AMY SMITH
123 Main Street • Atlanta, Georgia • 30339
Home: (555) 555-1234, Cell: (555) 555-1235
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Objective: Seek the Position of Caption Writer
SUMMARY: Profoundly gifted and creative Caption Writer with great experience operating a computer-aided real time captioning stenotype or dependent voice recognition system to create English closed captions for live broadcast and non-live broadcast programs (example: sports, news, financial, weather, court).
Summary of Qualifications
More than six years experience.
Remarkable knowledge of the structure, content and usage of the English language.
Solid knowledge of the structure and content of Spanish language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
Profound knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Exceptional ability to communicate effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
Strong ability to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Deep analytical and critical reasoning skills.
Professional Experience
Galaxy Art Studio, Minneapolis 2002 - Present
Caption Writer
Operate a real-time captioning system and associated technical equipment to perform real-time captioning of live programs.
Capture and preserve a verbatim copy of scheduled assignment using Total Eclipse AccuCap software.
Adopt and strive to maintain a consistent, accurate and conflict-free steno theory.
Complete projects under a deadline environment with overtime as required.
Establish, maintain, research and keep current job-specific and general computer dictionaries through the use of CAT and captioning software.
Review own captioned programs to ensure accuracy levels and high caption quality.
Maintain correct key adjustment on stenographic machine.
Provide assistance to prepare materials for in-house training as required.
Develop and utilize efficient research methods.
Create timed and non-timed text files for off-line caption editors.
Provide discrepancy reports related to program technical difficulty as directed.
Keep current on specific areas of subject specialization (e.g. current events, sports).
Star Express Studio, Minneapolis 2000 - 2002
Trainee Caption Writer
Operated computerized captioning system to provide $T3captions$T1 for movies and taped television productions for hearing-impaired viewers, and to provide captions (subtitles) in English and foreign language.
Listened to dialogue of production and wrote caption phrases for dialogue.
Watched production and reviewed captions simultaneously to determine which caption phrases to leave in, which to revise, and where captions should be placed on screen.
Entered commands to edit and place captions, and to synchronize captions with dialogue.
Wrote captions to describe music and background noises.
Translated foreign language dialogue into English language captions, and translated English dialogue into foreign language captions.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Communication Art University of Minneapolis (2000)