Courtney L. Vien
Courtney.L.Vien@gmail.com
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Editor and writer with 12+ years’ experience developing longform print articles, white papers, reports, books, blog posts, web articles, videos, podcasts, and other types of content. Editor-in-chief of a major accounting journal featuring magazine and web content authored by freelance writers, accounting professionals, researchers, and subject matter experts.
Work Experience
Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA), 2014 – present
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Accountancy, 2021 – present
- Oversee all content for the Journal of Accountancy, the AICPA’s flagship magazine which reaches more than 350,000 CPAs each month. Coordinate end-to-end production of articles, recurring monthly features, front matter, cover, and images.
- Collaborate with various teams within the AICPA, including content strategists, internal and external subject matter experts, editors, designers, and other stakeholders, to ensure content meets organizational goals while maintaining high standards of quality, accuracy, usefulness, and readability.
- Recruit, correspond with, and edit the work of contributors, including CPAs, researchers, subject matter experts, AICPA staff writers, and freelance writers. Mentor writers, freelancers, and newer editors.
- Oversee Academic Update, a monthly newsletter for U.S. and global accounting faculty and Need-to-Know News, a semi-monthly newsletter for accounting majors and CPA Exam candidates.
Senior Editor, Magazines and Newsletters, 2017 – 2021
- Oversaw Extra Credit, a monthly newsletter for U.S. accounting faculty; Academic Adviser, a bimonthly newsletter for global management accounting faculty; and Financial Planning Digest, a weekly newsletter for financial planning professionals. Contributed to other daily, monthly, and bimonthly newsletters including CPA Letter Daily, CPA Insider, and Inclusion Solutions.
- Wrote and edited articles for the Journal of Accountancy’s monthly issues and its website, and for AICPA newsletters, in the areas of personal financial planning, practice management, accounting education, career development, and diversity and inclusion.
- Conceptualized, planned, scripted, recorded, and hosted episodes of the Journal of Accountancy podcast.
- Managed the Magazines and Newsletter’s content for ENGAGE, the AICPA’s largest yearly conference, coordinating with writers and editors to produce web and print articles and podcasts promoting and reporting on the event.
- Recruited freelance writers, assigned them content briefs, trained them on our processes and style, and edited and reviewed their work.
Associate Editor, Magazines and Newsletters, 2014 – 2017
- Oversaw the newsletters Extra Credit, Financial Planning Digest, The EDGE (monthly newsletter for CPAs under 40), and Need-to-Know News (semi-monthly newsletter for accounting majors and CPA Exam candidates), working with subject matter experts within the AICPA to ensure the content in these newsletters was timely and accurate.
- Wrote and edited articles for the Journal of Accountancy’s monthly issues and its website, and for AICPA newsletters.
- Coordinated and reviewed the work of freelance writers and editors.
Self-Employed, 2013 – 2014
Freelance Writer and Editor
- Conceptualized, wrote, edited, and copy edited brochures, fact sheets, website content, case studies, white papers, and other marketing materials for client Rival Health.
- Co-authored and edited Employed for Life (Peter Lang, 2014), a book about 21st-century career paths.
Apollo Group, 2009 – 2013
Senior Editor, 2011 – 2013
- Wrote, edited, and copy edited books, articles, reports, white papers, video and presentation scripts, and other content-marketing materials. Oversaw the work of freelance writers, editors, and designers, ensuring quality, accuracy, and compliance with Chicago or APA style.
- Organized the structure and content of live events and webinars featuring scholars and executives from organizations that included Facebook, the Milken Institute, and the National Association of Manufacturers.
Project Manager, 2010 – 2011
- Wrote and oversaw the production of books, articles, reports, and other publications. Supervised the work of freelance writers, designers, and editors.
Writing Manager, 2009 – 2010
- Wrote and edited web articles and managed a team of five freelance writers.
Education
Ph.D., English
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., English
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., English
Providence College
Software Used
MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Acrobat, Workfront, ProdTrack (proprietary content management system)