Copy editor, proofreader, SEO copy writer

PETER BRYDGES

**** **** ******, ***** ***. 347-***-****

Sunnyside, NY 11104 ************@*****.***

____________________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY

Accomplished publishing and marketing professional with years of experience in a number of areas within these industries. Well-rounded and proven abilities in proofreading, fact checking, copy editing, writing, database management, project management, and event planning with the ability to provide creative, intuitive, and multi-priority leadership.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NETWORK DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS, New York, NY

Account Executive March 2007 – Present

• Proofread and edit all marketing materials and web copy for over 15 clients for this boutique design and marketing firm, maintaining tight deadlines; partner with in-house graphic designer to determine print and web layouts; brainstorm and pitch ideas to management; manage and update e-commerce database for clothing line.

• Write SEO copy for Personal Fitness and Temp Staffing websites; work directly with clients to determine creative direction.

• Serve as project manager for Partnership in Print Production (P3), a non-profit network of print professionals. Routinely update P3 website with promotional copy for upcoming education, employment, and networking events; proofread and edit all promotional materials for web and print; produce and deploy email blasts; update and maintain membership database; keep membership count, update members’ information, send out expiration notices, renewal invoices, and new member welcome packets; create monthly membership status report for Executive Board; work closely with P3 Board members to assist in planning and execution of all events; create all event registration materials.

• Serve as on-site lead for all events for P3 at various venues throughout the city; supervise on-site event team in set-up and registration.

• Assist Creative Director in planning and development of Annual Luminaire Awards Dinner. Edit all news releases for dinner; write all formal correspondence to nominees and recipients; produce and deploy email blasts announcing event and recipients; develop prospective sponsor lists and letters to prospective sponsors; track all details for awards dinner including RSVPs, sponsor commitments and table purchases; create all registration lists and assist in creating seating chart; serve as on-site lead and supervise and delegate tasks to team of volunteers on day of awards dinner; execute all post-event follow-up; write thank you letters to recipients and sponsors; prepare tax-deductible information for attendees.

• Train and delegate tasks to freelance and part-time employees.

LEXISNEXIS, MATTHEW BENDER, Newark, NJ

Senior Publishing Operations Analyst July 2001 – February 2007

• Was responsible for all workflow for over 10 Intellectual Property and Real Estate law publications per year, comprising of two to four updates per publication; tagged and formatted author manuscript into XML for print, web, and CD products; created, edited and maintained proprietary style sheets for each publication; executed electronic composition, generating proof from XML-tagged files; scanned and input necessary images; proofread and copy edited proof; partnered with editorial in identifying layout issues and reformatted layout accordingly; produced filing instructions to be included with each publication update; delivered, via FTP, electronic print files to printer.

• Served as publication lead on Chisum on Patents, a top-25 publication; worked closely with editorial in planning the schedule and workflow for the creation of yearly updates; brainstormed and executed plan to increase updates of publication from four per year to five per year, which increased its subscription revenue by over $200,000.

• Publication lead on the 14-volume Patent Office Rules and Practice, updated four times per year; worked with editorial on this challenging title and the push to convert it from an antiquated, oversized publication that used outdated and complex tagging into current XML-tagged look and feel of similar publications, thus cutting page counts, workflow time, and delivery time to customer. Created tag-to-tag translation table for this title, speeding up conversion time. Scanned all illustrations enabling patent forms to be loaded electronically instead of pasting down forms by hand, again saving workflow time.

• Performed quality assurance checks for web, CD and print products to ensure accuracy and consistency of information across all platforms.

• Met development-driven, revenue-based deadlines.

LEXISNEXIS, MATTHEW BENDER, New York, NY

Publishing Operations Associate June 1997 – June 2001

• Promoted to this position in 1997.

• Managed and executed print production workflow through all stages, from MS submission through preparing and sending FTP files to printer for eight publications per year; analyzed author manuscript to determine layout, font and graphics; converted MS into SGML-tagged files; performed electronic composition of SGML files into product-line-specific look and feel; proofread and copy edited publication through three stages of hard copy; further converted publication into web and on-line ready product.

• Performed quality assurance for each publication across all platforms.

• Served as mentor for new hire; trained employee in all stages of workflow.

MATTHEW BENDER AND COMPANY, New York, NY

Publishing Operations Specialist May 1994 – June 1997

• Began as a freelance copy editor; promoted to this position in May 1996.

• Assigned 8 law publications per year, one to four updates per publication; responsible for executing all production workflow for each update, numbering thousands of pages per year; strict adherence to deadlines; analyzed data and converted author manuscript into SGML-tagged file; performed electronic composition of SGML file.

• Proofread and copy edited newly composed hard copy.

• Performed quality check on camera-ready copy; prepared copy for delivery to printer;

• Performed quality check on CD version of all assigned publications.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, Brooklyn, NY

Fact Checker/Editor September 1993 – December 1993

• Worked with outside freelance team; fact checked and edited short, descriptive entries for the “Gazetteer of the United States and Canada.”

RANDOM HOUSE, New York, NY

Print and Online Quality Assurance Assistant April 1993 – July 1993

• Worked with in-house freelance team over a three-month period comparing accuracy of content of the CD version of the Random House Unabridged Dictionary with the print version.

ALMA SHAPRIRO THEATER AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY

Assistant to the Production Director January 1993 – March 1993

• Worked in theater office providing in-house assistance with student theater productions; served as liaison between theater management and student ensembles ensuring rehearsals, technical meetings, and performances ran smoothly and on schedule.

CKG PUBLISHING, New York, NY

Fact Checker/Editor August 1992 – December 1992

• Worked as in-house freelancer over a four-month period; fact checked and edited short sports and theatre entries for Paris publishing company’s New York Office; re-worked original British and newly-translated French biographical entries to make them more appealing to an American audience.

MACMILLAN EDUCATIONAL COMPANY. New York, NY

Proofreader/Fact Checker August 1990 – August 1992

• Worked as in-house freelancer for this two-year project; proofread manuscript through all stages of proof for the middle school dictionary project.

• Served as assistant editor and created exercises and graphic ideas for dictionary companion workbook.

EDUCATION

Niagara University, Lewiston, NY

B.A. in English

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook

SGML, XML, WordPerfect, Filemaker Pro, Joomla, Constant Contact, Bacon’s, Adobe Photoshop

Comfortable in both Mac and PC environments

MISCELLANEOUS

LEXIS NEXIS Publishing Operations Award,

May 2004 and October 2006 - recognition for going “above and beyond”

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Fundraiser

References furnished upon request

Contact this candidate