<p>Dear Hiring Manager,<br /><br />I am excited to apply for this position because I have very much enjoyed working as a Freelance Editor (part-time) during the last three years of my graduate education. I would now like to transition the specialized skills I have acquired during my academic work and editing work to a full-time position in freelance editing.</p>
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<p>For the last eight years I have been working mostly as an academic. I have a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in philosophy with a minor in education, a certificate in education, a master&rsquo;s degree in the philosophy of cognitive science, and a recent doctorate in the philosophy of science. I possess excellent grammar and language ability as a result of my experience researching and writing academic presentations and manuscripts. And my work as a freelance editor over the last three years has deepened my appreciation for language and honed my attention to detail. I have proofread and edited non-academic documents (e.g. advertising copy, websites) and academic documents in both the humanities and the physical sciences (e.g. philosophy, cognitive science, computer science, biology).</p>