Seller 253946

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Seller 253946 - London, Greater London, UK

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£25.00

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Overview:

Daily Mail journalist (15 years) with skills in print, online and text. Production specialist able to lay out, edit, write, research, proofread and provide pre-press service. Unsocial hours welcome.

: Hourly rate shown includes a discount of 10% for registered charities.

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Excellent
14 November 2008: Reliable, helpful and very hard working, Roger is to be recommended to all potential employers.

Excellent
19 March 2008: Roger was an excellent find, he came in and was immediately productive. Roger completed the assignment on time on budget and to a very high standard. We were totally satisfied and can recommend him without reservation.

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Thirty years' experience in most forms of communication. Have worked on titles such as Daily Mail, Mail On Sunday, Daily Express, The Independent, The Sun, CNN, Teletext, Evening Standard, magazines and a number of regional titles and local press. Majority of work has been in sub-editing and production, but also been a reporter and feature writer, news editor, arts writer and music reviewer, advertising copywriter, researcher and PR consultant. Have moved into pre-press work recently.

• Proofreader for corporate publishers including:

• CarnegieOrr
• Salter Baxter
• Bell & Co
• Addison Corporate Marketing
• Sub-editor, British Council magazine for Hot Courses. March 2008

• Sub-editor E-Financial news (online) and Private Equity News (print)
• Contributor Icon Magazine (feature writing) April 2008
? Editor: European Business School newsletter (32pp no ads) for client Regent’s College, Regent’s Park
? Text editor (sub-editor), Aspinalls Magazine (Luxury Publishing, SW6) and Annabel’s Wine and Cellar magazine.

? Sub-editor The Independent.
? Text editing and copywriting for Signum Media (independent media/ advertising/PR agency based in Wales www.signummedia.co,uk)
? Layout sub-editor Daily Mail (2x casual shifts weekly in recent months)
? Contractual exclusive provider of quiz questions for Bamboozle! on ITV/ Channel 4 analogue, digital and (soon) online.

Employment History

(Jun 1995 to Dec 2007)

Features sub-editor

London

Features desk sub-editor (casual)

(Oct 1992 to Jun 2007)

Senior sub-editor

London

All editorial roles including interim chief sub-editor, senior sub editor, duty editor, night editor, arts reporter and music reviewer plus in-house trainer

(Nov 2003 to Jul 2004)

Text writer and sub-editor

CNN, London

One of CNN Text's launch team; more than 40 shifts in first eight months, breaking stories of global importance

(1989 to 1992)

Birmingham Post

Sub editor, features dept,
At various times other roles incl. Stone sub, TV critic, diarist, letters page expert.

Education

(Oct 1973 to Jun 1976)

University of Sussex

BA (hons) Higher 2nd class

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Seller 253946 - London, Greater London, UK

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Employment History

Features sub-editor

Senior sub-editor

Text writer and sub-editor

Education

University of Sussex

Categories & Skills

Media & Creative

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