Louis Standish

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Employment

Fitch Ratings Editor, New York, NY 2013-present

Prepare reports for publication on the economic status of sovereigns and municipalities

Edit according to house style and specific deadlines

Identify bugs in new reporting format and brainstorm on future advancements

Revise articles for company’s wire service

Learning Express, LLC Quality Assurance Tester, New York, NY 2013

Verified functionality of educational software, working on both PC and Mac systems

Collaborated with various departments to ensure launch dates and other deadlines

Created write-ups for steps to be followed and errors in functionality

Nurisco Editor, Telecommuting, 2013

Revised and rewrote scholarly articles from nonnative English scholars

Strengthened content centered around complex topics in the Social Sciences and Information Technology

Geotext Translations, Inc. Proofreader, New York, NY 2012-2013

Proofread translated documents for multinational company that services over 700 corporate legal departments

Ensured consistency of technical, financial, and legal documents

The Froebe Group, LLC Editorial Assistant/Systems Manager, New York, NY 2010-present

Provide editorial and administrative support for one of the foremost law school textbook editors

Manage all internal systems and tech support, including remote set-up of offices for off-site editors

Proofread and transfer authors' corrections to texts in preparation for publication

Fact check and ensure clear editorial style of all Aspen Publishers casebooks

FK Partners LLP Administrative Assistant, New York, NY 2006-2009

Compiled spreadsheets and databases to assist busy accounting office in daily functions

Followed instruction in basic financial techniques to assist management, spearheading several projects to find cohesion in client data

Volunteer

Watching America Senior Translator/Editor, New York, NY 2008-2014

Translated for non-partisan news website that posts views on the U.S. published from around the world

Led projects as senior editor, overseeing other contributors and assuring adherence to deadlines

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook, Front Page and Visio), HTML, Filemaker, SQL

Intermediate ability in computer networking and troubleshooting due to background in information technology

French (Fluent), Spanish (Intermediate)

University of Chicago and Associated Press editing styles

Baruch College of Professional Studies (CPS)

Oracle SQL - Hands-on training with Oracle 11G and achieved the following goals:

Database design (i.e. tables, primary and foreign keys)

Understanding and reading an entity relational diagram (ERD)

Use of SQL Server Management Studio to connect to the database server

Developed SQL code to query a single database tables

Developed SQL code to execute two or more tables joins

Developed SQL code to execute inner and outer table joins (i.e. Left, Right and Equal joins)

Implemented SQL code to summarize and group detail data based on data analysis problems

Implemented SQL code to execute sub queries

Created database views to hide sensitive data columns (e.g., social security numbers)

Developed SQL code to format output data results using functions (e.g., Case statement)

Analyzed output data to ensure the information achieved requirements goals

Understanding of client/server computing (i.e. two and three tier architectures)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Master of Arts in International Relations GPA: 3.5 (out of 4)

Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

Bachelor of Arts in English, Minors in Anthropology and French GPA: 3.5 (out of 4)

New York Society of Technical Communications, Metro NYC

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