Portfolio

Manage your market – University Business February 2015

FOTE conference 2015 Education Technology Magazine October 2015

Green ICT for the Future – three page article, July 2014	The V Word: Volunteering for Professional Development – article March 2014	Should students be in charge of tech? – three page article, April 2014	The future of technology, one page article, 2009
Engaging students in underused services, web article, July 2014	Open badges secured for the future and The Lowdown on Moodlemoot, two web articles, spring 2014	Various lifestyle and travel articles, 2005-2006	Various news articles, Sept-Dec 2008
Various news articles, September 2006	Dowry tradition prevails in Sri Lanka, web article, Sept 2013	Various arts reviews for critically acclaimed website 2013-2014	Various arts reviews for Bristol news and culture website 2014-present
review writing – such as theatre reviews for Venue magazine video documentary editing and scripting – like this event round-up for Jisc

Copywriting

Here are some examples of copywriting work I’ve done recently:

• websites – like this for Suttles the stone experts and civil engineers,  this for Highfield Glazing and Building Solutions, and this one for Jasmine Stacey and this website for Appsient mobile app developers
• ad writing
• editing – reports on a nationwide report about the skills and further education sectors; JISC Inform publication for over 10,000 vice chancellors, principals and senior managers in the UK education sector
• report writing – like this report on Open Knowledge for the international consortium the Knowledge Exchange
• proofreading – technical articles like this one sharing tax advice
• news writing – for the Jisc website, which has 60,000 visitors a month
• press releases – like this one about a 300 year old notebook
• collaborative writing – like this magazine feature on academic research that I wrote with a colleague
• blogging –  for example, this blog post about gardens

I am fortunate to have had a varied and interesting career, working across the public, private and charity sectors in two continents. Organisations I have worked for recently include the following…

Not for profit:

Commercial:

My style

As I’ve had such a varied career, I’m used to becoming part of the wallpaper. Versatility and speed are two of my key attributes.  I’m as happy punching out copy to deadline as I am working with colleagues on long term projects. Each project will be discussed and agreed with you – I don’t do out-of-the-box solutions. As I’m efficient and don’t have large overheads, I believe in passing those savings back to my clients so that our time together feels like good value.