About
R. Jeffrey Grace
San Francisco, CA
I’m currently working as a chaplain in a hospital in San Francisco. Here is what I have done in the past:
- Managing editor for monthly magazines; Manage and coordinate production and design
- Create and update websites using Joomla and Dreamweaver
- Implementing and maintaining file systems
- Drafting legal memos summarizing results of legal research
- Scan documents in text recognition program, clean up text and convert to PDF
- Extensive experience with digital photography and image manipulation
- Provided computer support for small peer-to-peer LAN office
Education
MA in Theology: Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
BA in Philosophy: Point Loma Nazarene College
Paralegal certificate: University of San Diego
Work Experience
Managing Editor
Ignatius Press, San Francisco, CA (2003 to 2009)
- Managing editor for monthly magazines (2003-2007), Online Development (2007-2009); Copyediting, editing, scanned documents, coordinated advertising, assisted in marketing, coordinated layout and printing team via Basecamp
- Project coordinator for textbook project. Coordinated production schedule, copyedited, edited, and assisted sales team for series of high school history textbooks
Assistant to Program Director
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, CA (2001 to 2002)
- Performed systems administration for peer-to-peer LAN; provided desktop support and technical training for six end users
- Contributed in maintaining website
- Coordinated with vendors and Internet Service Providers and recommended purchases of hardware and software to update system
- Assisted in editing monthly publication, reduced backlog by pre-screening unsolicited manuscripts and corresponding with contributors, and proofreading
- Prepared PowerPoint presentations for program director
Assistant to CEO
A.J. Schmidt, Inc., Tulsa, OK (1998-2000)
- Created index of real estate transaction records of condominium sales
- Identified data relevant to the issues of a dispute that settled before going to trial
- Assisted in management of rental properties
- Created website for the company that never went public
- Researched and recommended software for purchase
Substitute Teacher
Antelope Valley Union High School District, Lancaster, CA (1994-1996; 2003)
- Engaged end of term high school juniors and seniors in study of metaphysical poets by demonstrating relevance of material to their lives
- Prepared mini-lectures, PowerPoint presentations and facilitated discussion
- Tutored at-risk students in math and science
Military Service: Four years in USAF as Still Photographic Specialist
Language Skills: Koine Greek
Computer Experience
Operating systems: Mac OS X; Windows 3.1, 98, XP; MS-DOS (and some exposure to Linux); Word Processors: WordPerfect versions 5.0 through 7.0; MS Word XP; Office Suites: MS Office XP; MS Office for Mac; Lotus SmartSuite; Spreadsheets: Lotus 1-2-3 and MS-Excel; Databases: MS Access; Lotus Approach; Various internet applications for both Windows and OS X; Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, and Director; Adobe Acrobat; Adobe Photoshop; Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iPhoto, iMovie, Aperture, and several OCR programs. Website: http://www.rjgrace.com (WordPress).
Websites Implemented