Academic Editor Resume

Joseph Laughlin

1026 Sumner Street

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(555)-555-5555

[email]

Job Objective To be given the opportunity to use my past experiences and education as Academic Editor to help company grow and meet long-term goals.

Summary of Qualifications:

• Remarkable experience with online information systems in academic environment
• Expertise in editing and incorporating multimedia materials – photos, images and videos
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Power point, HTML and web authoring tools
• Good understanding of journals publishing, management and development
• Familiarity with education issues, layout and production
• Ability to work with clients with differing linguistic and cultural backgrounds
• Ability to copyedit, review, and post content
• Excellent reporting and editing skills
• Work Experience
• Academic Editor, July 2007 – Present
• Nature Publishing Group, Los Angeles, CA
• Edited research papers, checked for English language usage, sentence structure and punctuation used made necessary changes as required.
• Ensured final papers to be free of any grammatical errors.
• Composed sentences according to content managed tenses and made necessary changes.
• Assisted author and prepared a cover letter of original document for readers.
• Coordinated with clients and made changes as required to documents.
• Academic Editor, March 2004– June 2007
• Cactus Communications, Los Angeles, CA
• Drafted monthly e-letters researched and incorporated all necessary activities on campus.
• Prepared various articles for universities by conducting regular research using educational software.
• Composed various informational brochures and prepared online programs for same.
• Edited and proof read all technical content prior to its publication, checked content for various specifications.
• Formulated online documentation and edited it.
• Coordinated with director and principal investigators and prepared final project reports.
• Developed various online surveys and forms as required by client
• Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Seminole State College, Sanford, FL
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL