Gentle Editing, LLC

About

Mary Ellen Schutz, your Gentle Editor, is a gifted writer, editor, documentation project manager, translation project coordinator, and web designer with more than 20 years experience. Gentle Editing, LLC is located in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Bio

Mary Ellen's writing and editing skills give you the technical expertise needed to move your work from well-done to excellent. Her project management work ensures that your project is done right and on schedule!

Have a global market to address? No time to find a vendor, review your publications for translation readiness, monitor the translations and reviews? Put Mary Ellen's 15 years of experience coordinating translation projects to work for you.

Mary Ellen was born and raised in Michigan. She attended Michigan State University and holds degrees in Urban Planning and Electrical Engineering. She worked as a school facilities planner and a zoning officer in her first career, before returning to school for her engineering degree.

A perpetual student at heart, Mary Ellen found that writing and editing provided the opportunity to indulge her love of learning and collect a paycheck. She was the lead writer for Zenith Data Systems, Groupe Bull for 8 years, writing computer hardware, software, BIOS and other firmware, driver, field and depot service documentation and leading the documentation team.

For 14 years, Mary Ellen worked as senior technical writer and translation coordinator for Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. There she produced online help, tutorials, user and service manuals for a variety of scientific instruments. As translation coordinator, she managed the difficult task of global translations and price comparisons for Thermo Fisher's extensive documentation.
Recently, Mary Ellen branched out into freelancing, with clients ranging from a local veterinarian to Sybex books to the Urban League of Greater Madison.

Mary Ellen lives with her 2 children, 4 cats, a dog and a house rabbit in Madison, Wisconsin. She is active with Angel's Wish, a local, all-volunteer network for sheltering and rehoming animals. She coordinates their Youth Volunteer Program, monitors animal adoptions, and coordinates veterinary care for foster animals.

Web Site: www.GentleEditing.net

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Skills

    Writers
    Web Design

Services

    Writers
        Content Development
        Editors
        Technical Writing