Assistant Office
Resume:
JENNY
MIYASAKI
Ogden
Drive,
Los
Angeles,
CA
90035
*********@*****.***
P R O F I L E
Detail-driven and skilled at managing multiple publishing projects at once. Led the production of over forty books
from manuscript to bound copy. Demonstrated ability to successfully coordinate and communicate among individuals,
departments, and vendors to finish tasks and meet challenging deadlines. Motivated to excel as part of a team that
creates exceptional work on time every time.
E X P E R I E N C E
Legal
Intern,
Broadcasting
Board
of
Governors/Voice
of
America,
Washington,
D.C.
June-
August
2011
• Researched
and
reviewed
settlement
agreements
prepared
by
the
Office
of
General
Counsel
to
ensure
legal
sufficiency
and
compliance
with
federal
EEOC
standards.
• Copyedited
final
agency
decisions.
• Wrote
copy
for
Title
IX
legal
compliance
brochures
for
agency-
wide
distribution.
• Copyedited
and
maintained
the
Office
of
Civil
Rights
Web
site
with
federal
security
clearance.
• Assisted
in
processing
employment
discrimination
complaints.
Freelance
Copy
Editor
and
Proofreader,
Simon
&
Schuster,
Bloomsbury
Publishing,
Penguin
Young
Readers
Group,
New
York,
NY
2009-
2010
• Copyedited
adolescent
and
teen
fiction
manuscripts.
• Proofread
adult
trade
fiction
and
nonfiction
digital
transcripts
and
typeset
page
proofs
against
copyedited
manuscripts,
ensuring
grammatical,
typographical,
and
stylistic
consistency.
• Researched
and
fact
checked
for
accuracy
and
consistency.
Production
Editor,
Bloomsbury
Publishing,
New
York,
NY
2008-
2009
• Managed
every
stage
of
production
of
adult
trade
fiction
and
nonfiction
titles.
• Coordinated
schedules
among
authors
and
freelancers,
as
well
as
the
editorial,
art,
and
production
departments.
• Hired,
supervised,
and
worked
closely
with
freelance
copy
editors,
proofreaders,
indexers,
and
designers.
• Prepared
manuscripts
and
interior
art
for
typesetting
and
reviewed
various
stages
of
page
proofs
and
color
correction.
• Edited
jacket
copy
and
proofread
jacket
proofs
for
text
and
design
errors.
Assistant
Production
Editor,
Bloomsbury
Publishing,
New
York,
NY
2007-
2008
• Managed
the
production
of
paperback
editions
of
adult
trade
books.
• Copyedited
cover
copy
and
created
new
copyright
pages,
front
matter,
and
quote
pages
in
Quark.
• Checked
revised
page
proofs
against
first
pass
pages
and
performed
final
“slug”
of
page
proofs
for
continuity.
Freelance
Writer,
Citysearch.com,
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Guardian,
Hyphen,
SFStation.com,
San
Francisco,
CA
2005-
2007
• Wrote
and
edited
album
reviews,
music
previews,
musician
profiles,
and
weekly
events
listings.
Assistant
Rights
and
Photo
Editor,
Pearson
Custom
Publishing,
Boston,
MA
2004-
2005
• Prepared
copyright
license
agreements
and
issued
payment
for
reprint
and
reproduction
permission
from
publishers,
authors,
literary
agencies,
and
photo
agencies.
• Researched,
acquired,
and
licensed
photos
from
individual
photographers
and
stock
photo
agencies.
• Maintained
a
database
of
author
and
photographer
license
agreements
and
payments.
E D U C A T I O N
Loyola
Law
School,
Los
Angeles,
CA
2010-
2011
Boston
College,
Master
of
Arts,
English
literature
May
2004
Colorado
State
University,
Bachelor
of
Arts,
English
literature
and
creative
writing
May
2002
S K I L L S
Thorough
knowledge
of
Chicago
Manual
of
Style
(have
adapted
to
many
house
styles),
Mac
OS
X
platform,
Microsoft
Office,
LexisNexis,
Westlaw.
Working
knowledge
of
HTML,
Quark,
Adobe
InDesign,
Acrobat
Photoshop,
and
Illustrator.
Intermediate
knowledge
of
French.
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