* Francesca White | Business and Management Editor

I am an editor and proofreader working with clients in the UK, EU, USA, India and Asia.

Subjects

Business, management, marketing, leadership, corporate social responsibility, public relations, small business, entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, human resources, organizational development, English literature, drama, psychology and social sciences.

Media

I have extensive experience of working on books (professional and trade), corporate publications, reports, brochures, company literature, websites, marketing materials and journal articles.

Experience

I have been copy editing and proofreading since 2008. My previous roles in publishing include Commissioning Editor for business and management books at John Wiley & Sons and Jossey Bass and Assistant Editor at Springer.

Clients

I work with a range of small and large organizations, including Ventoludens, Evolve Creative Solutions, The Bestseller Academy, Chawton Innovation Services, Novator Partners LLP and The Malone Society, among others.

Qualifications

MA (Hons) English Literature, RSA TEFL Certificate, BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design and Art History, Adobe Acrobat 9 (Certitec) and New CLAIT Level 1 web pages (OCR).

Recent training

Continual professional development including: annual attendance at the CIEP conference, Introduction to web editorial skills (CIEP), Working with non-publishers (CIEP), Proofreading for accreditation (CIEP), Onscreen editing (CIEP) and List development (Publishing Training Centre).

I have a number of international publishing house clients including Capstone, Palgrave Macmillan, Jossey Bass, Gower, Summersdale, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, John Wiley & Sons and Springer.

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I offer a professional, fast and efficient service, executed in a timely fashion and in line with publishing industry standards at reasonable rates.

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Testimonials

"Not only are you very thorough and reliable, you always use initiative which prevents costly mistakes."  (Mr Alfred Waller,erstwhile Publishing Director at McGraw-Hill and Pitman Publishing)

"Francesca has provided and continues to provide insightful and timely feedback, which I greatly appreciate. Her interest in the book and passion for the subject proved to be a true advantage."  (Dr Bakr Amed Alserhan, author of The Principles of Islamic Marketing and editor of the Journal of Islamic Marketing)

"Francesca is wonderful as a freelance editor. She is sympathetic to the needs of the publisher and shows empathy for our list and our style of publishing."  (Jonathan Norman, Publisher at Gower Publishing)

"I have worked with Francesca for many years, on several books with different publishers. She has always been intelligent, perceptive and supportive, combining relationships with authors and with publishers. She bridges what can otherwise be a difficult gap."  (Richard Ennals, Professor of Corporate Responsibility and Working Life, Kingston Business School, Kingston University)

"I have been always impressed by the good and professional job you do."  (Dr H. Riedesel, Publishing Director, Springer Verlag)

• Editor
• Proofreader

• Art & culture
• Business & finance
• Classics
• English literature
• Life sciences
• Humanities
• Social sciences

• Self-publishing
• Project management