Ruth Lane
Senior Editor at J. Paul Getty Trust
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRuth Lane is a senior editor and project manager with over a decade of experience producing art-history, archaeology, and museum publications at the J. Paul Getty Trust. She has led complex, high-profile book projects—from award-winning graphic biographies to exhibition catalogues and digital art-book platforms—while overseeing peer review, acquisitions proposals, and departmental style guidance. Skilled at mentoring and building teams, Ruth hires and manages interns, freelance editors, translators, and indexers and trains colleagues in the Chicago Manual of Style and digital editing tools. Her background includes hands-on editorial roles at the Getty Museum and early experience in teaching and nonprofit communications, giving her a rare combination of scholarly rigor and public-facing storytelling. Based in Los Angeles, she pairs deep subject-matter knowledge with practical project leadership, routinely navigating the intersection of print and digital publishing. An understated strength is her track record of launching new titles and platforms that broaden access to scholarly work without sacrificing editorial excellence.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, English Literature, Bachelor's Degree, English Literature at Knox CollegeMaster's Degree, English Literature, Master's Degree, English Literature at Loyola Marymount University
French, Italian
Github Skills (3)
sky9
kaios7
terraform4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
thegetty/artistryinbronze
Jun 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:36 commits, 1 PR, 2 branches in 7 months
greeks
thegetty/terracottas
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily, by Maria Lucia Ferruzza
Contributions:35 commits, 2 pushes in 2 months
skyancientsouthkaioslucia
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