George M. Peaff Jr.

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Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520

Mobile: 917-***-**** E-mail: ad266y@r.postjobfree.com

WORK HISTORY

Practical Law, a Thomson Reuters Company, New York

Copy Editor, June 2008-Sept. 2023

· Provided editorial and production support for thousands of legal know-how articles, standard documents and clauses, checklists and other content in 17 legal practice areas for website publication.

· Reviewed, edited, proofread and formatted legal documents for sense and plain English, house style, links/cross-references in XML, search engine optimization and website layout using Adobe InDesign, Arbortext Editor, Fatwire, Google Cloud Platform, SharePoint and ACT (proprietary content management system). Also used MS Office suite including Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

· Provided writing training guidance to a pool of 200 attorneys on house style guide, active versus passive voice and web publishing techniques.

· Provided editorial and production support for web-based and printed marketing and sales materials.

Nomura Securities, New York

Production Manager, Equity Research Dec. 2000-April 2007

· Managed editorial production of Japanese, Asian, European and US equity research notes, reports and presentations including editing and layout and regulatory and compliance fulfillment using Adobe InDesign and MS Office suite including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

· Assisted supervisory analysts (Series 16) and supervised editors, layout personnel and translators.

· Managed relationships with printers, couriers, mail distributors, IT providers, and research distribution vendors (Bloomberg, Reuters, FactSet, Capital IQ and Thomson Financial).

· Coordinated with sales/marketing personnel the e-mail, hard copy or electronic distribution of research notes, reports and presentations to clients using proprietary content management systems.

· Coordinated with sales/marketing personnel the entitlement of clients to view research notes, reports and presentations via vendor distribution platforms.

· Organized and coordinated editorial production and distribution with equity editorial departments in Tokyo, Hong Kong and London.

· Maintained research database and provided distribution trend analysis for marketing and compliance.

Editorial Consultant Apr. 2000-Nov. 2000

· Wrote, copy-edited, proofread, and performed layout of feature articles, legal and marketing materials, and research reports using MS Office suite including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Word.

· Assignments included stints at J.P. Morgan, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Sanford C. Bernstein.

Geltzer & Company Public Relations, New York

Account Supervisor Feb. 2000-Mar. 2000

· Researched, wrote, copy-edited, proofread, and produced press releases, corporate summaries, fact sheets, case histories, and by-lined articles for four accounts including Danka using MS Office suite including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

· Supervised and assisted an account executive and an assistant.

Jobson Optical Research Intl./Jobson Publishing, New York

Research Editor/Writer Mar. 1998-Jan. 2000

· Managed the production of eight research publications covering the optical industry.

· Analyzed statistical data and wrote reports/chapters based on that analysis.

· Recruited and supervised researchers, writers, editors, art directors, graphic artists and printers.

· Coordinated and performed the layout, copy-editing and proofreading of all printed and web-based materials using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator and MS Office suite including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Word.

· Proposed and coordinated production budgets.

· Interacted with the sales staff in the promotion, marketing and delivery of research publications.

Chemical & Engineering News, New Jersey/Washington, D.C.

Associate Editor June 1994-Feb. 1998

· Provided business coverage of the world chemical and pharmaceutical industries with emphasis on U.S. and Latin America.

· Researched, wrote, provided photography, performed layout and proofread news stories and feature articles using MS Office suite including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

B.A., Journalism & Mass Media May 1986

Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey

B.A., Political Science May 1981 Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honors Society, 1981.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Versatile in both Windows and Apple formats and related software: Adobe Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, Arbortext Editor, content management systems including Documentum, FatWire and proprietary content management systems, Google Cloud Platform, HTML, MS Office Suite, web page host site eHost, and photography web page host sites Flickr and Zenfolio.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE OR LEADERSHIP

New York Interscholastic Cycling League (New York) Director, Board Secretary April 2013–Present

Butts On Bikes Inc. (New York) Director, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and Treasurer April 2015-April 2020

USA Hockey (New Jersey & New York) Referee Sept. 1981-Nov. 2013

Old Bridge Hockey Club (New Jersey) Assistant Coach, Bantam B Major September 1986-April 1987 Head Coach, Bantam B Sept. 1985-April 1986

Monmouth Hockey Club Head Coach, Bantam B September 1980-April 1981 Head Goaltender Coach Sept. 1979-April 1980

OTHER INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

Bicycling, Photography, Writing and Traveling.

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