Dee Bennett | Academic and corporate non-fiction; international development research; business literature; technical documents.
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +44(0)1953 797643
- Website
- http://www.vitalediting.co.uk
- Organisation
- Vital Editing
- Job title
- Copyeditor and proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Dee
Contact details
[email protected]
01953 797643
CIEP Professional member
I am a qualified and experienced copyeditor, proofreader, and writer, with a sharp eye for detail and a sensitive approach to your text. Over the past 17 years, I have worked on a very broad range of materials, both in terms of subject matter and complexity, from academic articles to corporate multi-authored technical reports, and where the author’s first language is not English. I have considerable experience in editing international development research outputs and business literature, and I have a personal background in music and the performing arts.
Media
Technical reports for businesses, sustainability reports, equality and diversity applications, corporate strategy reports, marketing proposals; academic research including journal articles and books; conference abstracts; corporate website text; educational materials including course content descriptions; theses and dissertations; heavily illustrated text containing photos, technical drawings, tables, graphics; alt text descriptions.
Experience
I established my editing and proofreading business in 2008. Since then, I have gained extensive experience editing non-fiction texts for a wide range of international clients, and frequently on work by authors whose first language is not English. I am experienced in editing complex technical documents for corporate clients, academic research outputs mainly in the field of international development, books, journals, and website text. I am highly proficient in clarifying text into plain English. I also write on a personal and professional basis (songs, poems, short stories) and co-authored a booklet on Thomas Paine.
Recent training
2024 How to Write Good Alt Text
2022 How to Mark Up PDF Page Proofs
2021 CIEP Annual Conference
2021 Training in macros
2020 Teaching English Online: China and Beyond (Cambridge Assessment English)
2017 Efficient Editing: Strategies and Tactics
2013 Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning (merit) (Publishing Training Centre)
Clients include:
A Thousand Monkeys (copywriting agency), Association of Art History, ATI Tank Hire, Berghahn Books, Bloomsbury, CK Hutchison, Creative Education Trust, Coventry University, Haremi, Institute of Development Studies, King’s College London, Newgen, Northern Gas Networks, OUP, Saxon Graphics, SCIAF, SIPRI, Taylor & Francis, TSO, University of East Anglia, as well as numerous individuals requiring editing or proofreading for CVs, dissertations, presentation notes, speeches, and other outputs.
Subjects
Business, sustainability, environmental impact, international development, research, visual and performing arts, music, creativity, education, psychology.
Qualifications
BA English Literature (York), Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning (merit) (Publishing Training Centre), Cert TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), ABRSM Grade 8 Violin, ABRSM Grade 8 Music Theory.
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