Daisy Editorial | Margaret Hunter

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About

I work with small businesses, government departments, think tanks, non-profit organisations and charities on writing clear text and getting your message across: your communications and publications, your blog, website or social media posts, your newsletter, annual report, marketing materials, in-house guides and manuals. As well as sensible (and sensitive) editing and proofreading, I can design and format your documents (for example in Word, PowerPoint or InDesign) using styles and templates, and can advise on writing good web content that will be found in search engines (SEO). I can create a house style guide for you to ensure consistency in your written materials.

I work with publishers on non-fiction books and educational materials. For independent authors and self-publishers I provide publishing services, from editing and proofreading to interior page design and layout for publication as print books (POD) or ebooks (Kindle mobi or epub), alongside advice on the publishing process.

I am an experienced user of Microsoft Word, including Track Changes, Word styles and templates, macros and consistency checkers such as PerfectIt (and other Office apps such as PowerPoint and Excel). I use Adobe Acrobat or Reader for PDF proofreading and can mark up your PDF proofs for direct import to your InDesign layout. I work in InDesign for print book layout and Jutoh or InDesign for ebook formatting. I can also work directly in digital platforms such as WordPress, and will happily put my mind to learning your own CMS if required.

I was a CIEP Council director from 2015 to 2021.

Skills

• Copyediting, line editing and proofreading; proof collation, artwork lists
• Style guide and project stylesheet preparation
• Book and document design and layout, formatting, styles and templates
• Bespoke templates created for you in Word, PowerPoint and InDesign
• Rewriting and plain English editing, including for multi-lingual authors
• Website and online content editing
• Ebook creation and formatting (epub and Kindle) using Jutoh, InDesign or Word
• Self-publishing help​ (editing and book design; advice on print publishing, ebooks, ISBNs etc)

Media

voluntary sector and charity communications, business and company literature, annual reports, marketing and promotional materials, newsletters, websites, blog articles, online content, information leaflets, government reports, research papers and academic articles, non-fiction books, ebooks, how-to guides, business books, manuals and toolkits, educational text books and school materials, training materials and courses

Subjects

international development, social policy, not-for-profit, NGOs, business content marketing, public and legal information, plain English, wildlife conservation, sewing, crafts, memoirs, self-help, travel guides

Clients

Examples of clients I have worked for:

• RCR (Royal College of Radiologists)
• RISJ (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford)
• RCPE (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh)
• CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity)
• ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors)
• TSO (The Stationery Office)
• Isle of Man Government
• Businesses and sole traders
• Independent authors, trainers and consultants
• NGOs (eg Natural History Museum, Unicef, Academy for the Advancement of Human Values)
• Publishing project managers (eg Scriptoria, Just Content)
• Universities and research bodies (eg Oxford Internet Institute, UCL, King's College London)
• Design and media agencies (eg Ave Design)
• Educational publishers (eg Macmillan Caribbean, International Baccalaureate)
• Book publishers (eg Handspring Publishing, Eclipse Publishing & Media)

Training

• LLB Law (Scots), DipLP Diploma in Legal Practice
• MPhil Child Studies, with distinction
• Basic editing (Publishing Training Centre)
• Basic proofreading (PTC), with distinction
• CIEP/SfEP courses: Plain English for Editors, Editing with Word, Web editing and proofreading, On-screen editing 1 and 2, Brush up your grammar, Introduction to proofreading, Introduction to fiction editing, Practical mark-up of PDFs
• Joomla! essential training (Lynda.com)
• InDesign CC: Epub Fundamentals (Lynda.com)

Experience

I have been a freelance editor and proofreader since 2003. Before that I worked in information and publications roles in the non-profit / charitable sector, after a brief spell as a solicitor.

• Information officer, Federation of Community Work Training Groups
• Information worker, National Tenants' Resource Centre
• Information and resources worker, Save the Children Child Poverty Resources Unit