Ruth Mackenzie
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Colleen Scullion
To whom it may concern, My name is Colleen Scullion, I have been a Bid Coordinator for over 15 years and I am pleased to write a character reference for Ruth Mackenzie. I find Ruth to be very talented, creative, and ambitious, and would enthusiastically recommend her to any company. Ruth is employed as an Assistant Bid Coordinator within FP McCann, and her job role entails the sourcing, coordination, preparation, reviewing and producing of PQQ/Tender bid submissions. Her skills include writing, editing, document management, formatting, and collating using various software packages such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook etc.), Adobe Indesign and Photoshop etc. Ruth’s role also extends to assisting with the creation, editing and production of the company newsletter and Contract division’s marketing and website materials. Ruth is reliable, dependable, and works well in a team. She has strong communication and interpersonal skills and fulfils her employment responsibilities with little supervision, successfully liaising between different departments to source and extract the required information to create and produce materials and submissions on time and to a high standard. On a personal level, Ruth has exceptional communication skills and a down-to-earth demeanour, allowing her to work as part of a cohesive team, as well as independently. Ruth is a loyal and dedicated person, who fully devotes her time and artistic energy toward the project at hand. I speak highly of Ruth’s skills, work ethic, computer literacy, and professionalism. I consider her to be a valuable member of the team, who consistently achieves good results and delivers all expectations. Please feel free to contact me should you require further information. Regards Colleen Scullion
Cathy Magovern
Ruth assisted me with the copywriting on several projects at Power NI. Her ability to quickly understand the style of copy that I wanted produced within such tight deadlines was invaluable. Ruth has an engaging manner and her delightful and fresh writing style, peppered with punchy verve exceeded my expectations. Ruth was an absolute pleasure to work with, I cannot recommend her enough and I very much look forward to working with her in the future.
Colleen Scullion
To whom it may concern, My name is Colleen Scullion, I have been a Bid Coordinator for over 15 years and I am pleased to write a character reference for Ruth Mackenzie. I find Ruth to be very talented, creative, and ambitious, and would enthusiastically recommend her to any company. Ruth is employed as an Assistant Bid Coordinator within FP McCann, and her job role entails the sourcing, coordination, preparation, reviewing and producing of PQQ/Tender bid submissions. Her skills include writing, editing, document management, formatting, and collating using various software packages such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook etc.), Adobe Indesign and Photoshop etc. Ruth’s role also extends to assisting with the creation, editing and production of the company newsletter and Contract division’s marketing and website materials. Ruth is reliable, dependable, and works well in a team. She has strong communication and interpersonal skills and fulfils her employment responsibilities with little supervision, successfully liaising between different departments to source and extract the required information to create and produce materials and submissions on time and to a high standard. On a personal level, Ruth has exceptional communication skills and a down-to-earth demeanour, allowing her to work as part of a cohesive team, as well as independently. Ruth is a loyal and dedicated person, who fully devotes her time and artistic energy toward the project at hand. I speak highly of Ruth’s skills, work ethic, computer literacy, and professionalism. I consider her to be a valuable member of the team, who consistently achieves good results and delivers all expectations. Please feel free to contact me should you require further information. Regards Colleen Scullion
Cathy Magovern
Ruth assisted me with the copywriting on several projects at Power NI. Her ability to quickly understand the style of copy that I wanted produced within such tight deadlines was invaluable. Ruth has an engaging manner and her delightful and fresh writing style, peppered with punchy verve exceeded my expectations. Ruth was an absolute pleasure to work with, I cannot recommend her enough and I very much look forward to working with her in the future.
Colleen Scullion
To whom it may concern, My name is Colleen Scullion, I have been a Bid Coordinator for over 15 years and I am pleased to write a character reference for Ruth Mackenzie. I find Ruth to be very talented, creative, and ambitious, and would enthusiastically recommend her to any company. Ruth is employed as an Assistant Bid Coordinator within FP McCann, and her job role entails the sourcing, coordination, preparation, reviewing and producing of PQQ/Tender bid submissions. Her skills include writing, editing, document management, formatting, and collating using various software packages such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook etc.), Adobe Indesign and Photoshop etc. Ruth’s role also extends to assisting with the creation, editing and production of the company newsletter and Contract division’s marketing and website materials. Ruth is reliable, dependable, and works well in a team. She has strong communication and interpersonal skills and fulfils her employment responsibilities with little supervision, successfully liaising between different departments to source and extract the required information to create and produce materials and submissions on time and to a high standard. On a personal level, Ruth has exceptional communication skills and a down-to-earth demeanour, allowing her to work as part of a cohesive team, as well as independently. Ruth is a loyal and dedicated person, who fully devotes her time and artistic energy toward the project at hand. I speak highly of Ruth’s skills, work ethic, computer literacy, and professionalism. I consider her to be a valuable member of the team, who consistently achieves good results and delivers all expectations. Please feel free to contact me should you require further information. Regards Colleen Scullion
Cathy Magovern
Ruth assisted me with the copywriting on several projects at Power NI. Her ability to quickly understand the style of copy that I wanted produced within such tight deadlines was invaluable. Ruth has an engaging manner and her delightful and fresh writing style, peppered with punchy verve exceeded my expectations. Ruth was an absolute pleasure to work with, I cannot recommend her enough and I very much look forward to working with her in the future.
