Jo Kemp | Editor and proofreader
Based in Northumberland, working with clients throughout the UK and beyond
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- Organisation
- Jo Kemp Editorial Services
- Job title
- Development editor, copyeditor, proofreader
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Jo
With nearly 30 years’ experience as an editor and project manager in educational publishing, I work on a wide range of print and multimedia resources for students and teachers. Projects range from primary level up to BTEC and A Level across a variety of subjects.
My role as an editor can include rewriting and development/structural editing, copyediting, proofreading and Alpha and Beta testing of digital products (I work on a Mac).
Project management can include creating and implementing schedules, monitoring budgets, liaising with authors, designers and software developers, illustrators, editors and proofreaders.
I have worked as a mentor, training editors both in the UK and overseas.
Subjects
- English language (primary and secondary)
- English literature (primary and secondary)
- ESL
- Maths (primary and lower secondary)
- PSHE
- Citizenship
- Humanities
- Non-fiction
Services
- Project management
- Development editing
- Copyediting
- Proofreading
Experience
Examples of the types of project I have worked on:
- Development editing and copyediting IGCSE English teacher's guides
- Project managing and development editing Lower Secondary English teacher's guides (international market)
- Copyediting Years 1–6 maths teacher's resources
- Development editing and copyediting PSHE Key Stages 3–5 teacher's resources
- Development editing and copyediting Key Stage 3 Shakespeare study guides
- Copyediting GCSE English Literature and Language revision guides, practice tests and workbooks
- Development editing Year 6 Primary English as a Second Language teacher resources
- Mentoring novice editors on courses based in Cambridge and Kazakhstan
- I was the regular copyeditor of two quarterly magazines for ten years: School Business Manager Manager and School Inspeciton + Improvement Magazine
Prior to going freelance, I spent four years working in house at DP Publications in London.
Recent CPD and training
- Non-Fiction Developmental Editing (CIEP) 2024
- Switching to Fiction (Louise Harnby) 2023
- Introduction to Fiction Editing (CIEP) 2022
Clients
- HarperCollins
- Oxford University Press
- Scholastic
- York Notes
- Hachette
- Haremi
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Modern Languages: French and Russian
- MA Creative Writing
Testimonials
Jo is a very experienced, reliable and efficient project manager and editor. I have worked with her on two complex projects to which she brought these qualities and ensured successful delivery. Andrew Campbell, Publisher
Jo is an exceptional project manager and brilliant professional role model for a freelancer; I always value working with her. Jo’s project briefs are clear and rigorous, her advice sensible, her standards demanding but achievable. Jo is always clearheaded, managing to keep tabs on multiple titles, editors, authors, designers and production staff, and providing the vital link back to the publisher. Anna Clark, Freelance editor
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