Office Quality

NIGEL A. ROGERS

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NEW YORK, NY 10025

TEL: 212-***-****

EDUCATION: QUEENS COLLEGE, Georgetown, Guyana

General Certificate of Education.

Honors: English Language; English Literature; History.

Copy Editor/Proofreader (Freelance)

May–Nov. 1995 Grolier Incorporated, Sherman Tpke., Danbury, CT.

Researched and copy edited articles authored at the professorial

level and slated for appearance in the Encyclopedia Americana

(fine arts bias).

1994–Present Thumb Print, 30 S. Portland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

Researching recently published books that elaborate upon concise

articles appearing in the Encyclopedia Americana; updating

bibliographies accompanying those articles; proofreading text-

intensive tradebooks.

1990–Present Watson/Guptill Publications, 1515 Broadway, NY.

Trade books and reference manuals due for publication; some

indexing.

Copy Editor/Proofreader

Custom Staffing, 228 East 45th Street, New York, NY.

2010–Present

Day-to-day assignments with leading financial and legal

companies. Proficiency with onscreen corrections using Microsoft

Office suite and PowerPoint.

2000–2002 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY.

Quality assessment and copy editing/proofreading of pitch books,

offering memoranda and in-house instruction and policy manuals.

1999–2000 Schroders, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY

Pitch books, offering memoranda. Copy editing of departmental

newsletter (company-wide circulation).

1998–1999 SG Cowen, 1146 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Copy editing of pitch books, offering memoranda, and

miscellaneous publications meant for client consumption.

The following are my technical skills, in descending order of

proficiency: Microsoft Office suite; PowerPoint; Adobe Acrobat

Additional Information

Winner of alma mater’s Ivy Loncke Memorial Prize for earning

distinctions in English Language and Literature at a single sitting.

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