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Reigate, England, United Kingdom

Reigate, England, United Kingdom

Rutland, England, United Kingdom

Peterborough, United Kingdom

An experienced transcriber with transferrable skills, focused on publications throughout her career; from writing technical material to compiling academic papers. Strengths include being a meticulous proofreader (having worked with financial/regulatory documentation for years) and an ideas person with fast, accurate keyboard skills. Since redundancy, invested in studying with the AAT, aiming to apply both knowledge and enthusiasm to an accounting role.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

• Produced a constant flow of books for publication: styled up text in XML, used in-house software to convert files to Braille, and transcribed and proofread the Braille in ASCII against publishers’ files, which resulted in blind customers having a good selection of publications.• Compiled technology magazine: sourced interesting articles from the internet, print magazines and newspapers, matched RNIB style and kept within word count. The good choice of articles resulted in issues being approved by the Senior Editor and hitting deadlines every time.• Extra software used: WordPerfect 9, Duxbury Braille software, ePub file reader, Abbyy FineReader

Peterborough, United Kingdom

• Designed and proofread Map4Alls for public buildings/parks: ensured design had contrasting colours and shapes, labels were clear and Illustrator layers accurate, before the image file was used to construct metre-long displays, such as those in Ferry Meadows and LNER train stations.• Illustrated tactile images for museums and art galleries: using curators’ photographs/drawings of exhibits, ensured image was broken down into sections and the correct patterns used to enable blind visitors to explore displays that would not normally be accessible to them.• Created tactile diagrams for GCSE and A-level workbooks and exams: produced accurate, highly confidential diagrams with consistency, used technical braille handbook for scientific equations, and followed strict academic schedules to enable students to study simultaneously.Extra software used: using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat DC.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Produced commercially sensitive publications: transcribed and proofread in Braille and large print, tagged documents in XML, and scanned and prepared text for editing. Work requested by financial bodies and restaurant chains were a good source of income for the charity.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

• Provided administrative/secretarial support• Assisted technical writers with working manuals• Data entry

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Coordinated working papers and point of contact for queries: liaised with authors and printers to agree deadlines, formatted working papers and chased referees and editor for reviews. Distributed print copies to mailing list and uploaded electronic files and news to the website.Temp to perm then freelance, when relocated to Peterborough, to enable completion of final batch of papers. Temporary role included PA work for the Director.

Jersey, United Kingdom

Temporary work covering the following positions:• PA to Chief of Police• Office Manager for Professional Standards Department• Administrator in Training Department

Jersey, United Kingdom

• Extracted statistics from annual reports for island-wide publication• Wrote copy for key companies for newspaper ads• Marked up ads for pressured next day deadline