Tamsin Nutter

TOOLKIT

• Creative writer

• Insightful editor

• Exacting copyeditor & proofreader

• Eye for design & layout

• Idea generator

• The Chicago Manual of Style

• AP Stylebook

• Microsoft Office (Mac & PC)

• Basic HTML, Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress, Silverpop, Rebus & Basecamp

• Extensive knowledge of visual & performing arts

• Rusty Italian, basic French & Spanish

• Communications strategy (print, digital, social)

education

CURRENTLY

Senior Writer/Editor at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA September 2018–present

PREVIOUSLY

Associate Editor at Dance Studio Life magazine, Berkeley, CA  2014–2018
Half-time editor and contributor at trade magazine (10 issues/year) devoted to dance education, with an audience of approximately 66,000 dance studio owners and teachers nationwide. Writes features, editors’ letters, and social media posts. Generates and pitches story ideas frequently. Contributes to strategy discussions on editorial direction in print and digital. Has ownership of a wide portfolio of columns, editing for clarity, author intention, and DSL standards and style. Current assignments include “teaching tips” for contemporary, tap, ballet, hip-hop, preschool, and special needs genres; and financial, office management, and self-care columns. Recently developed a playful new photo spread, “Inspiration Wall,” which each month explores a single choreographic theme such as “duets,” “performance makeup,” or “airborne.”

Freelance Copywriter/Editor, San Francisco Bay Area  2011–2013
A time of welcoming awesome kids, moving west, and working freelance. Clients included Cattledog Publishing, Davis, CA, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Associate Writer/Editor at The Museum of Modern Art, New York  2006–2011
Principal copywriter, editor, and proofreader for in-house design team creating marketing communications for one of the world’s best-known museums. Collaborated closely on creative and strategy for exhibition and institutional campaigns. Generated copy for a range of vehicles (websites to radio spots), publications (The New York Times to Time Out New York), and audiences (art world insiders to teenagers).

Interactive/Online

• Apps: Editor, writer, and co–project manager on MoMA’s first iPad App, Ab Ex NY. Best of the Web winner (Mobile) at Museums and the Web 2011; winner, Webby Awards 2011 (Mobile/Lifestyle/Tablets & All Other Devices). “MoMA's new Abstract Expressionist app achieves symbiosis with the iPad: if you’re an art enthusiast with an iPad, consider this app a must-download.”—PC Magazine

• Digital advertising: Wrote copy and collaborated with marketing team and designers on concepting, storyboarding, and strategy for video, animated, and static online advertising.

• Websites & blog: Wrote copy for web, including MoMA.org, marketing microsites, and exhibition subsites.

• Co-editor and occasional blogger on MoMA’s blog, Inside/Out, powered by WordPress.

Print & Outdoor
Wrote copy, collaborated on layout, proofread all files. Print ran in The New York Times, The New Yorker, BOMB, Time Out New York, and more; outdoor included building banners, subway posters, and bus sides.

E-mail
Wrote and project-managed MoMA’s principal monthly e-newsletter, This Month at MoMA. Until June 2009 edited and co–project managed the Museum’s entire schedule of e-mail campaigns. Wrote e-mails, used Dreamweaver to create and edit e-mails in HTML, and uploaded e-mails to Silverpop.

Radio & TV
Wrote radio spots (according to FCC public-radio guidelines) and occasional TV spot scripts.

In-House Miscellaneous
Collateral projects included brochures, postcards, and signage. Co-editor on the Member Calendar, a monthly 60-page roundup of exhibitions and events. Edited press releases for MoMA’s publicists.

Editor and Critic at Dance Project SEQUENCE, Inc., New York  2003–2006
Wrote features and reviews of theater, dance, opera, and Broadway musicals. Edited and proofread all English-language content of The Arts Cure, a Japanese/English bilingual performing arts magazine. Assisted in editorial decisions, managed writers, and edited and uploaded website content.

Freelance Contributor at The Gay City News, New York  2006
Wrote human-interest profiles of dancers, choreographers, lighting designers, and others involved in New York City’s dance scene for weekly newspaper.

Freelance Editor, Copyeditor & Proofreader, New York  2001–2006
Trade publishing clients included Simon & Schuster (Adult Trade and Children’s Divisions); Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books/Walker Books for Young Readers; and Time Warner Book Group, New York. Textbook publishing clients included Holt, Rinehart & Winston and Bill Smith Studio, New York.

Project Editor at E-Financial, Inc., New York  2004–2005
Contract editor for textbook developer on McDougal-Littell literature/language arts workbook for grades 6–12. Edited manuscript for content and style; managed seven writers located all over the country.   

Copyediting Supervisor/Copyeditor at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York  2000–2001
Started as staff copyeditor; promoted to supervisor less than a year later. Supervised copyediting for 2003 literature/language arts textbook, teacher’s edition, grades 6–8, from manuscript through adoption. Managed three staff copyeditors. Made style decisions; reviewed and trafficked manuscript and proof; collaborated with editorial, production, word-processing, and out-of-house writing departments. 

ADDITIONALLY

Volunteer Writing Coach, WriterCoach Connection, Berkeley, CA  JANUARY 2017–PRESENT
Weekly one-on-one coaching sessions with middle-school students on their writing assignments.

Dancer, Stephanie Unger & Artists, Oakland, CA  SEPTEMBER 2017–PRESENT

Volunteer Marketing Co-Chair, Voci Women’s Vocal Ensemble, Oakland, CA  2015–2016
Managed communications calendar, wrote emails and press releases, created Facebook content calendar and posts, and came up with partnership/outreach ideas, including a space-themed concert at Chabot Space & Science Center.

Principal Dancer, Regina Nejman Dance Company, New York  2001–2007
Dancer for contemporary dance ensemble performing in New York City and on international tours to Brazil. “Vivid, daring performing”—The New York Times. “Wild, kinetic energy”—The Village Voice.