Seller 254604 - Brighton, East Sussex, UK
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| Overview: | A professional freelance copywriter & editor with nineteen years' experience in direct marketing, I deliver beautifully written, authoritative, hard working copy cheerfully, bang on time, to budget. | |
CV
| I've worked with a wide variety of businesses over the past two decades. From blue chips like American Express, Cornhill Insurance and Norwich Union Investment Funds to - on the agency side - a suite of charities, publishers, training companies, IT firms. From SMEs to microbusinesses to sole traders. I could go on! And I've worked on all manner of projects: website content creation and editing, editing for SEO, press releases, power pages, articles and blog posts. Direct marketing, online and off. Marketing communications of all kinds, both external and internal. B2B and B2C. |
Employment History
(Jun 2005 to Mar 2006)
Marketing Executive
Burgess HillI worked a permanent three day week carrying out all the company’s marketing and marcomms activity.
(Aug 2002 to May 2005)
Marketing Manager
Haywards HeathI worked a permanent three day week carrying out all the company’s DM and marcomms activity including on and offline copywriting. Specified, briefed and project managed the set up of two company websites inc. copywriting for each.
(May 1998 to Jul 2002)
Direct Marketing Consultant
N/A, BrightonI worked as a contractor with a wide variety of companies. Among others, charity fundraising direct marketing agencies TWCat and Amherst, financial services
organisations LloydsTSB, American Express Insurance Services and Norwich Union Investment Funds. Plus subscription work with Macmillan (publishers of the ‘Nature’ science journals), work with a driving instructor training school and an IT company concerned with voice recording / recognition software / hardware.
(Aug 1995 to May 1998)
Assistant Marketing Manager
ITT London & Edinburgh (now Norwich Union), WorthingDirect Mail including copywriting, design and project/campaign management.
Education
(Sep 1981 to Jun 1982)
Cleveland College of Art & Design
Arts Degree Foundation Course: graded A+
(Sep 1979 to Jun 1981)
Acklam 6th Form College
A levels. English Lit: B, Geology: B, Art: D
(Sep 1975 to Jun 1979)
Kings Manor Comprehensive
9 O' levels including maths, english language and english literature.
Brighton College of Art and Design
BA Honours Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration. Graded 2:1
Categories & Skills
Marketing/Advertising/PR
Categories
Skills
- B2B
- B2C
- Below The Line
- Copywriting (Direct Marketing)
- Copywriting
- Direct Marketing (Marketing)
- Editing
- e-Marketing (Marketing)
- External Communications
- Internal Communications
- Proof Reading
Media & Creative
Categories
Skills
- Copywriting (Writing)

