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Street Address Jacobs Creek Rd Remote only.LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE Ewing NJ Street Address , USAEMAIL AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE <<< I wrote this r sum myself.<<< PROOFREADERWell qualified to offer professional, practical experience and expertise inperforming proofreading so as to reduce error rate to 0% as well as inperforming fact checking for spot-on accuracy of the content of both printtext and website online text in all areas of business and industry andacademia by working full-time on in-house production teams and by servingas an independent proofer. An asset who demonstrates an up-to-date, diversified, and rarely foundlevel of extensive editorial know-how, who has built a verifiable record ofachievement in the material elevation of levels of written communication,who has a history of making meaningful contributions on the job, and whohas delivered long-term value to meet both today's and tomorrow's needs. Able to communicate efficiently, respectfully, and clearly. Byapplying deep knowledge of things other editors don't know, I have mademeaningful contributions on the job to meet employers' current and futureneeds. Recognized and cited by managers and clients as a high-performing,sophisticated, superior proofer and all-around and minence grise. Offersthorough knowledge of AMA, AP, APA, and Chicago styles of course. Caneasily get acquainted with, say, Vancouver or other styles as required.And has extensive familiarity with today's need for Section 508 regulatorycompliance. CORE COMPETENCIES . Passionate proofreading . Meticulous copy fitting . Spot-on fact checking and researching . Typesetting @ 75 words per minute . Management of multiple projects simultaneously. Advanced mastery of spelling, grammar, syntax, cohesion, organization, and punctuation.. Critical ability to act firmly and responsibly so as to ensure editorial integrity, style consistency, clarity, and accuracy of content; to exercise flexible, incisive, and independent judgment; and, as second nature, to meet the deadlines of projects with conflicting demands.. Mentoring, guiding, and training of proofreaders. LANGUAGESEdit and proofread French and Spanish; translate from French and Spanishinto English. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESchatz Publishing Group, Blackwell, OKTechnical EditorOct 2022-presentCopy editing, proofing, and fact checking of reports and other kinds ofdocuments for US Department of Transportation contractor.EditAmerica, Ewing, NJ, http://www.EditAmerica.com, a sole proprietorship with global reach, operating concurrently with full-time corporate positions-when I have one!Founder/Owner/ProofreaderJan 2000-presentProofreading across industries to help create and build irresistible andcompelling brands for client business leaders at multinationals and start-ups to achieve their publishing goals.Subject and Topic Areas: . Business: Accounting, advertising, business plans, collateral promotional material, company annual reports, employee compensation and benefits handbooks, executive biographies, Forms 10-K and 10-Q, high finance, human resources, interviews, law, legal notices, magazines and other periodicals, marketing material, mass communications, press releases, promotional and public relations material, requests for proposal, Sarbanes-Oxley, speeches, white papers . Education: Biology, chemistry, engineering, English as a foreign language, English grammar, foreign language, history, mathematics, and social studies textbooks for elementary, secondary, and higher education; instructors' guides and manuals; SAT prep books; surveys; tests for teacher certification . Medicine: Biomedical, nursing, and surgical textbooks; clinical trials; continuing medical education (CME); health care; learning disabilities; life sciences; medical and pharmaceutical advertising; patient retention and education; peer-reviewed scientific journals; pharmaceutics; pharmacology; physician prescribing information and patient information inserts and drug labeling according to FDA guidelines; regulatory compliance; slide kits . Technology: Biotechnology, communications technology, computer literature and training materials, high technology, science, technical user's manuals . Other: Scholarly and academic works: bibliographies, college view books, curricula vitae and resumes, directories, dissertations, entertainment and media, essays, memoirs, reference books, religious treatises; blogs; cookbooks; drama; fiction and nonfiction; surveys; travel guidesEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJSenior Editor IIJul 2004-Apr 2009Proofread high-stakes academic test questions for undergraduate andgraduate school admission and for teacher certification in addition toediting other testing products, reports, and collateral publications, allof which were of a difficult, complex nature. Served as liaison acrossdepartments. . Exceeded company's processing target of 48 items per day by processing 90. . Regularly consulted by all company staff on language and writing issues. . Remediated disastrous errors of fact in test items.Bloomberg L.P., Plainsboro, NJCopy Chief and Head Copy Editor, Bloomberg Markets magazine, http://www.bloomberg.com/markets-magazine/Sep 1994-Feb 2004Copyedited, fact-checked, and final-proofread flagship monthlypublication's articles for institutional investors, other high-endfinancial professionals, and subscribers to the Bloomberg Professionalelectronic financial service. Revitalized copy and refreshed house style,which helped increase circulation 200%. Helped hire editors and built theirskills and relationships. . Reduced print error rate to a flat 0% by simplifying and standardizing editorial procedures to eliminate the time and expense of reproofing. . Slashed production costs, achieving bottom-line financial gains via a 300% increase in circulation, a 200% increase in number of advertisers, and a resultant 200% increase in annual revenue. . Saved quantifiable production costs, for bottom-line financial gains via a 300% increase in circulation, a 200% increase in number of advertisers, and a resultant 200% increase in amount of revenue. . Eliminated editorial defects in the company's marketing, promotional, and advertising material via implementation of an interdepartmental task- sharing system of team quality control procedures that maximized my editorial contributions. EDUCATIONWhite Belt, Lean Six Sigma, March 2014Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish; Queens College, Flushing, NY SOFTWARE Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs, ProofHQ, and Adobe pdf files PORTFOLIO: REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS PROOFREAD ON A CONSULTING BASIS-CONCURRENTLY WITH FULL-TIME POSITIONS- An American Hedge Fund, Sykes: https://www.timothysykes.com/an-american- hedgefund/index_files/AnAmericanHedgeFund.pdf.- Company annual reports, SEC Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and collateral material variously for Amerisource Bergen, AMETEK, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Mental Health Association of New York City, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Xerox.- Global Entertainment and Media Outlook, 2012-2016, plus the eight previous annual volumes, PricewaterhouseCoopers: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/industries/tmt/media/outlook.html/.- A Guide to Forensic Accounting Investigation, Golden et al., PricewaterhouseCoopers/Wiley: http://160592857366.free.fr/joe/ebooks/Corporate%20Finance/Wiley%20A%20Guid e%20to%20Forensic%20Accounting%20Investigation.pdf.- Hammarskjold: A Life, Lipsey: https://www.amazon.com/Hammarskj%C3%B6ld- Life-Roger-Lipsey/dp/PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE- "Macroeconomic releases and the interest rate term structure," Lu and Wu, Journal of Monetary Economics: http://faculty.baruch.cuny.edu/lwu/papers/LuWuJME2009.pdf.- Paralegal, Bernardo: https://www.amazon.com/Paralegal-Insiders-Todays- Fastest-Growing-Careers/dp/PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE- R&C Worlds Express, retail and consumer business series, PricewaterhouseCoopers.- Technology Forecast, a quarterly journal, PricewaterhouseCoopers. AWARDS Three 2011 American Graphic Design Awards for editorial excellence COMMUNITY SERVICE Volunteer editor, pro bono editor, literacy tutor, high school career day seminar speaker, news recorder for the blind, charities volunteer, Meals on Wheels volunteer |
