I’m a multi-disciplinary editor, researcher, translator, and content strategist with a background in chemistry, environmental science, and sustainability. My other persona is a full-time musician (discounting the time spent doing the aforementioned jobs). I have >20 years worth of experience playing guitar, drums, composing music, editing and mixing, and designing sounds for both music and other applications. I have a professional-grade studio with a sound-treated room, and an ear for perfection. My top skill is extreme attention to detail. Nothing gets past my eye (or ear), and I can hold multiple different perspectives at once to make sure content resonates with various audiences/types of people.

Peter K. Cooper

I’m a multi-disciplinary editor, researcher, translator, and content strategist with a background in chemistry, environmental science, and sustainability. My other persona is a full-time musician (discounting the time spent doing the aforementioned jobs). I have >20 years worth of experience playing guitar, drums, composing music, editing and mixing, and designing sounds for both music and other applications. I have a professional-grade studio with a sound-treated room, and an ear for perfection. My top skill is extreme attention to detail. Nothing gets past my eye (or ear), and I can hold multiple different perspectives at once to make sure content resonates with various audiences/types of people.

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I’m a multi-disciplinary editor, researcher, translator, and content strategist with a background in chemistry, environmental science, and sustainability. My other persona is a full-time musician (discounting the time spent doing the aforementioned jobs). I have >20 years worth of experience playing guitar, drums, composing music, editing and mixing, and designing sounds for both music and other applications. I have a professional-grade studio with a sound-treated room, and an ear for perfection.

My top skill is extreme attention to detail. Nothing gets past my eye (or ear), and I can hold multiple different perspectives at once to make sure content resonates with various audiences/types of people.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
Portuguese
Advanced
Catalan; Valencian
Advanced
French
Advanced

Work Experience

Quality Assurance & Project Lead at Mindrift / Toloka
February 1, 2024 - November 2, 2025
Quality assurance and control of human-labeled training data for custom LLM solutions for a wide variety of industry clients. As project lead: creating project guidelines/instruction, overseeing teams of QA specialists and writers, managing task workflows and deadlines.
Content Development & Marketing Strategy at Power (withpower.com)
June 30, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Content strategy, long-form content writing, editing. Target audiences: pharmaceutical developers, industry stakeholders, and patients.
Academic & Technical Editor at Self-employed
May 1, 2019 - November 2, 2025
Proofreading, substantive editing, and article review services for academic articles and technical reports (university & industry clients).
Translator & Localization Specialist at Self-employed
May 1, 2023 - May 1, 2023
Translation pairs: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French → English; experience with scientific articles, technical reports, patents, and non-technical documents.
Specialist Academic Editor at Cactus Communications
September 30, 2023 - September 30, 2023
Copyediting and substantive editing of academic journal articles, journal formatting and reviewer/editor feedback services. Primary fields: Chemistry, environmental & climate sciences, engineering, physics, materials science, geology.
Copywriter & Content Strategy/Creation at Self-employed
October 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022
Original content creation and writing for marketing purposes. Clients from academia, government, NGOs, and startups.
Communications Strategist at Creda
March 31, 2020 - March 31, 2020
Developed and implemented internal & external communications strategies for a semi-private research institute. Web design of corporate site, maintaining content regarding research activity, with a focus on H2020 and EU projects.

Education

Honours Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) at McMaster University
September 1, 2011 - April 30, 2015
M.S. Environmental Science (Erasmus Mundus Joint European Master in Environmental Studies – Cities & Sustainability, JEMS-CiSU) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) & University of Aveiro (Portugal)
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2017

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Education, Professional Services, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Other