Quality Assurance Administrative Assistant

Marilyn Anne Korzybski

**** ********** *****, ********* *** Havre de Grace, Maryland 21078

443-***-**** ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE Proofreader/Quality Assurance

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in Art History College Park, MD May 2003

-Coursework included: American Literature, African-American Literature, and 20th Century Art History.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE Washington, DC February 2008 Present

Freelance Proofreader/Copyeditor

-Ensure accuracy and consistency in Word documents, checking for grammatical and typographical errors.

-Copyedit publications produced by the Institute.

MGH ADVERTISING Owings Mills, MD February 2008 January 2009

Proofreader in the Interactive Department

-Edited and proofread materials including public relations documents, advertising/marketing collateral and websites.

-Performed quality assurance checks on formatting and content on websites.

-Wrote, proofread, revised and managed RFPs throughout all sections, specifically including executive summaries

and technical approaches.

-Tested flash ad banners.

-Successfully tested a minimum of five websites per week in Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.

BMW&W Baltimore, MD January 2007 January 2008

Proofreader

-Responsible for proofreading a wide variety of marketing materials, including websites and journal publications,

using standard proofreading marks.

-Gave quality assurance checks on all deliverables.

-Performed cross-browser testing for accuracy and consistency in all documents.

-Created graphics (charts, tables and diagrams) to illustrate concepts.

ACTIVE INDUSTRY RESEARCH Columbia, MD 2004 2006

Proofreader/Administrative Assistant

-Direct assistant to the CEO.

-Assisted the CEO with marketing research, faxing, filing, receiving phone calls, booking travel and writing emails

on his behalf.

-Proofread, created and edited Excel spreadsheets. Managed internal database and created presentations based on

information.

BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART Baltimore, MD 2002 2003

Public Relations Intern/Administrative Assistant

-Wrote press releases and edited/proofread direct mailings.

-Researched and wrote artist biographies used the internet as a search engine.

-Planned events, including gallery openings for the media.

OTHER SKILLS

-Proficient in MS Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Adobe, Photoshop and Word.

-Detail oriented, with strong written and oral communication skills.

-Able to work independently and as part of a team.

-Knowledge of Flash and HTML.

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