WORDS & PUNCTUATION
I spend my days as an assistant language teacher at an international high school in Japan, where I do my best to pass along my love of language, grammar, and culture to my students. I also like to wield a red pen and style manual as a freelance editor and writer.
Want to work with me? Let’s connect. My past work experience includes technical writing, editing, publication management, web design, and social media.
FEATURED WORK
beyondwords: a blog for professional writers, editors, and designers 
In 2008, I launched beyondwords with co-author Lindsey LaTour as an online space for professional writers to share, create, learn, and explore what it means to be a part of the professional writing community. I write original content for the blog and manage features, design, and online promotion.
One of the blog’s most successful series has been In the Workplace, where featured writers, editors, and designers give a glimpse into the work they do, from how they create and communicate in their job to how they define professional writing.
London City Report 
The London City Report is one of a series of illustrated city guides by editorial design consultant and art director Luis Mendo. My role in the project was as proofreader. I provided basic editing of the text, which included three edits throughout the publication process that dealt with typographical errors, grammar, punctuation, and style consistency. The piece was published in July 2010 in the Journal de Nîmes No 5.
Voices of the American Cancer Society 
As Constituent Communications Manager for the American Cancer Society, I managed production of the Great Lakes Division’s monthly e-newsletter, Voices of the American Cancer Society. This included leading the editorial board, conducting research and interviews, and writing and editing articles. The styles of writing varied, covering such areas as survivorship and volunteerism features, research-based articles, and education and resource highlights.
As manager of Voices, I led an initiative to increase subscriptions through targeted constituent invitations, nearly doubling the number of subscribed readers. I also managed reader feedback and created a digital archive of the publication for easy access.
www.angelashetler.com 
I have maintained an online portfolio for several years. My first online portfolio was created while I was an undergraduate student, and it was made with Dreamweaver and Photoshop and hosted on university server space. I launched www.angelashetler.com in 2008 with a refreshed design that incorporated CSS, both for style consistency and to learn the markup language. While I have been blogging elsewhere since 2003, I decided to expand my portfolio to include a blog dedicated to my inspirations and ideas as a creative professional. This is the current design iteration, and it utilizes WordPress as a content management system.
My personal branding centers on the use of the @ symbol as part of my name, supplemented by proofreading and editing marks. I use the @ symbol as a way to convey technology and writing in the online space in a way that is visually unique and memorable, which I wrote about in “What’s in a brand?”
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT ME
I had the good fortune of having Angela as part of my staff team. She was very thorough in her work and addressed work in her area of responsibility with a sense of pride and responsibility. She always demonstrated a great attitude at work and was a pleasure to have on my team. I consider her an expert writer, and very proficient in a variety of communication channels, from journalism to new media.”
– Gary McMullen, Vice President, Communications, American Cancer Society
Angela was a tremendous resource to our entire company. Despite a heavy volume of output from different departments and short deadlines, she maintained a keen and exacting standard for all our client-facing publications. She proofread our contributions and helped us to maintain a consistency in the tone and style of our writing. Most importantly, she is extremely approachable and a pleasure to work with.”
– Ali Khan, Former Senior Economist, CSM Worldwide
I have known Angela for over six years, first as a fellow student, a fellow researcher, and then as a professional colleague. As a fellow student, Angela always exhibited a flawless work ethic and a high regard for respecting the ideas and input of others. Simultaneously, she also provided focused direction in team projects. As a researcher, Angela had great finesse in guiding research at Michigan State University’s Usability Center. She has a knack for making others feel comfortable in new situations.
As colleagues, Angela has visited my professional writing classroom as a guest speaker. Her presentation skills are outstanding in that she has an extremely professional persona. Angela is able to sense the audience and engage them at a comfortable yet challenging level. Over the years I have known her, Angela has on more than one occasion shown a special talent for attending to the needs of any particular audience.”
– Martine Courant Rife, Writing Faculty, Communication Department, Lansing Community College
I’ve known Angela for more than 20 years, and I think she has been editing my work since the first grade. Her proofreading skills are excellent and she knows how to tighten up my writing without losing my voice. I have worked for a number of different companies over the past five years and Angela has always been my editor. She gives great suggestions and her attention to detail is very impressive. If you want your writing to be clear, concise, and free of mistakes, I highly recommend that you contact Angela.”
– Stephanie Pendrys, Marketing and Media Relations Manager
