Set up as self-employed and working from home, having moved to Devon. Using iMac with CS3, Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional software

Worked with one colleague in the Publishing Department. Using edited Word fi les written in English sent from authors in France, Poland, India, USA, China, Russia and Japan, I typeset scientific books, journals and reports set out in InDesign. Text was prepared in Word, equations edited in MathType 5, diagrams and graphics redrawn or enhanced in Photoshop. I designed book covers, catalogues, forms, conference and training leafl ets, fl yers and company adverts in full colour, two colour or black and white. Working on an AppleMac G5 running OSX, packages used were: Adobe InDesign 3.0.1 and Photoshop CS v.8, MathType 5, plus Word, Excel and Powerpoint from Microsoft Office 2004. Documents were printed to .ps fi le and distilled to .pdf for sending to internal and external printers. Preparation of electronic books to comply with specifi cations for on-line printers,
for Google Search criteria and e-books.
Journals:
Polymers & Polymer Composites + cover design (8 issues annually) (sole responsibility)
Cellular Polymers + cover design (6 issues annually) (sole responsibility)
Progress in Rubber, Plastics & Recycling Technology + cover design (4 issues annually) (sole responsibility)
International Polymer Science & Technology + cover design (12 issues annually) (occasional)
Books: 29 books typeset and jackets designed.
Reports: 36 Reports typeset.

Worked with one colleague in Reports Production department using Word 6 in a Windows environment, typing and formatting scientific and engineering reports and manuals to a consistent corporate layout. Provided a typing service to around 100 staff, typing scientifi c papers to conform to specifi c layouts according to written instructions, created complex fl owcharts and drawings using Word for inclusion in the reports and manuals, compiled questionnaires and forms. Also use
of Powerpoint 4 to produce slides and notes, Excel 5, and CorelDraw 5.

Worked in various short-term temporary vacancies for Lincoln Calculating & Secretarial Agency until taking a four-month contract with Lincolnshire County Council in November 1995, as Typist/Word Processor Operator in Personnel Services/Education providing a typing service to the Education Team. The main contract in Telford was for Windsor Life Insurance, where my duties were to provide
administration and typing/secretarial support, and some Powerpoint presentation work.

Worked as Secretary to Proprietor. The offi ce was open to the public for secretarial services, and in this respect work such as newsletters, leafl ets, adverts, theses, annual accounts, plays, letters, reports, CVs, invoices and application forms using word processing and a desk top publishing package was undertaken. Duties included all general offi ce and secretarial work, conducting primary interviews of prospective employees, taking and fi lling telephone bookings for temporary workers with local businesses, compiling forms for offi ce use, calculating stock sheets, typing Bills of Quantity.
Provided a ‘hot-line’ for temps using Word Perfect and Ability packages. Taught a 2-day course on Word Perfect on a one-to-one basis. Use of 386 stand-alone PC with Windows, Word Perfect 5.2, Microsoft Desktop Publisher, also Wordcraft, Ability and Offi ce Power word processing.

Worked as PA/Secretary to Managing Director of a small Public Relations company specialising in sales promotion, marketing and advertising for a wide range of clients. Duties included liaising with local and national media and magazines on behalf of clients, assisting with production of client newsletters, pricelists and brochures, writing press releases and reports, organising exhibitions
and events, proof reading, budgeting and booking client advertising and all general offi ce duties.
Also compiled and produced an annual local directory of members of the Calne Business Association and their services, and compiled and distributed the Business Associations monthly Newsletter, and arranged the Association’s social functions.