Colleen Scullion
To whom it may concern, My name is Colleen Scullion, I have been a Bid Coordinator for over 15 years and I am pleased to write a character reference for Ruth Mackenzie. I find Ruth to be very talented, creative, and ambitious, and would enthusiastically recommend her to any company. Ruth is employed as an Assistant Bid Coordinator within FP McCann, and her job role entails the sourcing, coordination, preparation, reviewing and producing of PQQ/Tender bid submissions. Her skills include writing, editing, document management, formatting, and collating using various software packages such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook etc.), Adobe Indesign and Photoshop etc. Ruth’s role also extends to assisting with the creation, editing and production of the company newsletter and Contract division’s marketing and website materials. Ruth is reliable, dependable, and works well in a team. She has strong communication and interpersonal skills and fulfils her employment responsibilities with little supervision, successfully liaising between different departments to source and extract the required information to create and produce materials and submissions on time and to a high standard. On a personal level, Ruth has exceptional communication skills and a down-to-earth demeanour, allowing her to work as part of a cohesive team, as well as independently. Ruth is a loyal and dedicated person, who fully devotes her time and artistic energy toward the project at hand. I speak highly of Ruth’s skills, work ethic, computer literacy, and professionalism. I consider her to be a valuable member of the team, who consistently achieves good results and delivers all expectations. Please feel free to contact me should you require further information. Regards Colleen Scullion
Cathy Magovern
Ruth assisted me with the copywriting on several projects at Power NI. Her ability to quickly understand the style of copy that I wanted produced within such tight deadlines was invaluable. Ruth has an engaging manner and her delightful and fresh writing style, peppered with punchy verve exceeded my expectations. Ruth was an absolute pleasure to work with, I cannot recommend her enough and I very much look forward to working with her in the future.
Experience
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Self-Employed
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Writing and Editing
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700 & Above Employee
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Freelance Bid Consultant
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Oct 2012 - Present
Recently acted as principal bid writer for Ireland’s tender to host ECMWF activities, working with Met Eireann and IDA Ireland. The tender was short-listed. Write comprehensive and engaging first draft responses to client requirements, create in-depth tender templates, polished and well-organised final responses; Edit and proof existing responses, adding value and highlighting strengths, benefits and innovations, improving flow, phrasing and readability. Create copy that is relevant and appropriate to the client.Also review previously unsuccessful tenders and outline areas for improvement.Write tailored case studies, CVs and data sheets.Clients include:NHS / HSE contracts - Renal Dialysis Providers, Interpretation and Translation Agencies, Personnel Providers, Social Care Providers, Sexual Health Services, Electricians, Food Supplier.Construction contracts: Highways Maintenance, Social Housing Construction, Social Housing Planned and Reactive Maintenance, Sports Pitches, Minor Works Frameworks. Others: Graphic Design, Video Production, Architects, Law Framework, Renewable Energy Retrofitting, Homeless Charity, Commercial Cleaning, Cleaning Product supplier, Taxi Operators, Stationery suppliers, Recruitment, Printing, Furniture Design, Biomass Fuel Suppliers, Domestic and Office Removal Companies, Training Providers, Advertising Signage Installers. Show less
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Freelance writer and editor
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Oct 2012 - Oct 2014
Clients included Power NI and Phoenix Gas, helping them with copy and layouts for promotional material including E-zines, emails, advertising taglines and quarterly newsletters.
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FP McCann Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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200 - 300 Employee
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Bid Coordinator
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May 2015 - Nov 2015
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Stradia
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Freelance bid consultant
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Nov 2012 - Oct 2013
Prepared bespoke PQQ and ITT bid submissions; writing, editing, proofreading and formatting of social housing maintenance contracts for Mears, Morrison and Kier. Prepared bespoke PQQ and ITT bid submissions; writing, editing, proofreading and formatting of social housing maintenance contracts for Mears, Morrison and Kier.
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BAM UK & Ireland
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Freelance Copyeditor
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Sep 2012 - Nov 2012
Updated company website to make it more customer-friendly and wrote case studies of existing construction projects. Updated company website to make it more customer-friendly and wrote case studies of existing construction projects.
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KwikFit
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Netherlands
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Internal Communications Manager
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1999 - 2003
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Redan Publishing Limited
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United Kingdom
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Editor
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1992 - 1999
Senior Editor of children's pre-school educational magazines Senior Editor of children's pre-school educational magazines
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Education
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1986 - 1990
University of Aberdeen
MA (Hons) in English, English Language and Literature -
1991 - 1992
London College of Printing and Publishing
Post-graduate diploma, Printing and Publishing Administration -
1979 - 1986
Ballymena Academy
3 'A' levels and 10 'O' levels -
1986 - 1990
University of Aberdeen
Master's degree, English Language and Literature/Letters
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