• Address: Seattle, WA 98111 (map)
• Date Posted: 09/28/09

JEFF BAKER
325 North 82nd St.
Seattle, WA 98103
Tel: (206) 783-8295
Jeff.Baker AT vmmc.org

Education

The University of Texas, Austin, Texas. 1988-1990
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. 1990-1992. Bachelor of Arts in English

Professional Experience

2002-Present
Creative Consultants Network, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Contract copy editor and writer for various departments and schools, including Schools of Pharmacy, Dentistry, Public Health, Law, Business, Architecture, and Education. Projects have involved research, writing, copy editing, proof-reading, and general editorial consulting.

2002-Present
Managing Editor, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
• Prepare and format manuscripts (~475 per year) for peer-review; manage all aspects of the peer-review process using online review system (Editorial Manager), including communicating with authors and reviewers, preparing reviewed manuscripts and revisions for the Editor-in-Chief's assessment, and transmitting accepted manuscripts to publisher (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
• Copy edit manuscripts to conform to journal style / format guidelines; using publisher’s style sheet and AMA Style Guide.
• Work with Editor-in-Chief on selecting manuscripts for each issue. Examine galley proofs for consistency with journal style and answer publisher queries.

1999-2001
Senior Associate Editor
Yankee Publishing, Inc. Dublin, NH. (Publishers of Yankee Magazine, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, and many ancillary products)
• Generated article ideas, researched, wrote, line-edited, copy-edited, fact-checked, and proofed editorial content for The Old Farmer’s Almanac (circulation: 4,000,000)
• Edited and managed production of two weekly United Feature Syndicate newspaper columns.
• Served as Project Manager for six calendars, including substantive editing, copy-editing, fact- checking, proofing, and overseeing production.
• Researched and wrote copy for three calendars and one commemorative booklet.
• Represented the company in media interviews for newspaper, radio, and television.

1997-2000
• Features, profiles, interviews, or reviews written for The New York Times Magazine, The Oxford American, ICON, Yankee, The Clockwatch Review, and other publications.
• Co-Director: The 1998 Hemingway Days Writer’s Workshop, Key West, Florida.
• Judge: The Lorian Hemingway International Short Story Competition.