Hello,<br /><br />I am writing to apply for an editing position with Elite Editing. Based on my four years of professional editing experience (including three at the Big 4 professional services firm Ernst &amp; Young), as well as my diverse educational and professional background, I believe I would be an ideal candidate to join the ranks of your editing staff. I am interested in working part-time (approximately 20 hours per week) to supplement my income while also working on public health research projects and completing my MPH at Columbia. From July 2015 to January 2016, I will be conducting research in Moscow, Russia, which, due to the seven-hour difference between Moscow and New York, would give me the advantage of being able to edit to during non-business hours in the United States.<br /><br />I look forward to hearing from you soon and would be happy to answer any questions you may for me and/or perform an editing test.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />John Reid