Emma Dixon | Non-Fiction Editor
- [email protected]
- Phone
- 07505 255068
- Job title
- Freelance editor and proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Emma
Media
Advertisements, annual reports, books, company literature, directories/yearbooks, distance-learning materials, e-books, educational materials, exam papers, government reports, illustrated books, information leaflets, magazines, newsletters, online materials, public inquiries, websites.
Qualifications and awards
MA English Language and Literature, Postgraduate Diploma in Publishing Studies. I have UK SC security clearance.
Experience
Freelance since 2013; proofreader, e-books team, Random House, 2010–12; managing editor, News+Views (Foreign & Commonwealth Office staff magazine), 2008–10; copy-editor and proofreader, COI (formerly Central Office of Information), 2001–08
Training
Introduction to content design (Government Campus), 2024; Introduction to PerfectIt 4 (Cadman Training Services), 2021; Introduction to InDesign (SfEP) 2013; Editing and proofreading music (SfEP) 2013
Clients
Accuracy Matters, Bloomsbury Publishing, NATO, United Nations, Hogarth Worldwide, International Labour Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Accenture, University of Warwick, IFS School of Finance, Department for International Development, Sunny Creative, World Health Organization
Subjects
Public sector, government, public inquiries, Civil Service, local government, international development, social policy, politics, charities, education, National Curriculum, ELT, EFL/ESL, advertising, biography/autobiography, music
Featured
A highly skilled copy-editor and proofreader with nearly 30 years' experience in both the public and private sectors. Extensive knowledge of government communications gained through 10 years' work as a Civil Service communications specialist. Other work experience not listed above includes three years editing ELT books for Macmillan Hong Kong, two years editing the Guinness Book of Records and six months as a proofreader in the advertising/transcreation agency Hogarth Worldwide. Adaptable, flexible and accurate. Happy to work on screen or on paper, either from home or in-house.
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