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To The Hiring Manager, Galavante.

I would like to present myself as the ideal candidate for the Copy Editor role at Galavante. I am a first-class wordsmith with broad interests in news, lifestyle and travel and believe my experience on a number of leading print and online outlets perfectly matches the requirements for the position.

As a senior journalist with a well-tuned commercial awareness, I am at home in newsroom, B2B and event environments. I can write or edit on virtually every subject under the sun. If you are looking for a team player with an unbeatable work ethic, who can take directions or suggestions and then get on with the job, then I am the right person for you. I thank you for your time and would love to discuss this further at your convenience. My resume is posted below.

My salary requirement is negotiable.

Sincerely,

Mike O�Brien.

MICHAEL O'BRIEN

276 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Senior Editor with experience at the highest level in print and online. Performed roles as a Copy Editor (Sub-Editor in UK), Copy Chief and Managing Editor, which helped hone the ability to produce high-impact pages with great headlines. First-class news judgment and SEO, demographic and commercial awareness have played a key factor in editorial decision-making throughout.

Stock Coordinator (Full-time), Bed Bath & Beyond, October 2017-Present
� Successful migration to the retail industry to oversee the daily running of two vast stockrooms at the retailer�s flagship NJ store. Responsibilities include sole management of the daily flow of incoming merchandise and liaising with all departments to optimize sales.
� Freelance Social Media Evaluator for global research company, rating ads on Facebook; writing own first novel; copyediting spouse�s book.

Group Managing Editor, American Media, Inc. (NYC) May 2014-August 2017
� Overseeing the production of all pages of The National Enquirer, Globe, Examiner; writing all heads and decks and being the final sign-off on all page proofs.
� Recruiting and managing new staff of 30 following Globe and Examiner�s move from Florida; implementing new production schedule; increasing weekly Enquirer sales consistently from 250,000 to 280,000, peaking occasionally at 320,000. Promoted from: Managing Editor, National Enquirer in May 2015, with responsibilities including writing all heads and decks; managing the copy desk, photo and design teams and producing agenda-setting titles such as �Bruce To Lose His Jenn-itals!�

Senior Editor, Chain Drug Review, Racher Press (NYC) January 2014-May 2014
� Writing/editing original content, rewriting press releases, for prestigious B2B retail trade papers, Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers, and their websites.
� Selecting photos and engaging contributors. Subjects ranged from beauty and health innovations and celebrity endorsements to developments within the retail industry.

Editor, www.IDGA.org (NYC) January 2013-January 2014
� Running the portal for the events company, the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement; articles covered defense, military, robotics, IT, health records.
� Producing daily content; carrying out all picture research and marketing articles on social media. After a radical site redesign, monthly site visit figures rose from 7,000 to 16,000 within six months.

Senior Editor, MailO------------ (NYC) February 2011-January 2013
� Writing/editing stories for the biggest English-language news website in the world, owned by Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
� Other duties included writing headlines, story placement, assigning articles to a team of 10 reporters, selecting photos/videos, utilizing SEO best practices. The site was viewed by a monthly average of 4.5 million Americans when launched, rising to 5.9 million within a year (source: ComScore).

Senior Editor, New York Daily News (NYC) May 2006-January 2011
� As Managing Night Editor of NYDailyN------------, duties included assigning web staff to verticals, mentoring junior coworkers, selecting content, packaging stories with SEO best practices and writing the daily Homepage Poll.
� Monthly U.S. site visits rose from five million to nine-and-a-half million during this period, with global monthly page views figure jumping from 50 million to 80 million (source: Quantcast). Joined the online team in July 2009 after more than three years as Features Production Editor at New York Daily News. In that role, tasks included working as number three in Features, representing the section at daily editorial meetings, liaising on ad placements; drawing up the map, editing pages and special sections; writing the main headlines, assigning stories, overseeing the copy desk and art department and acting as Parenting Editor.

Managing Editor, National Enquirer (NYC) January 2005-May 2006
� Running the copy desk, designing pages with the art team, writing the main headlines, selecting photos, rewriting and editing copy.
� Drawing up the weekly map with the Editor-in-Chief, liaising with advertising.

Assistant Chief Sub-Editor, The Mail on Sunday (London, UK) August 1997-December 2004
� Assigning stories (news and features), heads, decks, captions to Sub-Editors to be edited or rewritten, re-editing and rewriting heads and decks if necessary.
� The move followed successful full-time staff stints at The Daily Express and The Sun, plus regular freelancing at the News of the World.

Systems: K4, Adobe Indesign, Incopy, PC, Mac, Outlook, Quark, MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel, various CMS, HTML, Social Media.

Education: BS Sociology, N. London University; Geoffrey Chaucer High School, Kent.