Kate Victory Hannisian has extensive experience as a writer, editor and content developer. Kate works with emersongroup clients on a variety of projects, including book manuscripts, book proposals, articles for professional and trade journals, and content for websites, special reports, blogs and newsletters. Her journalism background allows her to tackle projects related to a wide range of business and financial subjects. In addition to her work with emersongroup, Kate has taught copyediting and book publishing classes as an adjunct at Emerson College, and has conducted workshops on business writing and social media at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Enterprise Center at Salem State University. She also implements projects as an independent consultant, providing “book therapy” and developmental editing and copy editing services for nonfiction and fiction authors. Projects have included writing a policy report for the National Women’s Business Council and book proposal development for The Great Penguin Rescue by Dyan deNapoli (Free Press/Simon & Schuster). Before switching to freelancing in 2000, Kate spent 17 years as a journalist, writing and editing business-to-business and business-to-consumer newsletters, including Cutter Information Corp.’s Business and the Environment and ISO 14000 Update, Cambridge Corporation’s Merger Management Report, and Donoghue’s MONEYLETTER. She served as a contributing editor to the policy journal Global Change and the Bowne Review for CFOs & Investment Bankers, and as editor of Bank Administration Institute’s Bankers Middle Market Lending Letter. When not working with clients, Kate enjoys writing (and reading) novels. She is a member of the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce and the Editorial Freelancers Association. She earned a BA degree in English Literature and Speech Communications from Boston College.