KAREN JONES

I am an Intermediate Level member of the 

The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading

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I am a professionally qualified and experienced proofreader, including copyediting skills, with contemporary ICT expertise allied to proven customer service skills.

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My success has been based on meticulous attention to detail, an eye for presentation, natural communication skills and an appetite for hard-work.

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I believe that accuracy, efficiency, speed and good relationship building qualities are essential when you are only as good as your last piece of work.

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I started my career with BBC Television based at their main administrative HQ in Portland Place, London, initially as a Secretary, before gaining promotion to Assistant Manager, administering television appointments. This primarily involved writing and placing press advertisements for TV appointments.

 

I entered the advertising industry first for Chetwynd Streets in Manchester and then Aurum Advertising in Altrincham, liaising with key clients to identify and manage their advertising.

 

In 1983 I started my own secretarial business Typed and Ready Services, where I typed, copy edited and proofread essays, theses, CVs, letters and a book (which had been hand written by the author!). 

 

In 1996 I worked for a preparatory school as school secretary, PA to the Headmaster and Registrar, where I instigated a weekly newsletter giving parents information. 

 

In 2007 I moved to a firm of Rural Chartered Surveyors as an Administrator, leaving in May 2018 to concentrate on developing my new business "The Perfect Copy".

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