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Valerie Mobley AE

Editing Services
11 Pollock Ave
Marden SA 5070 

Business:

(08) 8362 9689

Private

(08) 8362 9689

Mobile:

0409 098 599

Email:

val.mobley@gmail.com

General editing, including structural editing and proof reading of print or electronic texts.

Experience

Freelance:

 2008–2009 Contract editing for Government Skills Australia, sociology and geology PhD thesis editing, autobiography and multiple editing assignments for academic clients across all disciplines.
2006–2008 Contract work for business and private clients including in the areas of education, environment, fiction, sciences and technology.

Other:

Instructional design experience, curriculum materials 8–12

Qualifications

AE (IPEd Accredited Editor)
MA Library and Information Studies (UniSA) BA Hons English (London University)
Graduate Diploma Education (London)
Graduate Diploma Library Studies (Adelaide University)
Certificate – Editing Techniques (TAFE 2005)
Certificate – Freelance Journalism (TAFE 2004)

Special skills

Abstracting, Academic editing, Content management systems, Database management, Design for effective communication, Desktop publishing, Electronic publishing, Internet research, Metadata, On-screen editing, Project management, Questionnaire design, Report writing, Research, Technical writing, Word processing, Writing and rewriting

Areas of expertise

Adolescent books, Agriculture and horticulture, Autobiography, Biography, Business, Career services,

Children’s books, Education and training, Environment, Fiction, Film, History, Librarianship, Literature, Media studies, Medical sciences, Poetry, Political science, Social sciences, Technology, Zoology (esp.Ornithology)

Computer software capability

 

Windows Vista

Database:

Access

Graphics:

InDesign, Photoshop

Electronic publishing:

In-house content management system
HTML

Page layout:

InDesign, Word 2007

Spreadsheets:

Excel

Word processing:

Word 2007