- Staff Editor + Operations Director at Tessera Editorial
- Freelance Copy Editor; Macmillan, Scholastic, TorTeen
- Editorial Intern at the Bent Agency
- Mentee for Representation Matters
- Library Page at Riverdale Library
- Bookseller at Barnes and Noble
Staff Editor & Operations Director
Tessera Editorial || Feb 2019-April 2020
Developed and presented technical manuals for Slack and Chicago Manual of Style online database.
Created coursework materials, ‘how to’ documents, and introductory presentations for mentorship program.
Coordinated with authors, editors, and copyeditors to analyze and modify manuscripts.
Reviewed and troubleshot macros and scripts for staff editorial use.
Maintained standardized design elements within technical materials.
Freelance Copy Editor
Macmillan, Scholastic, TorTeen || Beginning Nov 18
Prepared and copyedited manuscripts under strict scheduling and meticulous technical specifications.
Wrote multiple standardized style guides to establish technical editorial decisions within documents.
Conferred with Managing Editor to review and implement authorial interpretation of editorial choices within
Chicago Manual of Style.
Editorial Intern
Bent Agency || Nov 2018, 3 month term
Identified strengths and weaknesses of manuscripts and prepared clear and concise reports on
content, style, characterization, and craft.
Library Page
Riverdale Library, Lee County || 2018
Pick up and check in books from book drop, receive transfers from other libraries, place holds on hold shelf, organize books in carts by call number, shelve. Answer phones when necessary. Oversee repair of labels and barcodes, manage New in YA shelf, assist Children’s Librarian with new YA titles to purchase. Provide lists for future displays, including Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Latino Writers Month.
Bookseller
Barnes & Noble || 2016-2018
Being informed of current titles, upcoming titles and popular titles in order to provide recommendations for customers. Answer the phones to provide customer service. Be familiar with the book floor, assist at the customer service desk, assist at the cash register. Organize shelving carts, shelve as needed.
For work samples, please request them at the contact page; some work is still under contract or is proprietary. Link
Deborah Oliveira 