Experience

The Pharm

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Content Sub Editor, Health & Beauty

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom - Working across digital and print to provide health, lifestyle and wellbeing content for Boots Health & Beauty magazine, boots.com, newsletters and social media. - Editing, rewriting, fact-checking and proofing copy in line with house style and tone of voice to a high standard. - Liaising with internal team, writers, clients, SEO editors, repro and printers to meet tight deadlines.



Iyengar Yoga Institute Maida Vale

• Yoga Teacher

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  - Provided regular yoga and mindfulness classes to the local community, in schools and online between 2018 and 2023, including marketing on and offline and producing more than 80 bespoke videos to support school students during the pandemic. - Provided remote technical and administrative support to the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale for livestream classes, from March 2021. - Now teach one gentle yoga class a week.



Worth Primary School

• United Kingdom
• Education Management

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

  Kent, England, United Kingdom - Providing one-on-one and small group support to pupils. - Supervising students and managing classroom behaviour.



Bookmark Content and Communications

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Sub Editor and Writer

  • Mar 2016 - Aug 2020

  London, United Kingdom - Updated online content for American Express and British Airways; copy, images, meta data, keywords, etc. - Proofread and fact-checked print content for accuracy, grammar and punctuation, brand TOV and style for clients including Lufthansa and Virgin. - Wrote original copy (entertainment, lifestyle, travel), headlines, stand-firsts, call to actions, pull quotes and picture captions. - Compiled layouts for detailed listings pages. - Implemented flatplans to navigate multiple… Show more - Updated online content for American Express and British Airways; copy, images, meta data, keywords, etc. - Proofread and fact-checked print content for accuracy, grammar and punctuation, brand TOV and style for clients including Lufthansa and Virgin. - Wrote original copy (entertainment, lifestyle, travel), headlines, stand-firsts, call to actions, pull quotes and picture captions. - Compiled layouts for detailed listings pages. - Implemented flatplans to navigate multiple projects - Managed internal and external relationships with clients, art department, writers, translators and printers. Show less



Spafax

• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sub Editor and HR Admin

  • Jan 2011 - Feb 2016

  - Part-time sub editor duties comprising proofreading, writing, fact and sense-checking for a range of clients, including Singapore Airlines and Royal Jordanian. - Managed all recruitment, interviewing, on-boarding and off-boarding of employees. - Managed all admin related to pensions, health benefits and training. - Consulted with line managers to execute employee appraisals.

• Editorial Assistant, Assistant Editor, Acting Editor

  • Jun 2005 - Dec 2010

  - As part of a small team, executed the production of custom print publications from planning through to printing, for clients including Qatar Airways, Thomas Cook and The Ritz. - Wrote original content, including health & beauty, lifestyle, events and entertainment. - Managed relationships with clients, writers, designers, translators, media sales, PRs, repro houses and printers. - Trained and mentored editorial assistants and sub editors, as the team expanded. - Acting Editor for… Show more - As part of a small team, executed the production of custom print publications from planning through to printing, for clients including Qatar Airways, Thomas Cook and The Ritz. - Wrote original content, including health & beauty, lifestyle, events and entertainment. - Managed relationships with clients, writers, designers, translators, media sales, PRs, repro houses and printers. - Trained and mentored editorial assistants and sub editors, as the team expanded. - Acting Editor for 12 months, across three publications: successfully managed the team to deliver all accounts to deadline, including implementing agreed re-design of one publication and an additional re-design of another.



Design Erick van Egeraat

• Netherlands
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Aug 2003 - Dec 2004

  London, United Kingdom



Impossible Pictures

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Production Assistant

  • 2003 - 2003



The Jim Henson Company

• United States
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• International Development Coordinator and Executive Assistant

  • 1998 - 2003

  London