Davina Haisell, Quality Assurance Specialist Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal

Quality assurance and brand management

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Specialist in proofreading for advertising and marketing professionals.

Ensured consistency of brand standards and layout for English and French projects.Brochures, postcards, newspaper and display advertising for the following clients: BC Hydro, TELUS and Boston Pizza.Fact-checking ensured accuracy of URLs, phone numbers and registered trademarks.Managed brand standards with the production and maintenance of several in-house.

Proofreading to promote consistency of brand standards and layout for English, French, Chinese and Spanish campaigns. Direct mail brochures, postcards, non-profit mailings, newspaper and display advertising for the following clients: HSBC, TELUS, VGH, LifeScan, FEMA, Shell, Intrawest and Western Union.Fact-checking ensured accuracy of URLs, phone numbers.

I worked in the production department ensuring that client briefings were communicated and implemented successfully, and on time. Production included websites, brochures, business cards, magazine advertisements and presentation folders.Responsibilities also involved preparing estimates, coordinating press dates, proofreading and sign-off of final proofs.

This was a freelance contract.I proofread advertising and packaging for clients such as Kodak, IBM, American Express and FedEx. Proofreading was specific to support brand standards, typography and graphic layout.Production briefs were received from account managers and relayed to in-house proofreaders and computer artists.Studio cost estimates were.

This was a contract position. Coordinated and produced a monthly medical journal. Proofread Microsoft Word documents received from anaesthetists located worldwide.Compiled and formatted investigative reports. Each journal was paginated, proofread and final hi-res files were sent to the printer. Final proofs were approved by myself and the managing editor.

I worked in the creative department with designers and editors, formatting educational books.