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    Marie-Anne H.

    Marie-Anne H.

    Freelance Writer and Editor

    London, United Kingdom

    Skilled interviewer, article writer, editor and copywriter with a background in consumer magazines, particularly women's, TV and celebrity titles. Other areas of experience...Read moreSkilled interviewer, article writer, editor and copywriter with a background in consumer magazines, particularly women's, TV and celebrity titles. Other areas of experience include: food, health, arts and entertainment. I also have web writing and content management skills, including knowledge of WordPress, having used it to create my own site. In all, a versatile and resourceful team-worker. Based in West London.

    Area Covered: London, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire
    Company Name: www.jauntywriter.co.uk
    Industry: Media
    Employees: 1


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    Summary: Since August 2010 I have worked as a freelance writer and editor, mainly for women's and TV magazines. I also do copywriting and enjoy working on more off-the-wall ideas for a well-known photographer and filmmaker.
    Prior to my freelance life, I was features editor of a TV magazine, where I commissioned, wrote and edited articles, and generally helped with the running of the magazine and website.
    Other areas of experience include: food, health and human interest features, as well as celebrity interviews.
    Job Title: Feature writer and copywriter
    Company: BSkyB Publications
    Description: Worked as a freelance feature writer and copywriter for Sky Magazine.
    From:01/Oct/2010 To:25/Apr/2011

    Job Title: Features Editor
    Company: TV Quick, H Bauer Publishing
    Description: - Maintained good contacts with publicists and agents, and secured interviews with actors, presenters and TV producers.
    - Commissioned freelance writers to write features in the magazine.
    - Carried out interviews and wrote features and profile pieces about well-known figures such as Joanna Lumley, Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and Julie Walters
    - Edited true-life and food sections of the magazine
    - Edited copy, wrote headlines and sells
    - Proofread pages
    - Provided cover in the absence of the web editor of TV Choice magazine magazine (content management, editing copy for the web, SEO, writing blogs)
    From:03/Apr/2006 To:09/Jul/2010

    Job Title: Feature Writer
    Company: TV Quick, H Bauer Publishing
    Description: Wrote celebrity and TV features. Attended screenings and launches, and went on set to see the filming of dramas and interview the stars.
    From:02/Aug/2004 To:01/Apr/2006

    Job Title: Factual and Lifestyle Writer/Editor
    Company: Total TV Guide, H Bauer Publishing
    Description: Wrote previews and features about factual and lifestyle programmes
    From:01/Sep/2003 To:03/Aug/2004

    Job Title: Feature Writer (true-life)
    Company: TV Quick, H Bauer Publishing
    Description: - Researched and wrote features about ordinary people with extraordinary stories
    - Commissioned and edited copy from freelancers
    - Oversaw and styled food photography
    - Edited weekly health section
    From:01/Sep/1999 To:01/Sep/2003

    Job Title: Feature Writer
    Company: Wessex News Agency
    Description: Sourced, wrote and sold news and features to national papers and magazines such as Best, Bella, Woman’s Own, Chat, Woman, News of the World, Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.
    Headlines included: ‘I’m dying but I’m still having fertility treatment,’ ‘My Mother’s Day gift is a letter from a Jamaican Prison,’ ‘He’s a bigamist but I still love him,’ and ‘Two sets of twins in two months.’
    Also, features on health issues such as trichotillomania, cosmetic surgery, autism, migraines, body dysmorphia, and subjects such as bereavement and domestic violence.
    From:03/Nov/1997 To:02/Aug/1999

    Job Title: Reporter and Arts Editor
    Company: The Henley Standard
    Description: Junior reporter on this well-loved weekly paper in Oxfordshire. Duties included: court reporting, reporting on council meetings, diary and off-diary stories.
    From:29/Mar/1996 To:01/Oct/1997

    Job Title: PR Assistant
    Company: Propeller Marketing Communications
    Description: General administrative duties and media relations work.
    From:01/Mar/1995 To:31/Aug/1995

    Job Title: Trainee Executive
    Company: DKB International
    Description: Provided administrative support within the New Issues and Marketing department of this Japanese bank.
    From:01/Oct/1993 To:30/Dec/1994

    Job Title: Freelance Writer
    Company: Now magazine, IPC Media
    Description: Ad hoc freelance cover in the showbiz/features department of this weekly magazine. Writing features and other editorial content, interviewing celebrities and generally helping out.
    From:14/Jul/2011 To:25/Jan/2012

    Education Summary: NCTJ Certificate (journalism training, Cornwall College
    LLB Law, University of Birmingham
    CIM courses in marketing planning and market research

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    • Posted: 6 Mar 2012
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    • 16 Mar 2012 Andy G.
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      Marie-Anne was a real pleasure to work with. She likes to find out in detail everything you require and delivers everything on time.
      I have no problem with asking Marie-Anne 1st to write for me again

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