JOHN ROBERTS

john@latterrainmedia.org

503 West Aurora Vista Trail

Aurora, TX 76078

(817)382-7018

SUMMARY

Writer, Editor, Proofreader

EXPERIENCE

CONTENT CREATOR Nowte App, Riga, Latvia     September, 2013 – Present

• Write and Edit Blogs
• Edit and Translate Articles
• Create E-Content for Website

E-PUBLISHING Latter Rain Media (Owner), Aurora, TX     Oct. 2009 – Present

• Writing Media and Copy Material for Organizations and Businesses
• Writing Books on the Independent Agriculture Industry
• Wrote script parts for mashable.com CEO keynote address at 2013 SXSW
• Writing Film Script for 168 Hour Project

MANUSCRIPT EDITOR contracted to Sony Corporation     February 2012 – March 2012

• Rewriting 140 page corporate standardization book from a Japanese translation of English to American English

PRESS EDITOR TCU Press, Fort Worth, TX     Aug. 2011 – April 2012

• Editing and proofreading acquisitions (250+ pages) using the Chicago Manual of Style
• Writing catalog copies for published acquisitions
• Designing marketing tip sheets for acquisitions and press releases
• Writing the “BFrog” informational columns for 15+ Texas newspapers

MANUSCRIPT EDITOR Calvary Cathedral International, Fort Worth, TX     Sep. 2010 – Dec. 2010

• Edited rough transcriptions from sermons into seven published books
• Created copy for website pages

WRITING TUTOR Weatherford College Wise County, Decatur, TX      Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2011

• Tutored students in all stages of the writing process
• Assisted in formatting papers using the MLA (Modern Language Association) style

TECHNICAL WRITER Contracted to Elparazim, Aurora, TX     Jan. 2008 – Jun. 2008

• Edited technical documents for the U.S. Navy’s TEAMS (Torpedo Enterprise Advanced Modeling and Simulation) project.

EDUCATION

• B.A. WRITING Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX (May, 2012), 3.63 GPA

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Wrote 80 page senior honors thesis.
• Published in both TCU and Tarrant County College Northwest Creative Writing Journals.
• Awarded the TCU Transfer Faculty Scholarship.
• Gained membership in Phi Theta Kappa
• Gained membership in Sigma Tau Delta
• Won the 2012 Subversive Thought Award at the TCU Creative Writing Awards

CERTIFICATIONS

• CRLA (College Reading and Learning Association) Level 1 Tutor certification (June, 2012)

SKILLS

• Proficient in MLA (Modern Language Association) Standard style
• Proficient in Chicago Manual of Style
• Microsoft Office
• iWorks