Assistant Data Entry

Elisa Ward

323-***-**** . **********@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications:

. Advanced computer skills - both Windows and Macintosh operating systems

and software

. Over ten years writing and proofreading/copy editing experience

(substantive and stylistic)

. Fast, accurate typing (85 WPM), logging, captioning, transcription, and

data entry

. Excellent print and online research and social networking skills

. Good knowledge of Photoshop and QuarkXPress, graphic design, video

editing, and basic html

. Highly organized, proficient, and self-motivated; learn things quickly

. Very comfortable in a deadline environment, excellent multi-tasker, calm

under pressure

. Work well in both a team setting and independently

. Legally able to work in both the United States and Canada

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Professional Experience:

Cinahl Publishing 2009-present - Medical Proofreader/Copy Editor

. Proofread/copy edited and fact checked various continuing education

medical documents

for the nursing profession - onscreen, online, and hard copy

. Worked independently in a weekly deadline environment, managing a heavy

workload (200+ documents per week)

. Performed extensive proofreading and data entry of medical journals

Freelance, 2009-2010 - Transcriptionist

. Transcribed interviews of varying lengths with one-day turnaround time

. Familiar with timecoding, formatting, and FTP servers

E! Entertainment Television, 2008-2009 - Closed Captioner/Transcriptionist

. Transcribed, edited, and formatted scripts of G4 programs, Attack of the

Show and

X-Play for foreign translation which required excellent knowledge and

highly detailed fact

checking of pop culture trends and names

. Performed heavy proofreading and copy editing in a daily deadline

environment

Screen Actors Guild Awards, 2007 - PR Assistant

. Organized, managed, and redesigned SAG's ebay charity auction page

. Transcribed/logged interviews, typed up and researched nomination lists,

took auction

photos and color corrected them in Photoshop

Pandion Entertainment, 2007 - Casting Assistant/Researcher;

Logger/Transcriber

. Performed extensive research for various reality-based shows

. Organized reel database and aided in casting choices on various upcoming

productions

. Logged A-roll and B-roll footage of Samantha Brown's China for the Travel

Channel

(Verbatim entry and summarization)

Norman Thaddeus Vane, Avant Garde Productions, 2007 - Film

Secretary/Assistant

. Typed up screenplays and stageplays (dictated and written) in Final Draft

and Word

. Designed and implemented MySpace and YouTube pages for Vane's film,

You're So

Dead

. Casting assistance and various other administrative duties as needed

Freelance work, 2006-present - Graphic Designer, Writer, Editor, Film

Advertising/Marketing

. Abominable (Ryan Schifrin, Anchor Bay) - designed various items (trading

cards,

t-shirts, buttons, magnets) for promotion of film online and at Fangoria's

Weekend of Horrors in Burbank.

. Little Erin Merriweather (David Morwick, Indican Pictures) - designed

trading cards for the film that were featured at the 2007 Cannes Film

Festival.

. They Came from the Attic (independent) - Casting Assistant and Script

Assistant; implemented original marketing plan for film.

. Happy to Be Here and Mannequin Romance Novel (Sean MacPherson,

independent) - casting assistant, director's assistant, implemented

marketing plan and ideas for MacPherson's new company.

KVOS Television, 2007 - Closed Captioner

. Performed closed captioning for Northwest Notebook and Northwest Food and

Wine

. Was the first CC'er at KVOS and trained others on procedure

The Bellingham Herald 1998-2002 - (Bellingham, WA) Ad Services Clerk

. Copy editing and copy input experience of daily advertisements in daily

deadline environment

. Graphic design/ad building of various advertisements

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Education

. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada-B.A., English

. Book Editing Immersion Workshop, Simon Fraser University, British

Columbia, 2001

Week-long intensive seminar on the Publishing/Editing field

* Received high praise for book marketing presentation, letter writing

skills, and editing abilities

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