Terry Rather

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EXPERIENCE

Sedgwick LLP San Francisco, California

Legal Marketing Editor September 2006 - present

Writes and edits marketing and business development materials, including practice area descriptions,

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brochures, news releases, advertisements, newsletters, and other firm publications and collateral material

Manages the content, style and tone of copy used in all marketing materials

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Conducts business development research for attorneys

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Received excellent performance evaluations; successfully completes responsibilities with limited

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supervision

Received multiple positive evaluations from clients; models effective, appropriate communication with

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customers and coworkers and used it to de-escalate and resolve conflict

Standard and Poor?s Ratings Services San Francisco, California

Editor February 2004 - August 2006

Edited analyst reports, commentaries, research updates and bulletins for real-time publication

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Wrote news releases on breaking financial news

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Earned recognition from managers for strong performance; worked long hours as required to meet

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business needs

Built a reputation for providing excellent customer service

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Contra Costa Times Walnut Creek, California

Slot Editor/Copy Editor August 2003 - January 2004

Supervised and slotted work of other copy editors

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Edited nation, world, local news and sports stories and features for context, accuracy, grammar, spelling

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and punctuation

Monitored and selected stories from the news wire for publication

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Wrote creative headlines and captions

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Supervised several direct reports; maintained a strong team by properly coaching, counseling and

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disciplining direct reports

Built strong relationships with coworkers

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East Bay Business Times Pleasanton, California

Web Editor June 2001 - May 2003

Wrote and edited timely news stories for the business publication's website

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Wrote feature articles for the weekly newspaper; uploaded and published on the web stories from the

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print publication

Planned, created, edited and laid out feature sections and briefs pages for the print publication

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Planned, designed and edited special projects sections

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EDUCATION

John F. Kennedy School of Law Pleasant Hill, California

J.D. in Law

Activities: Served as Note and Comments Editor, John F. Kennedy Law Review

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San Diego State University San Diego, California

B.A. in Journalism

Activities: Newsletter Editor of Black Journalists organization; Newsletter Editor of Sigma Chi

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ADDITIONAL

? Volunteer Activities: Pacific Center Board of Directors member (1998-1999)

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