David Peets

DAVID PEETS 194 Fern Ave Toronto CANADA M6R 1K4 Tel:-- Profile experienced proofreader and editor current contract work includes proofreading all short stories, essays, and poetry published by a renowned UK publisher QA of captions, graphics, workbooks, and scripts using Rev and Frame for all online courses produced by a large international educational institute editing and proofreading blogs and newsletters for a California-based wealth management company editing and proofreading academic research papers for a postdoctoral fellow at a Canadian university proficient in Microsoft Word (with track changes) and Google Docs as well as communication via Slack top graduate of General Proofreading: Theory and Practice from Proofread Anywhere (96% score) familiar with all major style guides, especially CMOS experienced working with Canadian, British, and American English previous broad success across three diverse industries: financial markets, hospitality, and storefront retail detail-oriented, focussed, self-motivated, articulate, and fully at ease with change widely travelled to over forty countries Experience-: professional freelance proofreader and editor-: business partner—Green Light District, an innovative home furnishings shop in Toronto-: owner/innkeeper—Denaut Mansion Country Inn, a multiple award-winning country inn in Ontario-: two-year independent travel sabbatical-: investment banker—Royal Bank of Canada, Merrill Lynch Education Toronto Metropolitan University: graduate, Business Administration