United Arab Emirates
Diligent self-motivated, highly organized and focused experienced Proofreader/ Teacher / Admin Assistant, with strong experience in assessing and correcting a wide variety of business advertisements and research text in the media (Gulf News for 15 years). Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously. Knowledge of modern office procedures. Time management adhering to strict deadlines.
Worked as a Senior Proofreader / Trainer for the marketing and sales team – Classifieds, Properties and Jobs and Careers / Freehold. • Excellent expertise in grammar writing and editing. • Superior knowledge of MS Suite, Word and Excel. • Edited technical and strategic text, advertisements, content for Classifies / Properties and Jobs and Careers. • Coordinated with the sales teams, studio (graphic artists) and the controllers and managers for daily publication. • Marked errors using standardized proofreading marks / codes for grammatical or typographical errors that appear. • Acted as liaison between the editorial offices, studio, sales teams, print site staff as and when required. • Performed administrative duties. • As the team leader took initiative to see the work was run smoothly without any errors. • Prepared points table for the team for commission structure. • Operated printers, scanners and fax machines. • Adhered to strict deadlines. • Worked as a Trainer for the new sales agents – for Marketing/ Classifies teams. • Training given as per the UAE guidelines/ editing / formatting of advertisements as per the GULF NEWS guidelines.