Rebecca D. Freed 1546 Hearst Ave. Berkeley California 94703 USA 1 (510) 541-6014 beccafreed@yahoo.com Editor and Translator Translation Qualifications • Working language pair: French to U.S. English (native English speaker) • Expert project manager and editor with 15 years experience in English • Areas of specialization: Computer hardware and software, Web site design and information architecture, general business • Member American Translators Association and Northern California Translators Association • Candidate for ATA certification, fall 2002 • CAT tool used: MetaTexis • Both Windows and Macintosh hardware platforms available Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access; Adobe FrameMaker and Photoshop; FileMaker; Macromedia DreamWeaver • Can accept and send faxes • Sample translations available upon request Professional Editing Experience Senior Reviews Editor, PC World magazine and Web site, October 2000 to present Duties include: • Develop, assign, and edit comparative reviews of computer-related products for PC World. • Supervise three junior editors, reviewing their edits and suggesting ways to improve their editing and writing skills. • Pitch and write news and reviews articles. • Comanage the Reviews department with two colleagues, determining topics to cover and allocation of work among staff, and developing departmental procedures. • Repair and maintain databases and spreadsheets used by Reviews department to track product information and projects. Accomplishments include: • Created task-tracking database in Microsoft Access for Reviews department. • Overhauled Excel workbook used for rating scanners and created companion database to store product information. • Modified existing Access database and Excel ratings spreadsheet to accommodate new product class. Managing Editor, PCWorld.com, July 1997 to September 2000 • Provided editorial leadership and operations management for database-driven high-tech Web site serving 13 million page views per month. • Ensured the on-time, accurate production of up to 15 stories per day. Duties included: • Helped editors define scope and objectives of new site elements, then presented them to the site programmers and monitored projects' progress. • Developed and monitored sitewide and departmental budgets. • Scheduled and monitored ongoing editorial production deadlines. • Established editorial production procedures. • Hired, trained, and supervised PCWorld.com copy editors, including training them to use PCWorld.com's XML tagging system. • Managed the flow of editorial content from print magazine to Web site. Accomplishments included: • Coordinated simultaneous site redesign and conversion from static HTML page production to dynamic page generation using XML and content management system. Completed in March 1998. Performed same role for sitewide redesign completed in June 2000. • Made most decisions regarding editorial direction and operation of the site from April 1998 to July 1999. • Made presentations to professional associations about PCWorld.com's implementation of XML. Freelance Editor, October 1996 to June 1997 Projects included: • Acting assistant managing editor, PC World magazine. Coordinated copy flow among production, art, and editorial departments. Created production schedules, tracked progress of all issue elements. • Lead copy editor for Netscape marketing extranet. • Book development editor for IDG Books. Set schedule for manuscript submission and monitored author's progress. Edited manuscript for organization, writing level, and conformance to book series guidelines. Managed technical edit of manuscript. Tracked progress of all book elements. Other clients included: Microsoft Sidewalk • Forbes ASAP • PC Computing • The Red Herring Copy Chief, Computer Life, June 1994 to September 1996 • Checked in text and graphics files from editors. • Hired copy editors and trained them in house style and production procedures. • Communicated deadlines to copy editors and editors. • Wrote and maintained Computer Life's style guide. • Read each editorial page of the magazine and inspected final proofs. Copy Chief, Wired, March 1994 to May 1994 • Developed and maintained Wired's house style guide. • Assigned editing and proofreading to junior copy editors. Chief Copy Editor, InfoWorld, March 1992 to February 1994 Senior Copy Editor, InfoWorld, July 1991 to February 1992 Copy Editor, InfoWorld, April 1990 to June 1991 Production Editor, Medical World News, Miller Freeman, May 1988 to March 1990 Education Bachelor of Arts in French and English Literature, University of California at Santa Barbara, June 1986 References available upon request