Overview
Are you a writer, academic, professional or expert in your field who doesn’t know where to start with your writing? Or perhaps you’ve written something and wonder whether your sentences could be sharper, your chapters tighter, your novels more compelling?
Mission: I like to think of myself as a natural-born editor. Even from an early age I was niggled by ungrammatical signs and inconsistencies in my school workbooks, and later, badly written documents. I’m still dismayed every time I find a mistake in a best-selling novel, the national news and major websites. I have made it my one-woman mission to establish excellent and flawless editorial standards, and giving full respect to the author's voice and style.
Education: I love the idiosyncrasies of grammar and the subtle nuances of language, which is why I studied languages and literature, receiving my BA in French from University of Connecticut, USA, and the Superior Diploma of French Studies for Foreign Speakers from University of Rouen, France, and my MA in modern comparative literature from University of Sussex, UK.
Career: My passion for words led me to seek a career in publishing. Over the past 20 years I worked my way up from junior editor on children’s magazines and comics, through to travel brochure copywriting, health and social care magazine and journal editing, complex academic arts and humanities books project managing and editing, through to managing editor at a multi-media publisher of health and social care materials. I have worked on a wide range of formats and subject matter, including arts, humanities and social sciences, as well as general fiction and erotica. I am extremely adaptable and happy to turn my hand at any subject.
I was born in the United States and have spent half my life living and working in the UK, so I have an in-depth knowledge of both British and American usage.
Bilingual editing: I am fluent in French and Spanish and can also provide bilingual editing of English translations to verify that the translation is true to the original French or Spanish source text, and that the English language usage is correct.
Membership: Professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
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Work experience
Self-employed
* Online World Architecture News - writing, editing, generating and researching relevant online news stories in international architecture
* Duffy London furniture and product design - writing web content and press releases for
* Pavilion Publishing and Media - book editing, article writing, journal proofreading
* Oxford University Press - copy editing
* Policy Press - copy editing and proofreading
* Jessica Kingsley Publishing - copy editing and proofreading
* BBC educational and children’s magazines - writing and sub-editing
Pavilion Publishing and Media
I managed a team of two editors and three designers, overseeing publishing strategy and departmental operations. In my first year I increased team productivity from 10 to 40 print and digital titles per year. I also worked closely with the marketing team to develop new catalogues, blogs, website content, social media and marketing materials, and communicate metadata. I have brought in extra revenue from foreign rights sales and copyright licenses, have implemented the ebook strategy and established the company editorial style guide.
Duties included:
* scheduling workflow, monitoring workload and activity
* commissioning, and assessing new proposals for commercial viability
* issuing contracts
* setting up and briefing new projects
* budgeting and business planning
* copy-editing, proof reading, and writing and editing online and offline content and copy
* liaison with authors, designers, editors, typesetters and printers
Pavilion Publishing
Project managed three monthly magazines, four quarterly journals, books and training materials.
Duties included:
* copy-editing, proof reading and writing content and copy
* co-ordinating the correction, receipt and delivery of proofs and manuscripts
* co-ordinating peer review process
* organising and chairing editorial board meetings
* liaison with designers, typesetters and printers
Panorama Holiday Group
Managed a team of two co-ordinators, two photo-co-ordinators in an in-house travel brochure production studio.
Duties included:
* monitoring workload and activity
* editing and overseeing the quality of travel brochures
* liaising with relevant departments, repro houses and printers
* writing and researching content and copy
* copy-editing and proof reading
Egmont Fleetway
Edited the popular fortnightly Thomas the Tank Engine magazine and oversaw creation of covers and local pages of the UK editions of Egmont’s co-publications Winnie The Pooh, Disney and Me, and Disney’s Princess.
Duties included:
* planning content
* commissioning stories and artwork
* overseeing design and doing layouts
* writing content, sub-editing and checking proofs
* dealing with licensor approvals
* managing budget
Marvel Comics
Contributed to Art Attack, Thomas the Tank Engine and Sooty magazines.
Duties included:
* Commissioning artwork
* Writing copy
* Overseeing photo shoots
* Sub-editing
* Checking proofs
Yes Educational Centre
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language at an Eastbourne-based summer school for young people and adults.
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