I’m a freelance proofreader and a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
I have seven years in-house experience in the publishing industry: I worked on academic journals at Royal Chemistry Society and Cambridge University Press, and then on children’s books for the LEGO Group.
I have worked with publishers, packagers, communications agencies and authors on a freelance basis for several years.
Born in the UK, I have lived in Denmark and Germany and now live in Spain.
Services offered
Proofreading and proof/corrections collation.
Qualifications
Lancaster University, UK: BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing [1]
CELTA Teaching English as a Foreign Language Qualification
Professional development
Publishing Training Centre: Proofreading PDFs (11.2023)
Upgraded to Professional Membership of the CIEP (10.2022)
Attended CIEP annual conference (09.2022)
Upgraded to Intermediate Membership of the CIEP (09.2021)
CIEP: The Art of Querying (07.2021)
Publishing Training Centre: Essential Proofreading – Pass with Merit (2020–2021)
Joined CIEP (was the SfEP) (08.2019)
Publishing experience
The LEGO Group, Denmark: Editorial Coordinator (2016–2018)
Cambridge University Press, UK: Production Editor (2012–2016)
Royal Society of Chemistry, UK: Publishing Assistant (2011–2012)
Code of practice
As a member of the CIEP I follow the standards set out in its Code of Practice.