Ed Scott
eblakescott@gmail.com
ed-scott.com
Have taken courses in web design, information structure and retrieval, and document design
Future courses include usability, publication management, and knowledge management
Proficient in XML, XHTML, and CSS
Projects have included creating this website (hand coded and of my own design) and a site analysis of the University of Chicago Press's intranet site
The University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies, June 2008
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2005
Word, Excel, Access, Outlook
InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat 9 Pro
XHTML structural markup language, CSS styling language, Javascript
The University of Chicago Press, manuscript editing department, books division
Edit and prepare manuscripts for publication; assist editors in department with copyediting, proofreading, and manuscript preparation; and communicate with authors, designers, and freelance editors as member of book publication team.
Created a macro in Microsoft Word that instituted the Press's style of inclusive numbering in Word documents and provided the macro to editors in the department.
Edited a portion of the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Literacy Volunteers of Illinois, fall 2005 to fall 2006
Editor and writer for monthly VOCAL and Jump Start newsletters.
Organized meetings and trainings as one of three team leaders; helped win another three-year AmeriCorps grant for Project VOCAL in the summer of 2006 because of newsletter and team leader work