Do you need an experienced magazine subeditor and proofreader to work on your print or online publication? Someone who can work well with either an in-house or remote editorial and production team of contributors, graphic designers, photographers and printers? Someone with wide general knowledge and a genuine interest in lifestyle topics? Someone who is used to working to tight publishing deadlines? Contact me to see how I can help.

Services

• Subediting
• Copyediting
• Proofreading
• Rewriting articles to suit the publication
• Writing headlines, standfirsts/intros and photo captions
• Fact-checking
• Sourcing images

Skills

• Subediting (using mark-up symbols on hard copy; tracking changes in Word)
• Proofreading blind or against copy (using mark-up symbols on hard copy; annotating PDFs; making changes directly in InDesign)
• Comprehensive knowledge of grammar and punctuation
• Excellent eye for detail and picking up errors
• Ability to follow a style guide or create one for a specific publication
• Wide general knowledge, inquisitive and enjoys fact-checking
• Ability to work to tight print deadlines
• An understanding of good design
• Working knowledge of Photoshop and InDesign

Subject specialisms

• Food and wine, including recipes, food production and cooking techniques
• Home interiors and gardens
• Travel and tourism
• Health and wellbeing
• The countryside, sustainability, nature and the environment
• French language and culture

Experience

For the past decade I have worked as a freelance magazine subeditor and proofreader.

I started off as a subeditor, proofreader and writer for Expat Living Publications in Singapore, where I worked on Expat Living Singapore, Expat Living Hong Kong, EX, and annual Kids, City, Travel and Body & Mind guides. I subedited articles on a variety of topics, including food and beverages, travel, arts and culture, homes and interiors, health and wellbeing, children and education, and expat life in Singapore, for these monthly and bi-monthly magazines and annual guides.

More recently I have been working for Provincial Living, a quarterly Australian lifestyle magazine for Francophiles and people who love the provincial way of life. This magazine is the perfect marriage of my knowledge of the French language and culture, my subediting and proofreading skills, and my interests in and knowledge of travel and tourism, food and wine, and the arts.

Relevant training

• Editing General Non-Fiction, Lorna Hendry (2021)
• Editing Narrative Non-Fiction, IPEd (2019)
• Advanced Editing – Content and Collaboration, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2017)
• Magazine Writing and Editing, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2017)
• Freelance Writing for the Media, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2017)
• Creating Digital Content, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2017)
• Copyediting and Proofreading, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2016)
• Introduction to Editing Practice, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2016)
• Working with Text and Image, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2016)
• Writing Non-fiction – Research and Readership, RMIT Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing (2016)
• Introduction to Copyediting, Editors Victoria (2015)
• Travel Writing, Australian Writers’ Centre (2014)
• Food Writing Masterclass with Ruth Reichl, Melbourne Writers Festival (2014)
• Structural Editing of Non-fiction, National Book Development Council of Singapore (2012)
• Advanced Copyediting and Proofreading, National Book Development Council of Singapore (2012)
• Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat Pro), ACE Training, Singapore (2011)
• Magazine Writing short course, RMIT (2005)

Professional membership

• Professional Member of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd Australia and New Zealand)