KENNETH PAUL JONES 503-***-****
Portland, OR **212
***********@*****.***
Just completed Western Pacific Truck School, issued Class A CDL
w/endorsements: tanker, dbl/tpl, hazmat (fingerprints/background being
processed); DOT medical card, passport, and clean MVR
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Editorial Consultant, Portland, OR
10/1/2003-present
I provide prepublication copyediting services, specializing in peer-
reviewed medical journals. My responsibilities include providing excellent
customer service to hundreds of medical researcher authors. I provide
thorough and timely manuscript review, adhering closely to publication
style guidelines and AMA Manual of Style and the Harvard System of
referencing as well using internet resources such as PubMed for cross-
checking. I am experienced at copyediting tables and graphics. My clients
include such medical publishing leaders as Elsevier and Cadmus.
Primary client: Elsevier Publishing
Contact: Carol Haufler Phone: 215-***-****
Contact: Tom Gilmartin Phone: 212-***-****
$2300/month 35hr/wk
Reason for leaving: I want more direct contact with the public. I have
substantially scaled-back on publishing work; I will continue to accept
small, short-term, temporary contracts as an online freelance copyeditor.
Copyediting Assistant, Portland, OR 9/1/2003-
2/1/2004
I assisted with copyediting medical articles for peer-reviewed journals. My
responsibilities include providing excellent customer service to authors
and publication managers. I provided thorough and timely manuscript review,
adhering closely to publication style guidelines and AMA Manual of Style
and the Harvard System of referencing as well using internet resources such
as PubMed for cross-checking. I gained experienced at copyediting tables
and graphics.
Employer: John Steinkamp
530 NW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
Supervisor: John Steinkamp Phone: 503-***-****
$1500/month 20hr/wk
Reason for leaving: I started my own freelance copyediting business.
Special Education Teacher, Portland, OR 1/1/2001-
1/1/2004
Responsibilities included supervising a staff of up to four healthcare
educational assistants; assessing, developing, writing, and implementing
individualized education programs; communicating with parents, students,
healthcare and education specialists, and community members to address
student needs; using MS Office and educational software; and managing
school records, email, and Internet research. I provided introductory-level
instruction to English language learners, including conversation,
vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and critical listening in both
structured and unstructured learning situations.
Employer: Portland Public Schools
3400 SE 20th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202
Supervisor: Elizabeth DuBois Phone: 503-***-****
$2000/month 35hr/wk
Reason for leaving: I started my own freelance copyediting business.
Special Education Teacher, Los Angeles, CA 1/1/1997-
12/15/2000
Responsibilities included supervising a staff of up to four healthcare
educational assistants; assessing, developing, writing, and implementing
individualized education programs; communicating with parents, students,
healthcare and education specialists, and community members to address
student needs; using MS Office and educational software; and managing
school records, email, and Internet research.
Employer: Los Angeles Unified School District
333 S. Beaudry Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Supervisor: Jerry Weyer Phone: 323-***-****
$2000/month 35hr/wk
Reason for leaving: My wife and I wanted to raise our daughter in close
proximity to her grandparents, so we returned to Portland.
Actor, United States and Europe 1/1/1985-
1/1/2002
I performed numerous principal roles for stage, feature film, and
television.
$2000/month
Reason for leaving: After acquiring an home mortgage and starting a family,
I needed a more stable and consistent income source.
Clerical Assistant, London, UK 1/1/1989-6/1-
1989
My duties included daily data entry, tuition and fees processing, continual
inter-office correspondence, and written and oral reports to supervisors in
the Admissions, Student Finance, Student Records, Tuition and Fees, and
Faculty Services offices.
Employer: University of London Birkbeck College
Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX
Supervisor: Siobahn White Phone: +44 (0-20-763*-****
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/front-page
$1800/month 30hr/wk
Reason for leaving: My temporary overseas work visa expired.
Fisherman, Alaska 1/1/1988-
7/1/1988
My duties included all facets of processing the daily catch aboard the
Brown's Point, a Seattle-registered factory trawler fishing the waters of
the Bering Sea and Alaskan Gulf.
Employer: Golden Age Fisheries
18 W. Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98119
Supervisor: Stan Simonson Phone: 206-***-****
$4000/month 84hr/wk
Reason for leaving: I relocated to Great Britain for graduate theater
studies.
Records Specialist, Portland, OR 8/1/1985-
8/1/1987
My responsibilities included managing incoming municipal records for
storage, records re-filing, and destructions, authorizing records transfers
for storage and records to city bureaus, and assisting bureaus and the
public assistance with their research needs.
Employer: City of Portland Archives and Records
1800 SW 6th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201
Supervisor: Stan Parr Phone: 503-***-****
http://www.portlandonline.com/Auditor/index.cfm?c=26978
$1800/month 30hr/wk
Reason for leaving: I accepted a one of my first professional acting
contracts that required relocating.
Landscaping Assistant, Portland, OR 6/1/1980-
9/1/1996
I provided conscientious customer service. My duties included gardening and
landscaping work with a well-established Portland residential and
commercial landscaping company. I always observed safe operation procedures
with commercial landscaping equipment.
Employer: New Leaf Landscaping
8900 SW 80th Avenue, Portland, OR 97223
Supervisor: David Suva Phone: 503-***-****
$1500/month 20hr/wk
Reason for leaving: I relocated out of Portland. During the 1980s and
1990s, I worked temporarily and on-call for New Leaf Landscaping in between
acting jobs.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science-Communication Studies 1983 Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL
High School Diploma 1978 Adams High School,
Portland, OR
References Upon Request