I began my editorial career in May 2000, and carried out freelance editorial work on a part-time basis from August 2003. I became a full-time self-employed freelancer in January 2009.

I have been an Ordinary member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders since 2007. I am a Network Member of Publishing Scotland.

Clients

Organisations that I have worked for on a freelance basis include:

• Cengage Learning
• D&B UK Ltd
• Family and Parenting Institute
• Hodder Education
• Learning and Teaching Scotland
• London Research International
• Oxford University Press
• Wearset Publishing Services

as well as individual economists and postgraduate students.

In 2009, I worked with the Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, building a database of exercises aimed to improve students’ writing skills.

Previous employment

I held full-time editorial positions with the following organisations:

• Learning and Teaching Scotland - Content Quality Manager, 2006-08
• D&B UK Ltd - Senior Editor, 2003-06
• Continuum International Publishing - Desk Editor, 2003
• The Prospect Shop - Data Sources Editor, 2000-03

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Subject specialisms

I have edited and proofread publications and documents in the following specialist areas:

• business information - country and company financial experiences and statistics
• economics and politics - macroeconomics, international trade, economic risk, investment risk, current affairs
• education - policy, strategy and subject-based documents, teachers’ and students’ support materials across all social subjects
• English as a Foreign/Second Language - teachers’ and students’ support materials
• healthcare - NHS reports

I have also worked on mainstream consumer titles on digital photography, world faiths, psychology and sport.

In line with my education and personal interests, I would like to work in the following areas: linguistics, sociology, travel, crafts, and environmental/green issues.

Training and qualifications

Completed Society for Editors and Proofreaders courses:

• Introduction to proofreading (2006)
• Introduction to copy-editing (2006)
• Brush up your grammar (2006)
• On-screen editing 1 (2009)

Academic qualifications:

• BA (Hons) Languages and Linguistics (2:1), University of York, 1998
• A Level - Economics (B), 2005
• A Levels - English Literature (A), French (B), General Studies (C), Sociology (A), 1995