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I have been a proofreader since 2014, having cut my editorial teeth working in-house for a major supermarket chain and a leading greeting card and Advent calendar publisher. In those jobs I proofread anything from products and marketing material to contracts and ingredient information. I have worked freelance for publishers, businesses and non-profits since 2019.
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My extensive training, undertaken with the UK's two most highly regarded editorial training providers, the Publishing Training Centre (PTC) and the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), is complemented by my studies in the German, French and Italian languages, which have given me an excellent understanding of grammar and syntax, and the roles of different word types within a sentence.​​
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About Victoria
I work exclusively on non-fiction and especially enjoy the following:
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Subject Areas
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Qualifications & Membership
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​Editorial
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​PTC
Basic Proofreading – merit (2018)
Essential Copy-Editing – merit (2024)
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CIEP
Advanced Professional Member
References (self-assessed) (2019)
Copyediting Introduction (self-assessed) (2020)
Editorial Test – pass (94%) (2021)
Word for Practical Editing (self-assessed) (2022)
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Music
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University of Birmingham
Bachelor of Music with Honours – 2.1
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ABRSM Grade 8
Clarinet – distinction
Piano – distinction
Violin – merit
Theory of Music – merit
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Music Publishers Association
MPA Induction Course
Copyright, Digital, Royalties & Tracking
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General​
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Music – specialist classical music expertise
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History – British and European, roughly 1066 to 1945; monarchs, dynastic struggles, conflicts, revolutions and other key events; revisionist theories; particular interest in the Wars of the Roses and Richard III
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Sport – football (including the lower leagues), cricket, rugby, golf, badminton, darts, tenpin bowling, equestrianism and more
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Travel and wildlife (including lifelong interest in Madagascar)
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Pets | Politics | Biography
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Business
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Marketing material – catalogues, brochures, newsletters, events diaries, leaflets
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Communications – reports, information sheets, press releases, mailouts
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Products – instructions, packaging, subtitles
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Blog posts | Interviews | Corporate biographies
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