I am a qualified editor and writer, with 3 years' experience in technical editing, working for the Australian Army. Having transferred from a Master's degree in Editing, Publishing and Creative Writing, I am now undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. My undergraduate degree was a BA in Professional Writing.
The service I received from my editor, Iaan, on the above project was excellent. I
will be using this service and the same editor in the future for other
similar projects.
Thanks
Christine
Project 4845: The work done for me was very good and I am very pleased with my editor . Many of my reports are complicated technical reports and Iaan did a great job.
Thanks
Editing Rates
Rate Per Page
US $5.84
Rate Per Word
US $0.20
Rate Per Hour
US $35.00
NOTE: these rates are not set in stone and are only an average for this editor. The actual rate applicable to your document will depend on the depth of the edit, the quality of the writing, the topic matter, the proximity of the deadline, the length of the document and several other factors.
Copy editing, including (but not limited to) technical, stylistic and content editing.
Substantial editing, including reorganization of content; changes in tone, style and focus; fact-checking; indexing; cross-referencing; and the layout, formatting, organization, creation and veracity of citations, captions, tables, graphics, charts etc.
Proofreading, including proofing, desktop publishing, template design etc.
Rewriting existing material, such as technical and report writing and procedure design, to effect a change in tone, style, focus, formatting etc.
I have experience in working with reports; manuals; government writing; non-fiction and fiction narratives; and technical, commercial and business-oriented documents.
For the past two and a half years, I have been working as a Technical Editor for the Australian Army.
I coordinated a small group of professional editors and undertook copyediting and proofreading for a large variety of technical publications. The publications varied from training manuals for operating equipment and computer software to theoretical guides dealing with engineering-related physics.
As my position there was a constantly expanding and varied role, I have a vast knowledge base and experience in dealing with all aspects of professional writing and editing.
The sensitive nature of the work influenced my strong commitment to privacy and confidentiality. As the end-products were used as official training documents for the entire Australian Army, I also came to excel at communicating with a very diverse group of people, often spread over a large area geographically and requiring different approaches from a set of varied political and social schemas.
I am currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing, transferring from a Masters degree in Editing, Publishing and Creative Writing. My undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and Literature.
I have advanced knowledge of the entire MS Office suite (including expert-level knowledge of Excel and Word), Adobe Acrobat, Adobe FrameMaker, plus skills in InDesign and PhotoShop. These core skills are enhanced by my knowledge of basic web design including HTML, CSS and Java.
My commitment to postgraduate education exemplifies my interest in professional writing.
Education degree
MA
Major specialization
Other, Editing & Publishing
Second specialization
Other, Creative Writing
First language
English
Areas of specialization
Not selected
Work experience
Previous Occupation (in Australia): Technical Editor, Department of Defence, Australian Army
Editing Experience in Years: 3
General description of duties:
Management of the editorial process and review cycle, working as a second-in-charge to the chief editor.
Managed a small team of editors, overseeing workflow, product throughput, training, task allocation and dispute resolution.
With an average output of 1 publication every 2 weeks, time-management and tight organisation was an absolute must.
Excellent knowledge of editorial conventions, markings and processes, both online with content management systems and on paper with traditional editing markup.
Specific skills, accountabilities and duties:
Ensured consistent application of styles for the following:
engineering equations (simple, algebraic and extremely complex non-linear physics-related equations),
step-by-step procedures and manuals,
computer software manuals and guides,
maintenance manuals and guides,
assembly instructions,
error and damage reports,
equipment condition reports,
scientific reports, manuals and guides (physics and chemistry),
design schematics,
deployment maps,
equipment graphics (including complex keyed graphics detailing components of equipment),
bibliographies and references lists,
glossaries,
equipment allocation tables,
personnel allocation tables,
mathematical work-out tables,
distance tables,
numbered-style reports,
headings, styles and paragraph formatting,
text size and font choice,
character and line spacing and kerning,
hyphenation, breaking and non-breaking spaces,
abbreviations.
Undertook duties such as the following:
ensuring appropriate word choice for the meaning intended, audience and context of the publication,
organising meetings between the content writers and the editors and desktop publishers,
creating and maintaining MS Excel databases and spreadsheets,
advanced use of MS Word: track-changes, templates, style templates, PDF export and import, tables and forms,
conducting and organising research for best-practices documentation,
creating and editing PDF documents.
Computer experience
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office 2007 & 2003 (full suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, Access, Groove, InfoPath, Outlook, Publisher), Windows Vista, Quark Express.
Scored 94% on editing test.
Test score 100% .
Test score 70% to 84%. 
Test score less than 70%.