My last role as Managing Editor included:

►Managing multiple editorial projects independently and concurrently

►Evaluating, hiring, and managing external resources

►Reviews, edits and rewrites

►Ensuring clearly defined project guidelines and expectations

►Translating client needs into project plans

►Creating editorial budgets based on project plans

►Managing quality control processes

►Ensuring client satisfaction by managing client expectations and communicating clearly to resolve issues

►Anticipating risks to schedule, quality, and budget, and worked proactively to mitigate them

►Working with the project team to track budget and schedule

►Working with management and clients to identify and solve project issues

►Interfacing with sales and prospective clients during the sales cycle to clarify project needs, contract terms, and expected timelines

►Ensuring timely project completion

►Acting as an escalation point for clients to proactively resolve issues

►Collaboration across teams to bring in new work and complete current projects


I have over two decades of freelance writing and editing experience:

► Writing (books, articles, profiles)
► Ghostwriting
► Proofreading
► Copyediting
► Indexing
► Translating and editing bilingual texts (Spanish and English)
► Book reviews (adult and children’s fiction)
► Repurposing text (ex. turning articles into blogs or social media posts)
► Substantive editing

Hometown: Buffalo, NY / Current Residence: Metro DC area

Contact: jadabradley@gmail.com

What am I reading? Check out my book blog on IG: booksploitation