Alison Harmer | Editor and proofreader | Healthcare | Charities | Professional services
Wokingham
- [email protected]
- Phone
- 07905 187294
- Organisation
- Harmer Editorial Ltd
- Job title
- Editor and Proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Alison
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Your content must be accurate, consistent and on-brand – and right first time. That’s what I’m here for.
I’m a CIEP professional member with more than 30 years’ experience across healthcare, financial services, insurance, charity and membership organisations. I know these sectors well, so you only need to brief me on the job.
Whether you’re a communication agency, NHS trust, insurer, charity or membership organisation, I hold the line on consistency and accuracy across whatever you’re producing – from annual reports and magazines to websites, newsletters and ESG reports.
I’m also a B2B copywriter, which means I don’t just spot problems: I understand why they happen and can improve your content – or your team’s – accordingly.
Media
Company literature, Newsletters, Magazines, Websites/blogs, Online materials for charities and corporates, Annual reports (digital and print), On-screen materials like intranet pages, ESG reports (PDF and online), Charity impact reports, Award entries, Direct marketing for businesses, Advertising campaigns for agencies, Video scripts
In-house and freelance experience
- Freelance since 2001
- PR and Communications Manager, Regus Group Services - 2007-2008
- Senior Editor, Beetroot - 2002-2003
- Head of Visual Identity, ING Barings - 2000-2001
Recent Training
- SEO content writing (current) - 2025
- Web editing (CIEP) - 2022
- Proofreading and editing (College of Media and Publishing) - 2021
- Introduction to Content Design (Government Digital Service) - 2020
- Yoast SEO for beginners - 2020
Clients for whom you have worked within the past three years
- Ageas UK
- FUJIFILM Ink Solutions Group
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ Specialist Care
- Action for Children
- Foundations What Works Centre For Children & Families
- Keep Britain Tidy
- Paragon
- Arthaus
- The Air Ambulance Service
- Medico Digital
- FODO and NCHA
Subjects
- Business (business to business (B2B), direct marketing, marketing, premises/property, coworking space, offices, flexible workspace, serviced offices, business leadership, ESG)
- Communications (marketing communications, internal communications, corporate communications)
- Building (construction industry, built environment)
- Design (website design agencies, creative agencies)
- Engineering (oil/gas industry)
- Finance (banking, financial services, insurance)
- Manufacturing (industrial gases, printing inks, confectionery)
- Media studies (cinema/film, cinema history, newspapers)
- Membership organisations (eye care, hearing care)
- Medicine (midwifery, National Health Service, patient information, surgery, medical copywriting)
- Social sciences/studies (charities, voluntary sector, third sector, foundations, healthcare)
- Writing skills (copywriting, journalism, newsletter writing, brochure writing, blog writing, web content writing, article writing, sector-specific writing)
Qualifications and awards
BA (Hons) Media Studies
Fellow of the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC)
IoIC Award of Excellence Best Freelance
Testimonials
Alison is the best proofreader I’ve come across. She is incredibly accurate and reliably speedy in her turnaround.
Director of Communications, Keep Britain Tidy
Alison turns technically complicated ideas into clear and concise copy that keeps readers engaged.
If you are looking for someone who can proofread, grammar-check and improve the quality of your materials, I highly recommend Alison’s services.
Senior External Affairs Manager, Ageas UK
Alison’s keen eye and meticulous attention to detail help ensure our healthcare content’s consistency and quality. I can rely on Alison to edit our content to extremely high standards, catching the tiniest of details and offering guidance, all while working to tight deadlines.
Content Manager, Medico Digital
As AB’s sub, Alison was quick off the mark, and her essential input did not add unforeseen time to a project. She showed incredible responsiveness and professionalism, even when an urgent project arrived.
Managing Director, AB
Alison is a superb wordsmith - whether writing original material or subbing and editing supplied copy. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Former CEO, Care Of Police Survivors (COPS)
Since Alison has worked with us, the quality, consistency and accessibility of our communications have improved beyond recognition, improving our connectedness to members and the wider sector and enhancing our brand image. Alison is always available to us for the smallest to the largest of tasks and to the tightest of deadlines, and is a major asset to our business.
Director for Leadership, Transformation and Strategic Partnerships, FODO
[Alison] proved flexible when proofs were pushed back and excels at the tricky task of editing content drafted by various people for whom English isn’t their first language.
Head of Marketing, Paragon
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