- Professional freelance copy-editor, proofreader and copywriter, with a Masters degree in Biological Diversity
- Committed to communicating scientific research to a wider audience and to making technical information better accessible
- Fluent writing style for production and editing of technical scientific reports, information sheets, training resources and public-facing web pages
- Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading trained in copy-editing and proofreading, following the CIEP Code of Practice, Ensuring Editorial Excellence
- Subeditor on the biannual Seed Testing International magazine of the International Seed Testing Association
- Preparing structure and layout of the annual International Rules for Seed Testing in four languages using Adobe InDesign
- Formerly employed as Training Specialist for the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Skills
- Good working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and other elements of Adobe Creative Cloud
- Extensive experience in use of content management systems
- Advanced skills in Microsoft 2013 programmes, including Word, Access, Excel and PowerPoint
- Effective communication with a variety of clients
- Confidence in international relationship-building
Qualifications
- Editing with Word (online) with CIEP
- Copy-editing Progress (classroom-based) with CIEP
- Introduction to Copy-editing (online) with CIEP
- Proofreading Progress (classroom-based) with CIEP
- Introduction to Proofreading (online) with CIEP
- MSc in Biological Diversity from University of Plymouth
- BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences from University of Exeter