Elaine Caughlan

Background

About Elaine Caughlan

February 2022-Present-Retired Senior Copy Editor Benchmark Education Company • June 2014-BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY-Staff Copy Editor •January 2013-August 2014-Freelance Copy editor and Proofreader of e-books for becker & mayer!(copy edit using MS tracked changes and comments, proofread using Adobe Acrobat Pro XI). February 2022-Retired-July 15, 2022-Senior Copy Editor, Benchmark Education Company •2010-June 2014-BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY-Freelance Copy editor and Proofreader. •2013-February 2014-Reader for DIRECT BRANDS MYSTERY GUILD CLUB-Read and critique assigned books for possible choice by Direct Brands as Mystery Guild Book Club selections. •2011-UNITED STATES SATELLITE LABORATORY-Freelance proofreader United States Satellite Laboratory, which has partnered with Columbia University Teachers College to offer qualified educators a Science Teaching Certificate in Applied Science Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM curriculum). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been USSL’s sponsor. Proofread two editions of the course and course textbook "Marine Science: The Dynamic Ocean," and revised both indexes. Staff Positions: • Benchmark Education Company-Copy editor • McGraw-Hill-Copy editor/Proofreader • Simon & Schuster-Copy editor/Proofreader • The Putnam Publishing Group-Copy editor/Proofreader/Editorial Administrative Assistant • Avon Products-Editorial coordinator • Girl Scouts U.S.A-Editor: Copy editor-edited and proofread monographs and corporate publications. Freelance Proofreader for: Random House; Bantam, Doubleday, Dell; Simon & Schuster. Proofread best-selling authors: Danielle Steel, John Grisham, Dean Koontz, and Peter Straub. As Executive Editorial Assistant, interacted with agents and authors and provided key support for the President and Publisher, recorded weekly editorial board and management committee meetings and recorded the minutes, prepared manuscripts from acquisition through publication, copy edited catalog copy and evaluated unsolicited manuscripts, composing critical responses to the authors, for the publisher’s signature.