Portfolio

Tia Ross is …

- a technical writer/editor and publication designer

Skills: Page design, layout, typesetting, and print project management.

Specialties: Style guides, training and instruction manuals, operating procedures, proposals and requests for proposals, website copy, nonfiction manuscripts, and event literature.

- a book editor

Skills: 18 years’ experience with copyediting, substantive editing, technical editing, and proofreading of books, screenplays, advertisements, product packaging, marketing collateral, magazines, newsletters, legal documents and websites.

Honors: Editor of NAACP Image Award-winning nonfiction book; named one of top 37 book doctors by Writing Basics Magazine (“Is There a Doctor in the House?”) and listed among top 600 U.S.-based professionals in the “National Directory of Freelance Editors & Writers For Hire.”

- a web developer, content strategist, and content management system consultant

Summary: 14 years of web design, content development, and search engine optimization experience.

Skills: HTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, WordPress and Joomla CMS, SEO, MySQL, and PHP.

Honors: Best Writers Organization Website Award from Writer’s Digest Magazine (2000 & 2002); Best Website awards from Bookzone and BET.com. Conference website holds the #1 spot in search engine results for its niche on Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

- a story writer

Pseudonymously published