Yoji Yamaguchi

SelectBooks, Inc. | New York, NY

03/15 – Present

Freelance Editor & Copyeditor

• Copyediting, fact-checking and formatting book manuscripts for publication in accordance with Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition.

• Line-editing YA fiction and adult nonfiction book titles.

   

Google, Inc. / Zagat | New York, NY

12/1999 – 02/2015

Senior Editor

• Created UI headlines and summaries for 1,500 points of interest on Google Maps.

• Edited 60+ Zagat restaurant guidebooks, plus content for zagat.com, comprising more than 20,000 reviews.

• Edited 18 Japanese-language editions covering eight Japanese markets.

• Edited and published internal newsletter distributed in NYC, CA, Toronto and London.

• Created training documentation for content management tool in development.

 

Tuttle Publishing | Tokyo, Japan

01/1998 – 01/1999

Freelance Editor and Copyeditor

• Content-edited and copyedited English-language adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction titles.

 

Harcourt | New York, NY

04/1994 – 06/1997

Associate Editor

• Shepherded frontlist titles from manuscript to printed book.

• Hired and managed freelance copyeditors, proofreaders and indexers.

• Wrote jacket and catalog copy and sales sheets.

 

Pantheon/Vintage | New York, NY

06/1988 – 04/1994

Assistant Editor

• Editor of the Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library.

• Content-edited four-color illustrated books and anthologies.