FREDERIC D. O’BRIEN

Proofreader/editor/writer/content generator

ad214t@r.postjobfree.com

908-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Editorial/content position, part-time or full-time, remote, hybrid, or in New York City area

EDUCATION

Columbia University

B.A. in chemistry and mathematics, 1982; teaching assistant, 1982–83

--At age 18, I took the LSAT and got a score of 800

EXPERIENCE

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Legal proofreader, 1983–1988

--proofread heavily edited documents on overnight shift (11:30 pm–6:00 am)

--enforced Bluebook rules for legal citations

--worked with lawyers to correct oversights and alert drafters of documents to necessary changes

American Heritage magazine (a division of Forbes Inc.)

Associate Editor (1988–1998), then Managing Editor (1998–2007)

--generated, solicited, accepted/rejected, edited, and proofread content about American history

--worked with art department on pictures, layouts, special advertising sections

--instructed authors on revising their submissions

--technical writer/manager for pieces on technological history

National Review magazine

Deputy Managing Editor, 2008–2023

CONTENT GENERATION

--wrote feature articles, blog posts, book reviews, humor

--solicited and edited articles on political and cultural topics ranging from politics to baseball to religion

--constructed crossword and acrostic puzzles

--fact-checked all details

--edited, checked, and proofread promotional copy for fund-raising events

MANAGEMENT

--assigned pieces and directed authors in making revisions

--supervised the work of fellow editors and made sure they stayed on schedule

--soothed irate letter writers

SKILLS

Proofreading, copy editing, copywriting, organizing projects, coordination

Conversant with legal proofreading, STEM topics

CONTENT SAMPLES

https://www.facebook.com/frederic.obrien.3

https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/does-guano-drive-history-0

(Note: After publishing the above article, I got married and changed my last name from Schwarz to O’Brien)

https://www.americanheritage.com/merry-chanukah

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