About
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Freelance writing
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Editorial positions held |
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| Mar-Jul 10 | Sightseeing and dining editor, London Planner Responsibilities included: compiling and editing the magazine’s sightseeing and dining listings; proof-reading the entire magazine; commissioning dining reviews; writing and editing features.
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| Dec 09-Feb 10 | Editorial assistant/PA to the editor, Condé Nast Traveller Responsibilities included: compiling the magazine’s Diary page; fact-checking and proof-reading copy; assisting the editor and managing her diary; hiring and directing work experience placements; coordinating writers’ travel bookings; dealing with expenses and annual leave; monitoring six email addresses.
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| Oct 09-present | Editorial assistant, MedNous Responsibilities include: proof-reading; editing; research; compiling the magazine's news index. |
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| Jun 09-present | Joint deputy Off-West End editor, Whatsonstage.com Responsibilities include: writing news articles, features and interviews; editing and uploading copy and images to www.whatsonstage.com/offwestend; image processing using Adobe Photoshop. |
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| Sep 07-Aug 08 | Travel editor, London Student Responsibilities included: commissioning; liaising with PRs; editing and doing layouts using QuarkXpress; image processing using Adobe Photoshop; proof reading.
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Other positions held
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| Jul 08-Jul 10 | Home-based Internet researcher, AQA (Any Question Answered) Responsibilities included: searching the Internet to provide answers to questions asked by the public; responding to questions in a limited amount of time and to strict grammar, punctuation and layout guidelines. |
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| May-Aug 07 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe Press Assistant, National Student Drama Festival Responsibilities included: writing press releases for NSDF’s events at the Edinburgh Fringe; liaising with the national press; proof reading copy for the website and brochures; general administration.
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| Oct 05-Jan 06 | Membership Services Administrator, British Design Initiative Responsibilities included: management of website members’ area; data entry; market research; small-scale event management; general administration.
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Work Experience |
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| Aug 08 | Telegraph.co.uk travel pages Responsibilities included: research; copyediting for the web using DTI editorial; preparing pages for publication using Escenic Content Studio; image processing using Adobe Photoshop. |
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| May - July 08 & May - July 07 | The Sunday Times Culture Responsibilities included: research using Factiva; writing and editing using Unisys Hermes; proof reading; general administration. |
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| April 08 | Condé Nast Traveller Responsibilities included: research; responding to readers’ questions via telephone and email; general administration. |
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| May 07 | Lonely Planet Responsibilities included: general administration, dealing mainly with the sales and rights departments. |
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| Sept & Dec 06 | The Independent Sunday Review Responsibilities included: research using Midas; writing; editing using QuarkXpress; general administration. |
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| Education |
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| Sept 07-Sept 08 | King’s College, London Master of Arts (English) with Merit |
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| 2002-2006 | University of Sussex Bachelor of Arts (English with Italian) First Class Honours |
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| 1994-2001 |
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Windows, Mac OS, Microsoft Office; |
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References available on request |
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