Jason Davis
Maricopa,AZ
Summary
Writer, editor, and coordinator with three years of experience, specializing in proofreading, Jason graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Creative Writing. He eagerly found a career in legal proofreading and more by managing programs such as Excel, MS Word Pro, and Salesforce as tools for success, along with perfecting writing and oral communication skills, to become an impactful leader, driven to take on any new challenges, and have gained the ability to become successful and work with any team to achieve company goals and standards.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Shift Supervisor
Starbucks
08.2019 - Current
- Trained new employees and delegated daily tasks and responsibilities, providing clear feedback and consistently setting an example through my performance while upholding Starbucks’ policies and opening and closing procedures
- Slashed customer wait times by 3%, thus increasing sales goals by 7% for the overall district
- The knowledge that promotes Starbucks’ culture, offers, and values
- Delivered excellent customer service to all by creating an inviting environment, anticipating customer and store needs, and constant evaluations of the environment and customers for cues.
Sales/ U-Box Coordinator
U-Haul
05.2022 - 06.2023
- Analyze company’s financial impact of customer-to-business services to budget and reduce company costs while steadily increasing revenue by 1k+
- Manage business and customer reservations along with consistent communication, updates, audit reports, and data inputs
- Create new and permanent customers by reaching out with offers, assisting customers, and determining their unique needs and services to increase customer satisfaction, exceeding customer acquisition and target sales goals.
Legal Proofreader
RR Donnelley
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Perform cross-reference checks, define term checks, and review the Table of Authorities and check for format, text accuracy, and statistical data
- Daily proofread over 100+ pages of complex legal documents for proper firm style, consistency, spelling, dictation, syntax, punctuation, and grammar using SEO tools and proper citation protocols (The Chicago Manual of Style, The Bluebook and California Style Manual).
- Collaborated with editors to meet project deadlines and solicit customer feedback and transparency on work progress.
- Managed finished works and version edits for comprehensive record of each file.
Copyeditor/ Editor
Columbia College Chicago, Hair Trigger
01.2020 - 05.2020
- Advanced knowledge of standard proofreading marks and complete full read/work-for-word proofreading of submitted materials.
- Performed weekly edits and proofreads of over 10+ short stories and essays for spelling, dictation, syntax, punctuation, structural flow, and grammar to ensure all corrections were made accurately and clearly.
- Recommended copy edits based on knowledge of the target audience and internal and external style guides to increase readers.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Creative Writing
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL07.2021
Skills
- Project Management
- Proficiency with MS Word Pro, andGoogle Docs
- Scheduling
- Quality Assurance
- Data entry
- Scheduling and Coordinating
- Operations Management
Timeline
Sales/ U-Box Coordinator
U-Haul
05.2022 - 06.2023
Legal Proofreader
RR Donnelley
01.2022 - 06.2022
Copyeditor/ Editor
Columbia College Chicago, Hair Trigger
01.2020 - 05.2020
Shift Supervisor
Starbucks
08.2019 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Creative Writing
Columbia College Chicago
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