Pushkar Deep

Copyeditor for case reports, research articles, and review articles. The articles are sent by doctors from across the world.

Senior Copyeditor at Cureus, Inc. (2022-01 – Present)

Copyeditor for case reports, research articles, and review articles. The articles are sent by doctors from across the world.

• Review content for readability, sentence construction, grammar, and style guide adherence
• Check and correct as needed the formatting of the articles
• Efficiently meet deadlines
• Adapted smoothly to the medical domain despite having no background in it.

Content Editor and Writer at Justwords Consultants (2018-02 – 2021-12)

Content ownership included Lazada, Yatra, HeroFin Corp, PayTabs, HDFC and other logos. Coverage across e-commerce, travel, finance & insurance, payment gateways, health & beauty.

• Research and ensure subject matter context alignment for content
• Optimize content for SEO and review keywords usage
• Review content for readability, sentence construction, grammar and style guide adherence
• Efficiently meet deadlines while working on a large number of diverse projects each day
• Drove turnaround time reduction with domain-aligned editors making content corrections rather than sending back to authors
• Influenced multiple net new logo wins and contract renewals

Script Writer at Nightwhistlers Entertainment (2011-06 – 2013-07)

Script writer for a start-up team working on getting a breakthrough in the movie industry.

• Conducted extensive research on script subjects to perfect the details
• Research included watching 100s of movies, and readings on relevant events, issues, cultures
• Wrote and fine-tuned original scripts based on discussion with directors and producers
• Completed 2 scripts belonging to thriller and horror genres respectively during this assignment

Copyeditor at Mindworks Global (2008-06 – 2010-10)

Copyeditor for the international daily newspaper Miami Herald International. The newspaper targeted English-reading people, specially U.S. expatriates, in Latin America.

• Selected the news and did research to confirm, fill in or expand points in the news article
• Pruned the news to required size, edited it for grammar and style; and rewrote parts
• Chose pictures from the company's constantly-updated picture library to go with the news
• Directed the designer on the needed layout of the page on Adobe InDesign software
• Wrote headlines, lead-ins and captions beneath the pictures, kickers, blurbs and sub-heads
• Prepared the pages by fitting all news and pictures together in the designed layout
• Efficiently met the deadlines even though resources were half the optimal team size

Script and Novel Writer at Freelance (2013-08 – 2018-01)

Ideate and craft engaging stories that have the hallmark of uniqueness. The process involved going through a large number of relevant books and movies.

• Self-published author on Amazon of a novel exploring life in a dystopian world titled 'Godfathers Academy'
• Completed 6 scripts across social, drama, horror, and fantasy genres

B.A. Eng. (Hons.) in English – Hansraj College, Delhi University (DU) (2008)

Class XII – St. Xavier's Sahibganj (2004)

Class X – St. Xavier's Sahibganj (2002)