The Society of Editors South Australia

Freelance:

Seven years full-time and part-time editing, writing and translation experience. Also basic language and grammar tuition to adult students in local government and private enterprise. Particular experience in school textbooks (social sciences, languages, natural sciences), the hotel industry and government publications.

Other:

Twelve years editing, writing and translating experience as part of the position of sales manager at an internationally linked food technology company. This position also required the management of multiple projects and deadlines to successful completion, maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction, strong presentation skills, accurate report writing and annual budgeting.
Three years experience in compiling, editing and producing commercial and technical newsletters; writing and distributing technical and marketing press releases; and managing events as production manager and accounts executive in a public relations company.

Master of Arts (Translation) (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) – including editor training
Bachelor of Arts (University of South Africa)
National Diploma in Public Relations (Technikon Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) – including journalism

Academic editing, Languages, On-screen editing, Project management, Report writing, Research, Speech writing, Teaching editing and writing skills, Technical writing, Translations, Wordprocessing, Writing and rewriting

Art and the arts, Business, Cookery publications, Crafts, Education and training, Fiction, Food technology, Government and administration, Hotel industry, Languages, Literature, Social sciences, Technical publications, Travel

Windows:

Word processing (MS Word); spreadsheets (MS Excel); MS Publisher