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Sky Harrison

Slinc Creative
PO Box 310
Semaphore SA 5019

Business:

8242 5229

Private

8449 5958

Mobile:

0407 972 328

Fax:

8242 5229

Email:

sky@slinccreative.com.au

Web:

www.slinccreative.com.au

Slinc Creative provides copywriting, editing, graphic design and marketing services to corporate and creative clients. Sky specialises in plain English and editing for structure, content, style, grammar and readability, as well as proofing. Packages available for small businesses. Discounts for non-profit organisations. Slinc Creative is CO2-free.

Experience

In-house:

Journalist/public relations and editorial experience within the SA Government.

Freelance:

Since 1996, Sky has been providing freelance services to government, corporate, small business and non-profit organisations: writing/editing reports, newsletters, brochures, websites, annual reports, advertising campaigns, fliers, signage and more.  She also works as a project editor, sub-editor and journalist at Advertiser Enterprises on The Adelaide Magazine and book titles.

Other:

Fiction Editor, Sub-editor and Marketing Manager for Wet Ink magazine.
Co-editor of Forked tongues: a delicious anthology of poetry and prose (Wakefield Press 2002).
Manuscript assessment services also available.

Qualifications

BA (Journalism ) - University of South Australia
Honours (Creative Writing) - University of Adelaide

Special skills

Design for effective communication, Desktop publishing, Electronic publishing, On-screen editing, Periodical publications, Publication production, Project management, Report writing, Research, Script writing, Speech writing, Teaching editing and writing skills, Writing and rewriting

Areas of expertise

Agriculture and horticulture, Alternative therapies and philosophies, Architecture and planning, Art and the arts, Australian studies, Biography, Business, Cookery publications, Crafts, Education and training, Evironment, Fiction, Film, Gardening, Government and administration, Health, Literature, Media studies, Social sciences, Social services, Technology, Travel, Wine, Women’s studies

Computer software capability

Macintosh:

Electronic publishing: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Joomla, Flash
Graphics: Photoshop, Illustrator
Page layout: Adobe InDesign
Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel
Word processing: Microsoft Word