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Erik Gopel
New York Metro Area
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 YearsEditor 5 YearsFact-Checker 12 Years
Specialty
Education 5 YearsInternational 7 YearsTechnology 5 Years
Industries
Book Publishing Consumer 5 YearsNewspaper - National 2 YearsNonprofit 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+)