Mathieu "Sami" Desormeaux

Mathieu “Sami” Desormeaux-- theofficialsami.com/books Pointe-Claire (QC), Canada OBJECTIVE Accomplished and focused professional proofreader and editor, with a meticulous attention to detail and extensive experience proofreading a variety of publications and texts. A high level of skill in written English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation. The ability to work autonomously and on a team to meet deadlines, while also adept to work within the style of various authors, editors, and typesetters. LANGUAGES English Written and Spoken Fluency French Written and Spoken Fluency E D U C AT I O N Herzing, Montreal -) Web Design - Programming and Design L A N G UAG ES / S O F T WA R ES, E TC. Word Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Notepad ++ Concordia University, Montreal -) Bachelor (Double Major) - History & Religion Dreamweaver HTML 5 CSS 3 JQuery (JavaScript) Wordpress / Joomla! E M P L OY M E N T Author and Editor The Official Sami (2014-present) - Provide support to clients by proofreading and editing a wide variety of text including online publications, academic texts, professional bios, resumes, cover letters, and published books - Ensure accuracy and consistency by reviewing documents for misspellings, grammar errors, and typos as well as provide suggestions to help improve clarity, flow, structure, and readability - Track revisions so the client can review all the changes that have been made and provide commentary on any issues or concerns that remain in the document - Utilize Adobe InDesign, and Acrobat programs for editing and document formatting services - Serve as a contract editor for Zeinab Kahera Career Specialist providing final draft proofreading and editing services for resumes, cover letters and blogposts - Authored four published books: White, Canadian and Muslim, Got Asperger’s: Autobiography, Love Letter To Cleopatra, and Keeping The Best For Last - Translated and edited the book Journey To The East by Dr. Akel Kahera Layout & Design Technician BCA Research -) - Laid out text & charts using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator - Used an internal Content Management System (CMS) to publish online material - Collaborated with colleagues to produce, edit and finalize required products - Proofread web and apl charts, as well as all documents for every publication Web Integrator Agence PID -) - Assisted other web developers with projects, questions, and training - Troubleshot, debugged, and implemented programming code (such as HTML and JavaScript) for a component of an Internet / Intranet website - Provided tech support to staff members and site users - Debugged and refined the website to produce the required product - Performed Web development tasks for public internet sites and related internal pages - Created mass mailing campaigns