Andrew Welsh
Advanced Professional Member| Location | LONDON and MELBOURNE |
| Website | www.andrew-welsh.com |
| Telephone from the UK | 0061 434 964732 |
| Telephone from Australia | 0434 964 732 |
| Skype | andrew.welsh85 |
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| https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrewwelsh1 |
Skills
Copy-editing, proofreading, typesetting, editing non-native English, on-screen editing, project management, production editing, coordination and typesetting of peer-reviewed journals
Media
Books, peer-reviewed journals, directories/yearbooks/reports, multi-author books, print and online PDFs with full bookmarking and hyperlinking
Specialised software
Microsoft Word with MathType, PerfectIt and ReferenceChecker add-ins
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat Pro (versions CS6 and CC2018)
Qualifications
BSc Chemistry
Experience
Freelance since 2003; Editorial Office Manager for the British Journal of Cancer (owned by Cancer Research UK), 2001–03; Publications Editor at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2000–01; Biotechnology Directories Editor at PJB Publications, 1999–2000; Editorial Assistant at the Society of Chemical Industry, 1998–99; various roles in the chemistry department at a nuclear power station, 1992–98
Training
Adobe InDesign (Transmedia Training), Editing mathematics (SfEP), Editing medical texts (SfEP), Project management (SfEP), On-screen editing 2 (SfEP) , Web editing and proofreading (SfEP), Efficient copy-editing (SfEP)
Recent clients
Victorian Auditor-General's Office, Association for Science Education, HarperCollins, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, OCSiAl, National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, Royal College of General Practitioners, Bupa, Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Wiley-Blackwell, Hodder Education, Macmillan Education, David Fulton Publishers, Letts Educational, Taylor & Francis, Pearson Education, Bookcraft, Swales & Willis, Mac Keith Press, PRMA Consulting, Whitgift School
Subjects
Biology, biotechnology, chemistry (general, organic), computer technology/software/hardware, current affairs, education, environment/energy (electricity/gas/water supplies), finance (personal finance/pensions/mortgages), games and puzzles (bridge), Internet, mathematics, medicine (general, academic/research), medical specialisms (gynaecology, obstetrics, oncology, paediatrics), music (general, classical, baroque/early, cello, harpsichord, piano, organ), physics, South Africa
Professional, friendly and flexible scientific and medical copy-editing, proofreading and typesetting service. Quick-turnaround proofreading of corporate communications (press releases, speeches, presentations, etc.). Project management of books. Six years' nuclear power station experience (high-purity water chemistry, radiochemistry and health physics/radiation protection) and six years' in-house scientific/technical/medical (STM) publishing experience. Conversion and configuration of journal manuscript tracking databases, and extensive experience of managing the peer-review process for journals as well as carrying out the copy-editing and typesetting of articles.