I'm an experienced and reliable writer, editor and proofreader. I've written extensively for national and regional magazines and newspapers (covering food, lifestyle, interiors, music, arts, travel, leisure, sport, business, property, tourism and more). Key skills include feature/content writing, researching, interviewing, copy editing/proofreading, sub-editing, transcribing, commissioning writers and photographers, social media strategy.
Projects
- Homes & Antiques magazine: 'buying art' supplementResearched and wrote a 16-page supplement on buying art for Homes & Antiques magazine. This included researching and writing a 1,200-word feature on what to think about when buying contemporary art (with comments from experts); writing summaries for shopping section, covering various genres (and researching hi-res images to go with it); and providing informed styling captions for all lifestyle imagery.
Work history
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WriterFreelance
Frome, United KingdomFreelance
Features and reviews (lifestyle, interiors, food, arts/culture, music, business, property and more) for Homes & Antiques, Metro, The Independent, The Wire, Electronic Sound and others; currently regular sub-editor for Wireframe magazine.
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EditorMedia Clash
- Bath, United KingdomFull Time
Planned, researched and wrote engaging, visually appealing features and content (arts/culture, food, interiors, shopping, business, property etc) for Cardiff Life, a high-end, aspirational regional lifestyle magazine. Also subbed other MediaClash titles (Bristol Life, Exeter Living) using Adobe InDesign.
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Skills
- Writing
- Feature Articles
- Editing Copy
- Sub-editing
- Commissioning Content
- Review Writing
- Research
- Research Imagery
- Interviewing
- Editiorial