Copy Editor/Proofreader
Resume:
AARON GREENFIELD
Tampa Bay, FL 864-***-**** *********@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/AaronTGreenfield
Copy editor with extensive experience in health care correspondence and sports news. Skilled in editing, fact-checking, statistical research, and producing clean copy against hard deadlines. Seeking new challenges and ready to utilize journalism and proofreading expertise, as well as other complementary skills, to produce high-quality content for AG Care.
SKILLS
Writing/editing: AP style • Meticulous • Researching • Fact-checking • News judgment • Accuracy • Detail-oriented • Accuracy
Social: Self-starter • Problem-solver • Team player • Flexible • Adaptable • Time management • Communicate to meet goals • Work collaboratively
Tools/software: Word • Excel • Teams • WordPress • SharePoint • Grammarly • Power BI • InCopy • InDesign • Adobe Acrobat
WORK EXPERIENCE
ACENTRA HEALTH April 2015 – September 2025
Technical Writer/Copy Editor
Edited letters written by nurses to physicians, hospitals, medical facilities, and Medicare beneficiaries for Quality of Care (10-12 per day) and Sanctions (2-3 per month) departments
o Converted medical jargon of letters to beneficiaries into eighth-grade language level as required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
o Coordinated with other two team members, including assigning workloads, to ensure Quality of Care cases were closed by CMS-mandated deadlines
o Collaborated with program managers on monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual reports sent to CMS and other company reports
o Effectively managed time and put in whatever hours were necessary to ensure company deadlines were met
o Fixed issues, including spacing, typos, and grammar, to produce clean PDF’s of Health Center and Service Administration Federal Torts Claim Act site visit reports
o Recognized by program managers for high attention to detail, including catching discrepancies and errors, after each report
o Simplified complex language provided by program managers to create templates for Sanctions letters and CMS reports
o Helped transition technical writer/copy editing files, including templates, into company’s new SharePoint system
TAMPA BAY TIMES September 2001 – September 2014
Professional and College Sports Copy Editor
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game Day
o Edited game story and 2-3 sidebars each week
o Researched historical statistics and compiled charts
College Football – Game Day
o Edited all Florida Gators stories
o Compiled and edited SEC and Top-25 roundups
o Wrote briefs, researched statistics, and compiled charts for “Two-Minute Drill”
o Created template for national page (including “Two-Minute Drill”)
o Managed workloads to make deadlines for all editions
Tampa Bay Lightning
o Edited stories and researched statistics for regular-season games
oCoordinated with assigning editor regarding articles during playoffs
o Tasked by assigning editor with creating template for playoff statistics page
o Served as primary editor of content included in Tampa Bay Times’ book commemorating Lightning’s Stanley Cup championship
o Received monetary award for exceptional work during playoffs
EARLY EXPERIENCE
Tampa Bay Times – High School Sports Copy Editor and Designer
Fort Myers News-Press – Metro Copy Editor and Designer
AWARDS
APSE Top-10 Daily Sections – 2004
APSE Honorable Mention Daily Sections – 2009, 2010, 2011
APSE Top-10 Sunday Sections – 2009, 2010
APSE Honorable Mention Sunday Sections – 2003, 2004, 2008
APSE Honorable Mention Special Sections – 2013 (Warren Sapp Hall of Fame Induction)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri – cum laude
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