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