Are you looking to supplement your freelance proofreader list, or do you need someone to cover a one-off project? If your publishing fall into any of the following subject areas, please get in touch:
- Food
- Travel
- Crime fiction
- Sailing
- Walking and hiking
- 20th century history
- Business subjects (including marketing, HR, management and accounts)
Experience
- Freelance proofreader since July 2015 and Professional member of the SfEP
- As well as working with small businesses and postgraduate students, I have:
- Proofread over 50 publications for Clever Fox Press, a charitable children’s publisher since 2016
- Proofread Brockmans Black Book of Gin Cocktails
- Proofedited Financial training material for CISI
- Proofedited pre-submission business journal articles (including an article for Marketing Theory)
Skills and background:
- excellent IT skills
- mark up on screen or hard copy
- use BSI proofreading marks where required
- proofread blind or against copy
- follow your style sheet
Prior to training as a proofreader, I spent nearly 20 years in finance roles focusing on detail and working to very tight deadlines. I regard clear and timely communication as an essential, and will treat all your work as confidential.
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY:
‘Excellent proofreader, thorough, error-free, meticulous, excellent work ethics’
(Clever Fox Press)
Rene Nel - Proofreader 