About me

My production and editorial experience spans more than 20 years in London and New York, working across financial, corporate, creative and commercial briefs for print publications and digital content. In the past four years, I have transferred this experience into design studios and creative agencies, working as a QC Proofreader on a range of corporate and commercial clients' annual reports at HSBC, Gather London, Emperor Design, Conran Design Group and RR Donnelley Creative and Financial Services.

I am a detail-orientated professional able to proofread and copy-check the text, layout and design elements on each job for errors and inconsistencies, to ensure they conform to client and agency guidelines. My communication and organisational skills are strong, with advanced spelling, grammar and syntax in both British and American English, contributing effectively to the workflow process, prioritising accuracy and raising relevant issues with artwork/design and studio/account managers so that production issues are resolved in order to meet delivery deadlines.

My work has also included a three-month QC Proofreader role at RR Donnelley on a global rebrand for one of their major clients, Schroders. The QC proofreading was conducted across a range of print and digital content to ensure all original documents were updated to new templates, including layout/design/images and text/formatting. Also, at HSBC, I was responsible for proofreading the main 300-page HSBC Group annual report for text and formatting, including all tables and data, and several other interim Group reports, at various stages of the two-month production process.

My software knowledge includes working with Adobe applications such as Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, as well as MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and I have extensive experience of Macs and PCs.