Maureen Spurr

About Maureen Spurr

Contact: M••••••••@gmail.com | 31••••••50 | Content Editor, Writer and Publishing Professional | Digital Portfolio: Exceptional, hands-on content developer and editor who brings thought-provoking written perspectives to a broad spectrum of industries. Strong online and offline feature-article writing skills along with the editorial ability to use web-based technologies that increase quality, save time, reduce errors and shorten sales timelines. High-volume content editor and writer with effective collaborative skills among sales, operations, marketing and inventory control teams. Proficient in the development of corporate style guides from concept to ensure consistent branding. Proven entrepreneurial strengths with start-ups and turnarounds. A quick industry learner who brings diverse experience that includes software, health and wellness, education, beauty products, animal care and social well-being. Specialties: Writing | Editing | Content Development | Proofreading | Copyediting | News Writing | Communications | Journalistic Writing | Publishing | Fiction Writing | Developmental Editing | B2B | B2C | Feature Writing | Blogs | Adobe Creative Suite | Workfront | Daptiv | Microsoft Office Suite | Microsoft Word | Microsoft Excel | Microsoft Office Teams | PowerPoint | SharePoint | Slack | Software | Health and Wellness | Education | Beauty Products | Animal Care | Social Well-Being | Customer Service | CMS

Experience

1. Senior Editorial Manager (Editing, Proofreading, Management, Education)

   Pivot Point International

   Jan 2001 — Present · Chicago, IL

   25 million global hair and beauty educational content training publisher for beauty and barber professionals. • Manage small (two- to six-person) editorial team through development and production of educational programs for the cosmetology industry • Oversee writing and editing of programs through multiple media such as textbooks, study guides, teacher support materials, DVDs, CD-ROMs and online learning systems • Work extensively with content developers, SMEs and graphic designers from concept to completion • Write, edit and proofread sales/marketing collateral and create content for social media • Manage workflow, develop and forecast timelines and assign resources; manage budget, reprints and corrections systems • Created first company style guide documenting standardized language use for consistency across all published materials; document editorial systems and procedures •Reduced customer complaints by 25% through the development of a centralized, web-based SharePoint corrections site where publication changes were consistently updated and easily accessible to sales/field teams • Established program tracking system to solve reprint inconsistency issue so students would not end up with mismatched books in the classroom

Education

• University of California, San Diego

  BA, Literature/Writing

  1986 — 1990