Chelsea Adams 3306 N Shoreline Cir Layton, UT 84040 T 801-675-1294 c.juneadams@gmail.com
Education Brigham Young University, Provo, UT—English B.A. and Editing Minor, with Honors, 2013 Editing Minor GPA: 3.91
Experience Personal Assistant, Skyline Ventures Productions; SLC, UT—April 2014 to Present Created budget for film “Three Thousand Cups of Tea.” Transcribed film footage. Helped with public relations.
Associate Editor, Jolly Fish Press; Provo, UT—December 2013 to May 2014 Read and responded to queries. Read and evaluated manuscripts. Assisted in acquisitions process. Completed editorial tasks. Proofread The Fires of Man. Proofread New Sight.
Freelance Developmental Editor; Provo, UT—October 2013 to December 2013 Created outlines for chapters. Worked with author to organize ideas. Taught writing principles for flow and content. Taught researching techniques.
Submissions Reader, Covenant Communications, Inc; Provo, UT—March 2013 to Present Reading and evaluating manuscripts to determine if they should be acquired to publish. Giving detailed feedback via specific forms for Covenant’s use and possible author use.
Teaching Assistant, Julie Ransom; Provo, UT—August 2013 to December 2013 Managed class webpage and blog. Graded assignments. Consulted with students. Completed scheduling and managerial tasks.
Teaching Assistant, Julie Ransom; Provo, UT—August 2012 to December 2012 Managed humanities class webpage, uploaded notes, posted announcements, and sent out email reminders to students. Met with students to help them develop, substantive edit, and copyedit class papers. Ran film lab.
Freelance Proofreader; Provo, UT—May 2012 Reference edited forty pages of notes, references, and index for Dr. Steven Walker’s book The Power of Tolkein’s Prose: Middle Earth’s Magical Style before republication. Updated note and index style to conform with Chicago 16th Edition. Caught and fixed an average two errors per note.
Freelance Copyeditor; Provo, UT—March 2012 to April 2012 Copyedited the novel Through Mud and Monsters to get it ready for publication. Caught and fixed an average of fifteen errors per page.
Editing Intern, Dr. Stephen Walker; Provo, UT—September 2011 to December 2011 Researched, compiled, and completed quotes and sources for Dr. Walker’s book. Found, on average, four sources per page for the fifty-five page book.
Vo l u n t e e r W o r k Co-editor, Insight: BYU Honors Magazine; Provo, UT—August 2012 to August 2013 Worked with authors to substantive edit and copyedit articles for the web and print. Promoted web magazine through facebook and university emails. Gave presentations on editing guidelines outlined in Chicago. Wrote articles for print and web.
Copyeditor, Stowaway Magazine; Provo, UT—January 2013 to April 2013 Worked with authors to fact check and copyedit articles for the print magazine. Wrote article for print publication. Created titles for articles.
Instagram Manager, Stowaway Magazine; Provo, UT—January 2013 to April 2013 Posted travel photos on Instagram twice a week. Coordinated with staff members to obtain photos. Created interesting captions with hashtags to increase viewership. Helped create a style guide for future Instagram managers.
Submissions Team, BYU Women’s Studies Journal; Provo, UT—January 2012 to April 2012 Helped select twelve articles for publication. Provided feedback to authors about their work.
Copyeditor, BYU Women’s Studies Journal; Provo, UT—January 2012 to April 2012 Completed basic copyedits of two articles as part of a team effort to prepare articles for publication.
Copyeditor; Ogden, UT, and Provo, UT—2004 to 2012 Found and edited errors in high school and college level papers. Talked to authors about changes made to papers.
Skills Languages: I am fluent in English and a low intermediate speaker in Arabic. Good communication skills: authors frequently comment on my helpfulness, friendliness, and professionalism.
Computer Skills Platforms: Mac and PC Programs: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, InDesign