Mike Benge Email & Phone Number

I am senior editor in a small team of editorial staff working on a range of materials for the health and social care sector, including handbooks, training manuals and magazines. Many of our titles are practical texts for frontline medical staff of all levels who work with users of mental health and learning disability services, or for the service users themselves and/or their families and loved ones. Other books are more academic in focus, aimed at managers, practice developers and supervisors, as well as those working on theoretical developments within health and social care. As senior editor, I am responsible for project managing titles from commissioning through to publication, including working with authors to help develop manuscripts, editing and proofreading, liaising with our design team and overseeing production of books and ebooks, as well as managing a range of audio and video components that are hosted online.

Sub editing role for leading online legal publisher.Editing and proofreading legal practice notes, standard contracts and news articles to ensure complicated legal concepts written by senior lawyers are accessible to junior lawyers, paralegals and non-specialised, in-house lawyers.SEO responsibilities for the website's search facility including coding.Excellent knowledge of XML and online publishing.Excellent standard of grammar and punctuation required.Good knowledge of a variety of legal concepts and practice areas.Writing news updates and reviews of books and other publications.General publishing support duties.Developing and maintaining house style and tone.

Editing role for a series of legal directories providing information and reviews of law firms and lawyers.Copy editing material for publication, often written by non-native speakers and requiring extensive revision and improvement.Writing high-quality copy for print publication requiring extensive research and an ability to make technical subjects accessible for a non-technical readership. Proofreading responsibilities ensuring correct punctuation, grammar and house-style are adhered to.Liaising with writers and production department to ensure high-quality publications are produced regularly and on time.

Editorial role for a daily legal newspaper and the official paper of record for the Government of England & Wales.Copy editing content for legal correctness, clarity and other stylistic/punctuation errors as well as proofreading final copy.In charge of large customer accounts dealing with government departments, town councils, advertising agencies and solicitors.Extensive administrative duties working to deadlines ensuring that regular, reliable and accurate information, often of a sensitive nature, is released to the public.

Administrative role in large depot.Organising staff and fleet of delivery vans, and the efficient dispatch of a high volume of parcels.Pay roll responsibilities.Highly customer-facing

Working for the largest share registrars in the UK.Processing payments for share holders involving extensive administrative responsibilities including ensuring against fraudulent claims, arranging international money transfers and liaising with various other departments of the company.Extensive verbal and written communication with share holders, solicitors and companies.Required a good knowledge of company accounting and various financial products including ISAs, pensions and employee share saving schemes.

Ba (Hons), English Literature

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Education record

A-Levels: English Literature: C History: B Graphic Design: D