James Kwapisz
My passion is writing: creative, professional, and technical. While I always strive to attain accuracy of form, it is my chief concern that the function whatever it is I am writing or editing is effective. My objective is to make communication via the written word as clear as possible.
Education:
State University of New York at New Paltz
Master of Arts Major: English
Attained – May 2019
Bachelor of Arts Major: Creative Writing
Attained – May 2014
GPA: 3.76
Related Experience:
Caption Editor/Audio Description Writer, Video Caption Corporation, Stanfordville, NY—July 2019-Present
- Edit, format, and transcribe captions for films and TV shows
- Compose audio description scripts
- Record voiceovers
Composition Instructor, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY—January 2017-May 2019
- Designed syllabi, lesson plans, exams, and assignments
- Conducted discussions and lectures on situational rhetoric and grammar/mechanics
- Graded papers and exams, providing helpful, insightful comments
- Assessed students’ portfolios to determine future placement
Editorial Assistant, McGraw-Hill Education, New York, NY—October 2014-February 2015
- Oversaw composition passages in, and bookmaps of, children’s textbooks for grades K through 6; checked textbook pages in Adobe InCopy against PDF tear sheets
- Developed tear sheets on Adobe Acrobat
- Generated a vocabulary matrix for grades K through 6 on Excel
- Corresponded with McGraw-Hill’s compositors about issues concerning National/California standards
Editor, Mark Ratikan’s Taurus: Son of the Sunken Realm, New York, NY—August-September 2014; March-April 2015
- Edited the novel, providing suggestions concerning plotline and character development
- Reconstructed syntactical arrangements
Editor, Matthew Tarulli & John Borgese’s ODAM: Of Dreams and Magic, (Freelance)—December 2015; Dreamscape: Laruna, (Freelance)—March-April 2016
- Edited the RPG manuals; proofread grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation
Editor, Nate Jessup’s The Spindle Tree, New Paltz, NY—June 2014; Dr. Mojahid Mirza’s Quagmire of Being, New Paltz, NY—February-March 2014
- Composed critical evaluations of the poetry manuscripts
- Edited grammar, punctuation, and syntax
Editorial Assistant, Codhill Press, New Paltz, NY—December 2013-May 2014
- Codhill Press’s 2014 Poetry Award:
- Read through 150 manuscripts of poetry and rated each manuscript from 1 to 4 (poor to strong)
- Determined a winner with Head Editor Pauline Uchmanowicz
- Arranged a mailing list of all submitters on Excel
- Edited and paginated the poems of the winning manuscript
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Acrobat, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows OS, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WordPress
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