Roy Sablosky: writer and editor
roy dot sablosky at sablosky dot com
1119 37th Street, Sacramento CA 95816
+1 (301) 919-0229
Samples available at Sablosky.com
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Adobe InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator
- Apple Pages, Numbers, Keynote
- Google Docs
- HTML and CSS
- Content management systems: Drupal, Joomla, Plone, Rhythmyx, SharePoint, WordPress
STANDARD REFERENCES
- AP, APA, Chicago 16, CSE, MLA; New Oxford American Dictionary; Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage
WORK HISTORY
5/2011 to the present: Taylor & Francis Journals (Oxfordshire, UK)
- scientific copyeditor (full-time, remote access)
8/2008–4/2011: freelance writing and editing
- 1776 Enterprises (Sacramento, CA): copyeditor, Sacramento Book Review
- Solar Energy Industries Association (Washington, D.C.): writer
11/2003–7/2007: NavigationArts (McLean, VA)
- Wrote and edited site copy, specifications, tutorials, documentation, etc.
- Coordinated content development (that is, nagged authors for their copy and then, if necessary, wrote it for them)
- Defined and documented content governance guidelines for CMS-based sites
- Designed information architecture for large-scale web sites
- Clients included American Psychological Association, American Red Cross, Discovery Education, Marriott International, Pepco, U.S. Department of State
1995–2003: many online-design shops, including eMergingMedia, marchFIRST, America Online
- Information architecture and art direction for high-profile e-commerce sites such as Netflix, J.C. Penney, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma
- Designed, improved, edited, presented, implemented and documented dozens of Web sites from conception through launch
EDUCATION
Presently enrolled
- UC Berkeley Extension: Professional Sequence in Editing
Ancient history
- California Institute of the Arts: music composition
- Princeton University: engineering
