Experience

Yarra Plenty Regional Library

• Australia
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Media and Marketing Coordinator

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  I promote the Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries to the community and ensure the library service is highly valued and well utilised. I promote the Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries to the community and ensure the library service is highly valued and well utilised.



Busybird Publishing

• Australia
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Editor and Freelance Editor

  • Jan 2011 - 2016

  I have assisted the editors at Busybird Publishing with such projects as the Short Story Competition in 2011, Journey - a Collection of Breast Cancer Stories (Published 2012) and their current Prostate Cancer Stories Collection, Below the Belt (2015). Duties include: database entry, liaising with authors, administration, reading and appraisal, writing reports and editing. I have also undertaken some freelance copyediting for Busybird over the past year. I have assisted the editors at Busybird Publishing with such projects as the Short Story Competition in 2011, Journey - a Collection of Breast Cancer Stories (Published 2012) and their current Prostate Cancer Stories Collection, Below the Belt (2015). Duties include: database entry, liaising with authors, administration, reading and appraisal, writing reports and editing. I have also undertaken some freelance copyediting for Busybird over the past year.



Independence Australia

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Personal Care Assistant

  • Feb 2004 - 2016

  I work with various clients with different levels of disability in their homes to assist them with their personal and domestic needs.

• Customer Service Officer

  • Sep 2005 - May 2006

  I took a break from being an in-home Personal Care Assistant to work in the office call centre for healthcare products.



Melbourne University Publishing (MUP)

• Australia
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Intern

  • Aug 2014 - Sep 2014

  Under the direction of Cathy Smith - Senior Editor - I supported the editorial team and performed many tasks including, proofreading, checking editorial corrections, photographic research, data entry and filing. I observed an editorial meeting and many of the tasks involved in publishing during this busy period. Under the direction of Cathy Smith - Senior Editor - I supported the editorial team and performed many tasks including, proofreading, checking editorial corrections, photographic research, data entry and filing. I observed an editorial meeting and many of the tasks involved in publishing during this busy period.



Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

• Australia
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011

  As part of my studies in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT I completed an internship at Hardie Grant Egmont under the supervision of Marisa Pintado. My duties included copy editing, proofreading, assisting to research and draft a design brief, uploading ebook files, data entry, reading new and ongoing manuscripts, writing author feedback letters and reader's reports and general administration tasks. As part of my studies in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT I completed an internship at Hardie Grant Egmont under the supervision of Marisa Pintado. My duties included copy editing, proofreading, assisting to research and draft a design brief, uploading ebook files, data entry, reading new and ongoing manuscripts, writing author feedback letters and reader's reports and general administration tasks.