Jennifer Oakes

Experience

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  Nautilus Seafood & Grill

  Feb 2012 - Sept 2020

  Restaurant Owner

  From 2012 to 2020, I owned and operated a restaurant in Belfast, Maine, starting from scratch and growing the business into a two-million-dollar-a-year enterprise with a staff of 60 people. In addition to daily operations, I was responsible for:Writing and implementing an employee handbook and training program;Hiring, training, scheduling, and managing a staff of 60 people;Inventory, pricing, and cost controls;Marketing and advertising online, in print, and radio/television;Menu design;Event planning;Bookkeeping and financial reporting;POS programming and maintenance;Website design and management. Show less

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  Jocal

  Oct 2020 - now

  English Language Services

  I offer various English language services, chiefly editing and proofreading for academic papers, manuscripts, blogs, and websites. I specialize in working with texts that were not originally written in English. I also provide ESL classes and on-site business English seminars for individuals and companies.

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  Racoon Writing

  Dec 2020 - Oct 2021

  Freelance Editor

  In this position, I was responsible for editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and optimizing SEO for web-based articles written by non-native English speakers, mostly concerning information and technology.

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  MDPI

  Jul 2021 - now

  English Editor

  In this freelance position, I provide editing and proofreading services for academic and scientific manuscripts written by researchers from around the world, many of whom do not speak English as their first language. To date, I have edited over one thousand papers for MDPI.