My diverse work experience makes me not just a writer but a valuable team member.

The Full Service

Aside from my writing skills and subject knowledge, I pride myself on building positive and productive working relationships. The professional skills I have developed over my varied career enable me to be an efficient contractor, a flexible collaborator and an indispensable member of your project team. 

Choosing the best writer for your project isn't just a matter of finding someone with the the right skills, it also means finding someone who understands what you need and how you work. I always make it a priority to learn about a project, my role in it, and the people that I work with as early as possible, and to figure out the best way for me to advance the project goals.

Over the years I have been the Secretary of informal umbrella groups and played a co-ordinating role within UN Partnerships, as well as managing my own projects with overseas partners, collaborating organisations and in-house teams. All this has taught me how to explore and understand different perspectives, make positive and considered suggestions, and hone my diplomatic skills. Consequently I can fit easily into all sorts of different working regimes - whether my role is largely independent, communicating regularly with supervisors, or working closely with a group of colleagues - and develop positive relationships with anyone I deal with.

This background also means that I have direct project management experience: planning activities, setting and meeting deadlines, co-ordinating contractors, allocating budgets and the rest. This can be vital in large projects where I may be able to take on additional responsibilities for outputs that I am playing a lead role in producing. Even in smaller projects it means I come to the job with an understanding of the bigger picture and how I fit into it, and some insight into the many concerns that need to be carefully balanced within the project as a whole.

You can also make direct use of this experience if you choose to involve me in planning and developing a writing-based project or campaign. Even the best writer cannot make sense of a poorly-conceived document that does not have a clear purpose, audience or intended use. I am always happy to engage in planning processes and discussions to help ensure that the text you choose to produce is relevant, functional, and meets the needs of the broader project or campaign.