EMPLOYMENT

BARNES & NOBLE PUBLISHING, New York, NY
Editor, Mar 2007-Jul 2007
Freelance editor, Nov 04-Mar 05; Assistant Editor, Mar 05-Mar 06; Associate Editor, Mar 06-Mar 07

Barnes & Noble Shakespeare
Worked with professors, writers, and executives on new editions of Shakespeare's complete works
- Produced glosses, footnotes, and supplementary essays
- Created detailed writing and style guides; line edited and copyedited manuscripts
- Wrote and managed multiple budgets
- Assisted senior editor in planning table of contents, evaluating material from contributing professors, sourcing images, and overseeing design and production process

Spark Publishing
Developed series and individual titles for Barnes & Noble Publishing's youth/educational division
- Prepared text for three graphic novels based on Shakespeare's plays
- Commissioned a team of comics illustrators and directed their progress
- Created Spark Your Career, a 5-title series on the creative industries, and oversaw process from conception through writing, design, and production
- Managed teams of up to 20 freelancers
- Mentored junior editors

LAKESIDE SCHOOL, Seattle, WA
Teacher, Upper School English Department, Aug 2002-Jun 2003
- Taught 9th- and 10th-grade classes
- Co-advised Asian-Pacific club; helped found mixed-race student group
- Directed spring mainstage play; taught various theater workshops