide writing and editing services for wide range of clients, including Harvard Business School Publishing, MIT Sloan Management Review, the Balanced Scorecard Report, Pearson Longman Publishing, the McGraw-Hill Companies, and individual authors. Written projects include on-line manager-training tools, management journal articles, historical profiles of companies, and Web-site articles and user guides.
March 1996 – July 2000
Publications Editor, Pegasus Communications, Inc.,
Built and shaped new list for young, growing publisher. Solicited and evaluated book proposals; wrote or ghostwrote books, booklets, and newsletter articles; developed book manuscripts and newsletter articles; wrote Web-site content; oversaw production quality and schedules for book titles.
July 1985 – March 1996
D.C. Heath & Company,
(July 1990 – March 1996)
Developmental Editor
Project manager for college history textbooks, anthologies, and supplements. Evaluated and edited manuscripts, synthesized market reviews, analyzed competition, proposed revision plans to authors, oversaw schedules and production quality, approved advertising copy, acquired supplement authors.
(February 1988 – July 1990)
Production Editor
Oversaw production of college science, math, and computer-science textbooks. Managed freelance help; edited manuscript; and tracked design, typesetting, proof, and printing schedules.(July 1985 – February 1988)
Editorial Assistant
Produced two college English textbooks: copyedited, typemarked, and proofread from manuscript to published books. Provided editorial, administrative, and market-research support for acquisitions editor and production editors.
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree, Technical and Professional Writing,
Course work included publications management, composition theory, oral presentation, graphic design, technical writing, editing, computer programming.
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Psychology,
Emphasis on counseling and physiological psychology.
PUBLISHED WORK
Ongoing contributing writer for:
- Harvard Management Update•Harvard Business Review OnPoint Series
- MIT Sloan Management Review
- Balanced Scorecard Report
- Case in Point and Harvard ManageMentor (eLearning programs offered by Harvard Business School Publishing)
- Results-Driven Manager Series (anthologies published by Harvard Business School Press)
- Harvard Business Literacy for HR Professionals Series (volumes published by Harvard Business School Press)
- Supply Chain Strategy newsletter
- Contingent Workforce Strategies magazine
REFERENCES AND WORK SAMPLES SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST
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