San Diego, California, United States
Matt Lewis has worked in positions such as copy editing, copy writing, retail management, and technical writing. I have over fifteen years of experience in editing for publishing, medical librarianship, library service, and technical communication. I have a bachelor’s degree from Cal State San Marcos, a certificate in technical communication from UCSD Extension, and I am working toward my MMLIS degree from USC Bovard College. I have also been a lead editor for several long-form publishing projects, including a fiction anthology series and a literary magazine. I am adept at leading a team in project management, adhering to deadlines at all costs, and improvising quickly when situations change. I am a self-starter, and I like to work with people who have both a creative vision and a down-to-earth approach to achieving their goal.
Supporting reliable access to the Library's electronic journals, books, databases, and streaming media. Managing the full lifecycle of e-resources, troubleshoot access issues, and keeping discovery systems accurate and up to date.
Assistant Librarian for the Health Sciences Library at the Sharp Memorial campus in San Diego, CA. Duties include daily ILL lending/borrowing management, cataloging & daily tasks for the ILMS system, laptop maintenance, LibAnswers task management, and collection development. Frequent tasks include working with EBSCOhost, DOCLINE, EFTS, OCLC/Worldcat, GOBI, and OPALs. I also conduct literature review research with databases like PubMed, CINAHL, ClinicalKey, Trip, and UptoDate. I record departmental statistics and shared calendars through Outlook, Teams, and Reference Analytics (LibApps).
Retail Director and Purchasing Manager for the Community Health Library in the Cushman Wellness center at the Sharp Outpatient Pavilion in San Diego, CA. ● Editorial responsibilities include copy editing for staff manuscript submissions, copy writing bi-monthly library newsletter, inter-library loan retrieval and distribution. ● Managerial duties for the Library Store at the Cushman Wellness Center, calendar scheduling for the Outpatient Pavilion classroom spaces, technical support for visiting staff. ● Administrative task creator and manager for several department-wide shared documents including yearly budget, visitor statistics, and store sales performance, all created via various MS Office formats.
Book reviewer for the Noir section of the Los Angeles Review of Books webpage. https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/matt-e-lewis/
● Lead Editor of Ayahuasca Publishing, an independent book press, which publishes works of fiction. ● Co-editor of the States of Terror horror anthology book series. ● Established all lines of distribution, marketing, web development, work allocation, and social media content creation. ● Coordinated with a team of co-editors to ensure accuracy of information and consistency of style. ● This project (completed in Fall 2016) has involved the coordination of fifty writers and seventy graphic artists.
● Copy Editor of The Radvocate literary magazine, a publication created for the non-profit literary arts group So Say We All, which features emerging artists and writers. ● Provided support for branding, marketing, web development, social media, and internal coordination of several live events. ● Facilitated donor meetings and fundraising campaigns for the executive board.