Skills: proofreading
Media: books, company literature, distance-learning materials, educational materials, journals, websites
Equipment and software: computer(s): PC; word processing, antivirus, Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard
Qualifications and awards: BA English & History, PGCE, Associate of Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
Experience: freelance since 1997
Recent training: Web Editing and Proofreading (SfEP) 2006
Recent clients: Random House Group, Policy Press, Open University, York Publishing Services, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Pearson Education, University of York
Subjects: business/business studies, community studies, current affairs, education (administration/management, primary, secondary, special needs), fiction, gardening/horticulture, history, management (general, training), marketing, ornithology, politics/government (local government), sciences (popular, school), social research, social sciences/studies
Freelance proofreader since 1997. I have also had extensive experience in local government administration and teaching. Recent proofreading subjects have included alcohol consumption, dementia, e-learning, anti-social behaviour, youth poverty, children with disabilities and, on a lighter note, a paperback reissue of a Bill Bryson book. Projects ranged in size from 500-word press releases to 140,000-word academic books. I can usually accept work at short notice and have never missed a deadline.