Pérola Paloma

Editorial producer and content specialist with almost 10 years of experience across editorial production, content editing, translation (EN↔PT-BR), and digital communications for international publishers, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations.

Experience managing a WordPress-based publication, creating social media content, and producing Canva-designed visuals alongside editorial workflows. Skilled at translating specialized or technical content into clear, engaging copy for varied audiences, and at coordinating with distributed teams of contributors, reviewers, and stakeholders across time zones. Fully remote freelancer since 2019, fluent in English (C1, Cambridge ESOL) and native in Brazilian Portuguese.

Editorial Producer — Freelance (Remote) - Self-Employed - Remote

(2019-03)

• Deliver editing, editorial production, proofreading, subtitling (Aegisub), research, and EN↔PT-BR translation services to clients across Brazil and abroad, working fully remotely and managing multiple concurrent projects independently.
• Manage social media content and produce Canva-designed visuals for a personal project and a freelance client, alongside core editorial services.
• Serve major publishers including HarperCollins, Harlequin Brasil, Bazar do Tempo, Nova Fronteira, BestSeller, and Ubook, plus educational publishers FTD and Saber Educação, and independent clients for subtitling projects.

Editorial Producer - Santa Marcelina College - São Paulo, Brazil — remote

(2024-06 - 2025-09)

• Supported production of the scientific journal Archives of Medicine, Health and Education, managing the workflow from article submission through peer review, proofreading, and final layout — including uploading and maintaining the journal's digital edition on WordPress.
• Managed the editorial calendar and coordinated communication with contributors and reviewers across a distributed team.
• Designed and laid out the journal and other institutional publications.

Freelance Content Editor - Decodifica Institute - Remote

(2023-06 - 2023-10)

• Built a new editorial workflow for a non-profit's institutional publications and created a standardized layout template for editorial pieces, adopted across the organization's materials.
• Contributed original written content to support the editorial calendar.

Foreign Rights Assistant - Carambaia - São Paulo, Brazil

(2022-08 - 2023-04)

• Managed copyright negotiations and foreign rights acquisitions for a boutique publishing house, including funding-program applications and prospective-title research.
• Evaluated books for future publication and coordinated the editorial workflow across acquisitions.

Member, English-Bilingualism Editorial Team - FTD Education

(2021-02 - 2022-07)

• Contributed to the StandFor Evolution book series for English learning in bilingual schools, translating specialized educational content into accessible visual guidelines, audio scripts, and answer keys.
• Edited and validated digital learning projects and conducted content research across the series.

Member, International Editorial Team - HarperCollins Brazil

(2017-10 - 2019-10)

• Managed the editorial calendar for Harlequin Brazil and approved work delivered by outside contributors within a distributed, international team.
• Translated texts and drafted synopses, cover blurbs, and marketing copy; maintained editorial-flow control across multiple simultaneous titles.

English Teacher - VGS English Course - Niterói, Brazil

(2014-08 - 2015-12)

• Taught conversational English classes for nearly two years, developing strong communication and cross-cultural instruction skills.

Postgraduate Specialization - Artistic Languages, Culture and Education - Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro (2027-07)

Certificate - Art History, Art Theories and Curatorial Studies - School of Visual Arts, Parque Lage

Certificate - Workshop in proofreading and copydesk - Estação das Letras

B.A.

• Communications, Editorial Production - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)