Sue Impey, BA Sp Path Audiol, MSc (Med)
PROFILE:
Sue trained and worked in the medical field as a Speech Pathologist and Audiologist for nine years. She then moved into medical publishing in which she has worked for 22 years as a writer, desktop designer, editor and production manager. Her experience and responsibilities include the full production of print jobs from inception, through layout, design, proofing and final digital delivery to the printer, and quality checking of the printed piece. Design programs used are QuarkXpress, InDesign, Photoshop, scanning programs, and Illustrator. She is able to work independently, or as a member of a team and to keep to deadlines. Sue has also been webmaster of two company websites, using Dreamweaver. This includes some design work, updating developments and ongoing maintenance of the websites.
Sue's talent is to take a project from conception to final printed outcome, making the client's experience quick and painless.
EXPERIENCE:
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND PRODUCTION ARTIST (Nov 2000 - Present)
Freelance desktop design and production of projects for the Calgary Stampede, Trimac, the Alberta Ballet, the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, SYSCO, the University of Calgary, Sundog Printers, Balance Magazine, Health Connections and many smaller clients.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES and
CANADIAN CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Production Manager - (Jan 1999 - Dec 2004)
Management of projects from inception through to delivery of:
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - An international scientific journal |
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Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences annual meeting programs (Call for Abstracts, Preliminary Program, Final Program) |
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Brochures |
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Advertisements relating to the Annual Meeting |
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Newsletters |
Skills and tasks include: Editorial markup of scientific articles; Layout and design of journal using QuarkXpress; Scanning pictures; Proofreading; Liaise and oversee with proofreaders, translators, authors, Editor-in-chief and print houses; Pagination of journal and advertisements; Liaison with printer and checking bluelines/proofs; Design of special projects; Took charge of overseeing quality control of all information disseminated, both in print and electronically. Website responsibilities include the design, updating and ongoing maintenance of two websites.
DIVERSIONS. A monthly leisuretime journal for healthcare professionals (South Africa)
Production Editor Diversions. (1995 - 1998)
Freelance Production Editor Diabetes Focus - quarterly journal for diabetic patients.
Freelance desktop design and production of:
Invitations; A2 promotional brochures; Congress Proceedings; Star Investors Newsletter; Publishing of three full-length books written and illustrated by doctors and sold to doctors or the public.
Undertook the following: Recruitment of articles; Participation in and writing of travel articles; Editing of articles; Scanning of pictures; Layout and design of pages using Apple Macintosh computer and QuarkXpress; Proofreading; Pagination of journal; Liaison with reproduction house; Preparation of journal positives for printing; Liaison with printer; Checking bluelines and quality control.
THE ACADEMY OF FAMILY PRACTICE/PRIMARY CARE (South Africa)
Production Editor for The Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care (1987 - 95)
Management and production of the following journals:
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SA Family Practice - the Official Journal of the Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care, carrying first and third world medical articles for Family practitioners (monthly) |
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The Medical Sex Journal - a quarterly journal for doctors, psychiatrists, gynecologists and urologists, carrying articles on sexual problems commonly seen in the doctor's rooms |
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The Manual of Family Practice - a quarterly manual of common medical problems, each issue dealing with a different area of medicine, such as Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Geriatric Medicine etc. |
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Congress Newspapers - an A3 Newspaper on congress happenings, papers presented, events etc. |
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Congress Abstract booklets - full abstracts of medical congress papers |
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Congress Programmes |
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Diversions- leisuretime journal for healthcare professionals (monthly) |
Duties as above.
MELTON PUBLICATIONS (South Africa)
Editor (1982 - 1987)
Management, editing, and layout for the following journals:
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Hospital News - an A3 monthly Newspaper on hospital events, new medical practices in hospitals, new equipment etc. Skills included writing of stories, reporting on events and congresses, editing of press releases and articles submitted by doctors and other specialists, proofreading, page layout and design, pagination and preparation for reproduction and then positives to print. |
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Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine. Editing included the recruitment of articles from medical specialists and the editing of these, proofreading, page layout and design, pagination and preparation for reproduction and then positives to print. |
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The Internist - a quarterly A4 journal of medical hobbies and general leisure articles for doctors |
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Specialist publications for general practitioners - each quarter a medical specialty was selected, an editor appointed, specialists recruited to write on specific topics within the specialty and then these produced into an updated information journal for GPs. Eg: Pediatrics, Gynecology, Diseases of the Skin etc. |
BARAGWANATH HOSPITAL (South Africa)
Speech Pathologist and Audiologist (1977 - 1982.)
Head of Department (1978 - 1982)
Job description included assessment, diagnosis and treatment of: Aphasia (both due to stroke and to trauma head injury), Language problems (adults and children), Articulation problems, Stuttering, Voice Disorders, Testing of Hearing Problems using pure tone, impedance and Auditory Brainstem Response testing, Assessment and fitting of hearing aids, Language and Speech development in hard of hearing children, Speech preservation in acquired hearing loss.
As Head of Department responsibilities included: Organising and supervising student schedules, Management of six full time staff members, Ordering equipment, Liaison with superintendents regarding the department development, Liaison with other medical professionals in case discussions, Lecturing to doctors on speech and hearing problems in the hospital, Training nurse aids in detection and referral of speech, language and hearing problems in satellite clinics in Soweto.
EDUCATION:
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
BA Speech Pathology & Audiology (1976),
MSc (Med) (1986)
REFERENCES:
Available on request