CV

P R O F E S S I O N A L    E X P E R I E N C E

IN THE SHED COPYWRITING
flexible and affordable copywriting service for small- and medium-sized businesses:

Current clients include:

  • General practice Surveyors (website, promotional flyer)
  • Secretarial training company (press releases, ghostwritten articles and Q&A column)
  • Recording studio/PA equipment hire company (website)
  • Online bookselling business (promotional flyer and website)

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ARTICLES PUBLISHED
(under own name)

“The Power of the Press – Press Releases for Beginners”; Million Impossible business website – www.millionimpossible.co.uk; (2009)

“Going the Extra Yard – Profile of Racing Secretary, Nicky McGrath”; OS (Office Secretary) Magazine (2009)

“More than Just a Good Tidy Up – Feng Shui in the Office”; Executary Magazine (2007)

“Temping Times”, article in PA-Assist/Moneypenny monthly secretarial online newsletter (2005)

“Fly on the Wall – La Boutine Souriante”, feature on running a concert by Quebecois band, La Boutine Souriante;  Living Tradition folk music magazine (1996)

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04/2000 – present

IN THE SHED SECRETARIAL

providing an ‘ad hoc’ secretarial and admin support service to small businesses and consultants:

Business Support Services offered:

  • Audio transcription (digital, mini and micro cassettes)
  • Assistance staff recruitment (drafting/ placing ads, writing job/personnel descriptions);
  • General book-keeping;
  • Clerical assistance;
  • Filing, archiving, record retrieval.

Secretarial Clients include:

  • Accountants, Insolvency Practitioners and Tax Advisers;
  • Solicitors (Family Law, Litigation, Criminal Law);
  • Architects, Surveyors, Contractors and Developers;
  • Corporate Events Organisers;
  • Mental Health advisers/clinics.

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Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S


Medical Audio Transcription Diploma (2009)
Legal Secretarial Diploma (2006)
HND Rural Recreation and Tourism – Scottish Agricultural College, Ayrshire (1996)
Personal Secretary Diploma – North Tyneside College, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear (1983)

Copy Typing – 65wpm / Audio Typing – 70wpm

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H O B B I E S

  • Running – and walking (Great North Run, Bupa London 10K, London Moonwalk);
  • Horseracing – spectator only!
  • Folk music – attending festivals and folk clubs;
  • Writing – creative writing and poetry (as well as articles and, of course, copywriting).