Brief Summary:I'm an ambitious copy editor/writer with both paid and voluntary experience and strong BA and Masters degrees in Creative Writing.Detailed Summary: Hello. I'm here with the aim of securing a position editing or writing copy for an exciting and passionate company. I love writing, both creatively and professionally, and get an enormous sense of satisfaction from engaging my audience with clean, accurate copy that speaks directly to them.In addition to my BA and MA in Creative Writing, my experience, both paid and voluntary, includes writing for a local sports newspaper with a circulation of 57,000 people, writing reviews for technology and media products for an online platform, and editing a monthly column in a national prisoner newspaper with a readership of 60,000+.Key skills:* Excellent proofreading skills and attention to detail.* Understanding of company style, and ability to write to a platform's 'voice'.* Creativity in generating content.* Adaptability across platforms, styles, tone and audience.* Research skills.* Deadline management.In addition to these experiences, I've worked two jobs for the last two years at the University of Portsmouth both as a Support Worker for disabled students, and as a Research Assistant for the School of Law. This has allowed me to demonstrate, among other skills, project management and workload prioritisation through delivering on concurrent projects in one role, while simultaneously scheduling deadline-tailored support in the other. I'm also looking to make connections and link with people in industry; following on from exceptional team experiences at university and in my working life, I enjoy sharing, discussing and updating best practice through interest and passion, and to ensure a strong standard of continuous professional development.
Listed skills include Copy Editing, Copywriting, Proofreading, Editing, and 24 others.