My portfolio showcases various projects and commissions I’ve worked on, including:
BOOKS
Client: Alan W Brown
Job: To prepare book manuscript for submission to publisher DeGruyter & for e-book self-publication. Tasks included:
Copyediting: substantive & line editing
Developing style guide used by proofreaders
Preparing final manuscript for print publication & e-book conversion
Setting & monitoring editorial deadlines
Liaising with publisher to ensure timely submission
Client: Cambridge University’s Institute of Manufacturing
Job: To prepare research monograph manuscript for submission to publisher Springer Verlag. Tasks included:
Liaising with editors & authors for manuscript preparation
Coordinating peer review process
Ensuring manuscript conformed to publisher style guide
Setting & monitoring editorial deadlines
Liaising with publisher to ensure timely manuscript submission
Employer: Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Warwick University
Job: To prepare book manuscript for self-publication as an e-book & for print edition submission to Cambridge University Press. Tasks included:
Copyediting & proofreading manuscript
Liaising with designer on cover & images
Planning production schedule
Setting & monitoring editorial deadlines
Preparing final manuscript for e-book conversion Uploading manuscript onto Kindle platform
Ensuring manuscript conforms to publisher style guide (print edition)
Client: Irene CL Ng
Job: To prepare book manuscript for submission to publisher Routledge. Tasks included:
Copyediting and proofreading manuscript
Setting and monitoring editorial deadlines to meet production schedules
Ensuring manuscript conforms to publisher style guide
PUBLICATIONS
Employer: Dataswift
Job: To produce MadHATTERs, a weekly newsletter of tech news curated from the company’s perspective on personal data and digital empowerment. In 2020, MadHATTERs was revamped into a monthly magazinethat steers conversation and thought leadership around the Data Economy 2.0. Tasks included:
Planning copy, scheduling & monitoring production deadlines
Content sourcing, curation & writing
Liaising with designer on cover & issue layout
Planning production schedule
Client: Centre of Digital Economy, Surrey University
Job: To help deliver the Taking Control reports on artificial intelligence and robots commissioned by their client Lloyd’s of London. Tasks included:
Copyediting: substantive editing & line-editing
Proofreading & formatting final manuscript for delivery to client
Client: ACCA
Job: To proofread and fact-check proofs of AB Magazine (Malaysian and Asia-Pacific editions) for members of the ACCA, the global body for professional accountants (Sep 2009–Oct 2010)
DIGITAL MEDIA
Client: Hub of Knowledge Co-creation research team
Job: To set up a WordPress website/blog to effectively communicate the team’s projects & research impact to a wider audience. Tasks included:
Project management of website/blog development
Developing and writing website content
Client: Brunel Business School, Brunel University
Job: To develop and write content for the school’s various business engagement activities such as the Small Business Leadership Programme and Help to Grow programme. Tasks included:
Developing and writing blogposts, social media posts, blurbs for the Brunel for Business podcast.
Client: Literature, Drama & Creative Writing Dept, University of East Anglia
Job: To copyedit submissions for the Suffragette Stories online anthology.
