work résumé

employment

Freelance editor, writer, proofreader and desktop publisher
April 1999–now

• Career FAQS
  Financial Planning (editing)
• Cambridge University Press, Navigating Drama (editing, photo research, index)
• Yoga Arts, Byron Bay
  Design and preparation of timetables and student handbooks; trained staff in Quark Xpress
• Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre
  DTP: monthly newsletter
• Blackadder Communications
  Edited/desktopped/proofread: various handbooks and fact sheets for Land and Water Australia, and Landcare
• Community Action Network Australia
  Editing/dtp/proofreading/print buying: Farmer Education Fact Sheets
• Pascal Press
  Edited: Internet Go Guide, Windows Go Guide; Society and Environment Workbooks Years 3, 4, 5, 6; ‘Life Is Beautiful’ Year 12 Studyguide
• Blake Education
  Edited: Design and Technology Workbooks; Studies in Family Management Workbooks; Instant Lessons in Food Technology Books 1 And 2
• University Of NSW Press
  Edited: Natural Gain: Grasslands in the Southern Temperate Zone
• Southern Cross University, Lismore
  Desktopped: various course readers
• McGraw-Hill Book Company
  Edited: Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Books 3 and 4, and Accompanying Teacher Resource Books; Clinical Sports Nutrition, Second Edition; created author templates for: In Tune With Music; Experience Of Nationhood
• Pearson Education
  Proofread: SPSS For Windows, Internet Guide For Economics, Documenting Your Business. Desktopped: Microeconomics Studyguide, Macroeconomics Studyguide; Edited Services Marketing, Microeconomics Studyguide, Macroeconomics Studyguide, Principles of Marketing Student Learning Guide, Accounting: An Introduction
• Office of The Department of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment
  Edited and Desktopped: Advancing Equity: Workforce Diversity in the NSW Public Sector
  

Publications Manager, Council Of Social Service Of New South Wales, September 1998–April 1999

Senior Editor, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Higher Education, January 1998–September 1998

Assistant Editor, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Tertiary Division, June 1997–December 1997

Editorial Assistant, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Tertiary Division, January 1997–June 1997

Production Assistant, McGraw-Hill Book Company, August 1996–January 1997

Researcher, Rainforest Publishing, May–October 1995

education

• Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Sydney, 1991–1994
  Sociology, Philosophy, Art History, Government, Political Economy, Australian Literature, English Literature, American Literature, Linguistics, French and Women’s Studies.
• Diploma in Book Editing and Publishing, Macleay College, March–July 1995
• Grammar for Editors, Society of Editors, June 1997
• Australian Politics, Sydney University Evening Course, March–July 1997
• Creative Writing, Sydney Community College, October–November 1997
• Quark Xpress 3.3, Compu-Vision In-House Training, January 1998
• Introduction to the Internet, Chatswood Community College, February 1998
• Structural Editing, Australian Publisher's Association, April 1998
• Scientific and Technical Editing, Society of Editors, May 1998
• Scriptwriting Workshop with Deb Cox and Stephen Sewell, Basc Film Festival, Byron Bay, February 2001

interests

• Reading
• Writing
• Cooking
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Movies
• Theatre
• World Vision