Overview
I am a freelance editor and proofreader offering a friendly, reliable and professional service. I have many years of experience working in-house as a senior editor, overseeing books from concept to print. My area of expertise is practical art and art history titles and I am educated to post-graduate level in art history.For practical art books, I enjoy working with artists/authors to create attractive, accessible content that connects with the audience. I can advise on structure as well as bringing clarity to text and ensuring it correctly describes the artistic process. For many years I worked with bestselling practical art author Barrington Barber (author of The Fundamentals of Drawing). For art history books, I provide a thorough copy-editing or proofreading service, checking elements such as lists of illustrations, image dimensions, image titles, captions and image credits.I enjoy proofreading books of all types and have extensive experience of signing off titles for print; that means error-free!
Services
Non-Fiction
Art
DIY & Crafts
Languages
English (UK)
Work experience
Self-employed
Nov, 2017 —
Present
Fast and reliable copy-editing and proofreading service provided to various clients including book publishers and campaigning organisations. Extensive experience of project-managing books, creating high quality publications to schedule and on budget.
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Jul, 2007 —
Oct, 2017
(over 10 years)
Project editor responsible for 10–15 titles per year including practical art, art history, classic fiction, history, lifestyle and poetry books. Duties included:
• Commissioning authors
• Managing freelance copy-editors, proofreaders and indexers
• Overseeing books from concept to print-ready files
• Editorial, design and layout checks at every stage of production
• Liaising with the digital team over the creation of ebooks
• Managing budgets
• Picture research.
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