Kara Schulz

Skills

Workflow management and mentorship, overseeing content intake, review, quality assurance, publishing, and distribution across high-volume portfolios.

Editing, including developmental and structural editing, copyediting, proofreading, editing for page limits and compliance, and citation management.

Writing and content development, including technical and analytical reports, annual and corporate reports, marketing collateral, and proposals (RFPs, RFAs, RFIs, RFQs, RFTOPs).

Style, templates, design, and formatting, including corporate style guides; template creation, design, training and adoption; presentation design (PowerPoint); Word formatting and document design; and collateral materials.

Direction and stewardship of proposals, complex documents, and systems, including multi-volume proposal production, operational documentation, and document repositories.

About

Editor, writer, and team leader with 20 years of experience, leading editorial systems in mission-driven, social impact organizations, including directing and mentoring writing, editing, and design teams; managing the final stages of hundreds of proposals from $10 million to $1 billion in contract value; and delivering content. Sector and industry experience in federal contracting and procurement, nonprofit organizations, associations, and social impact organizations, and higher education/academic publishing. Fluency in multiple sectors, including health care, transportation, IT infrastructure, WASH, supply chains, health data information, social justice, local governance, gender equality, maternal and newborn health, and cybersecurity.