Erik Gopel
New York Metro Area | Valley Cottage, NY
20 Years Experience
Professional Experience
I have been working in the publishing industry for 20 years as the Senior Editor and Editor of The World Almanac and Book of Facts, a proofreader/editorial assistant at the United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management and United Nations Population Division. I successuffly published four editions of The World Almanac, The World Almanac for Kids, student-level Gareth Stevens titles, and several editions of the UN Population Division's World Population Policies and World Mortality Reports and associated statistical posters. I also worked on and off for five years as a technical writer at Information Builders, Atlas Air, and Dolby Laborotories, writing and publishing software and technical manuals in print and XML.
Expertise
- Copy Editor 15 Years
- Editor 5 Years
- Fact-Checker 12 Years
Specialty
- Education 5 Years
- International 7 Years
- Technology 5 Years
Industries
- Book Publishing Consumer 5 Years
- Newspaper - National 2 Years
- Nonprofit 7 Years
Corporate Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Dolby Laboratories(1-2)
- The Conference Board(6-10)
- Genentech(3-5)
- United Nations(10+)
- The World Almanac(10+)
- Atlas Air(10+)
Technical skills
Web editing, graphics
Foreign Language Skills
French (Intermediate)
Computer skills
Microsoft Office, FrameMaker, MadCap Flare, Photoshop, HTML/XML
Work permits & visas
U.S. citizen
References
Available Upon Request