writer & editor | graduate level professor | technical writer
Greater Boston Area
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- professor at emerson graduate school of publishing
- author at continuum-publishing
- writer | researcher at freelance - multiple high-profile online and offline
- senior columnist at www.blogcritics.org
- senior writer | editor at museum of fine arts, Boston
- Past
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- Senior Content Writer & Strategist at Fidelity
- senior content writer & strategist at verizon
- content manager| graphic designer at hill & barlow attorneys
- chief content officer at send.com
- Education
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- Boston Univeristy
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Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti’s Summary
email: tantmieux@verizon.net -
feel free to email me to connect or talk about work. I'd love to hear from you.
At present, I am under contract to work on a full-length book about author and photographer Lewis Carroll for a well-known publishing house based out of NYC and London that is due to be published in 2008.
I have worked in publishing in some form for my entire career, whether in traditional book and magazine publshing (i.e, Conde Nast Publications, The Atlantic Monthly) and then to books at David R. Godine, freelance for Houghton Mifflin, Little Brown, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvard University Press, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, etc.
I then moved onto medical work and worked a lot for Harvard University and helped build out the Intelihealth.com site that is now owened by Aetna Insurance. Other medical work includes Mass. General Hospital Neuroscience Department, Harvard University Publishing and MIT Publishing and other biotech and health sites.
Comptuter & Telecom Experience - I have built several large sites on my own but worked in telecom and in the IT department of the country's largest telecom firm, Verizon, where i was Chief Content Officer and developed ALL online collateral for our lead application ("iobi"). I also managed several large sections of our Home page, Verizon.com. I should note that I also have lots of e-commerce and advertising experience with user manuals and the overall user experience.
I have also worked for large financial corporations, such as Fidelity, and find that good writing, regardless of the industry, will carry through almost any vertical market provided the raw data is reliable. For this reason, I have worked successfully for biotech, financial firms, e-commerce, high-tech writing sites, as well as teach and write books, both fiction and non-fiction (published) as well as many articles.
excellent references and portfolios.
Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti’s Experience
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professor
emerson graduate school of publishing
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)
email: tantmieux@verizon.net - please feel free to email me.
Teach editing in all areas (book, web, magazine, newspaper) to graduate level students at Emerson University Graduate School of Publishing for the Spring semester as a professor in the school.
While teaching, this position affords me the time to continue working on a biography about Lewis Carroll (for more about my work and Lewis Carroll, go to any search engine and cross reference "sadi ranson lewis carroll" to see. Ask.com has some interesting material. I'm used often as a primary reference, which is nice. Currently working on a book that is under contract to an international publishing and well-known firm. -
author
continuum-publishing
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Contracted to write a book about Lewis Carroll for Continuum-Books. I will be working on this book while I also am a professor at Emerson Graduate School of Publishing were I teach Book Editing. More, I also work free-lance contracts as a technical writer.
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writer | researcher
freelance - multiple high-profile online and offline
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2005 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Write high-profile stories for high-tech as well as journalistic stories and a regular music column that is highly trafficked for several sites that have won best of the Web (voted by Forbes, Best in Class). Maintain my own site that has also won Best of the Web by several sources and can be viewed at www.tantmieux.squarespace.com.
At present, I am working on newstories as always as well as focusing my energies on my forthcoming full-length book about Lewis Carroll, that is presently under contract with Continuum Books and will be published in 2008 in London and the United States simultaneously - so many irons, many fires.
I also do freelance high-tech contract writing. -
senior columnist
www.blogcritics.org
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
January 2003 — Present (5 years 10 months)
- high profile, high tech and cultural news organization, one of the most respected on the Web.
- is a newsservice used by MSN and other carriers for Home page content along with such magazines as Slate, ESPN News, CNN and others, Blogcritics is one of the options.
- write an extremely popular daily column on high tech and the arts as well.
- excellent articles and tear sheets to show that cover many subjects.
excellent references & work to show. -
senior writer | editor
museum of fine arts, Boston
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
October 1999 — Present (9 years 1 month)
- edit scholarly books for the MFA.
- consult for Website & give advice, information to make improvements.
- edit highprofile techincal books.
- ghostwriter for several major directors (names upon request and only when in serious discussion for obvious reasons, though publications are available).
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Senior Content Writer & Strategist
Fidelity
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)
September 2005 — November 2005 (3 months)
Contract technical writer for a specific project. Handled complex financial services information and translated this for the lay-reader for a brand new Web site. Highly technical work with a quick turnaround time and ability to handle change rapidly.
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senior content writer & strategist
verizon
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 6 months)
• Develop high profile online help & the content for high-profile software applications, in the Software Development Team: with team developed Web Conferencing Tool, Web Portal Application (iobi), and a VZ Money
- handle all content issues and work with software development team to develop feature names.
- wrote flashscripts/content for voiceover.
- handled all online help/tutorials and wrote them in HTML for Kana (content management program.)
- managed junior level writers.
- handled several large sections of our Home page, Verizon.com.
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content manager| graphic designer
hill & barlow attorneys
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Legal Services industry)
January 1997 — December 2001 (5 years)
- designed all brochures & external collateral for this high-powered Boston lawfirm.
- managed all print production and trafficking.
- oversaw and managed Web development.
- wrote, edited, and designed recruiting brochure annually with another staff member and turned this around in a short period time.
- very adjusted to extremely tight deadlines (one day in some cases overnight).
- full portfolio available. -
chief content officer
send.com
(Computer Software industry)
1990 — 1992 (2 years)
Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti’s Education
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Boston Univeristy
B.S., Journalism, Philosophy, September 1984 — January 1991
attended many graduate classes also at Boston University School of Theology & Philosopy, though my main degree is from the College of Communications, i also studied graduate work in Philosophy because i believe studying how to think.
- Activities and Societies:
- The Daily Free Press, newspaper; philosophy debate; columnist for many on campus publications (list available); French club; Ex Libris journal (reader); English Department (volunteer).
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Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti’s Groups:
PEN Society (nominated member); British Charitable Society; WNBA (Women's National Book Association); Bookwire; Tant Mieux; North American Guild of Bell Ringers, Lewis Carroll Society of Great Britain, Researcher at The Morgan Library in New York (at present, this is voluntary). Emerson Graduate School of Publishing.
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Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti’s Honors:
Julia L. Thurson Award for Creative Writing.
Most Oustanding Site - www.tantmieux.squarespace.com (personal site)
Best Creative Non Fiction - Ex Libris Magazine
Employee Recognition Award - Adea Corporation
Slamdunk Award - Verizon
Slamdunk Award - Verizon (second time)
Send.com weekly award - twice.
Voted one of the most influential people at Blogcritics.
Noted Lewis Carroll scholar
Endorsed by Expectingrain and Bobdylan.com
Articles picked up by Google News
National Public Radio interview with Hans Koning about the state of American Publishing.
Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti’s Contact Settings
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