* Mary Hobbins | developmental, structural, and copy editing
- Phone
- +44 (0)7761 542433
- Website
- www.businessblend.co.uk
- Organisation
- The Business Blend Ltd
- Job title
- I am a highly experienced non-fiction editor specialising in business communications, professional handbooks, academic papers, and training materials
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Mary
A little bit about what I work on and my training:
Media
Business communications (internal and external) including blogs, email templates, handbooks, manuals, marketing flyers and brochures, newsletters, reports, social media posts, tenders, training materials, websites and any other communications you need to distribute
Non-fiction and academic books, multi-author books, journal articles, secondary and tertiary level textbooks, professional examination textbooks, study guides and e-learning materials
Qualifications and background
BSc Hons 2.1 History of Science, Technology and Medicine; Registered PRINCE2 Practitioner (APMG); many years in business/ corporate environment
Experience
Freelance business since 2010
Training
CPD is very important to me; I regularly attend formal training courses and maintain contact with fellow editors across the world year round
Clients
I work with businesses of all sizes as well as publishers including Cambridge University Press, HarperCollins, Oxford University Press, Royal Society and PM companies for BCS, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan and others
Subjects
Agriculture/ farming, archaeology, antiques and museum studies, business (business administration, B2B, history of, management, office practice/skills, organisational behaviour and development, quality standards, personnel development, risk analysis, small business, theory), history, home and leisure (popular, consumer, games and puzzles, gardening), political science, social sciences, tourism/travel
Testimonials
I was so excited to get this appraisal and even used a little of my long weekend to have a read through. Please pass my thanks to Mary, she has been incredibly kind and insightful and I feel encouraged looking at her report.
Manuscript development appraisal, 2023
Thank you for your Herculean labours on this project, and keeping us on course and on time.
Partner at a commercial law practice, 2020
I cannot thank you enough for all your work ... I am very grateful for the level of detail in your editing as well as all of the comments on ways to improve. Really excellent work.
Development and structural edit for a private client, 2019
Thanks for letting me know this is all completed. I will certainly recommend you to [XYZ], who is taking over my role. I have also recommended you to [another organisation] too.
Project manager, 2018
Thanks Mary. As always I deeply appreciate your precision and eye for detail.
Journal editor, 2017
Thank you again for all your work on this project – I realise it’s been a complicated one, and it looks like you’ve done an amazing job of proofreading and collating a lot of complex corrections. I very much appreciate your help on this one, and I look forward to working with you again.
Production manager, 2017
Service
Specialisms
Disclaimer note
The CIEP Directory of Editorial Services should be considered a point of first contact and prospective clients must satisfy themselves that members are capable of the work on offer. The Institute cannot be held responsible for the quality of work provided by any member listed in the directory. The members themselves are responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their entries in the Directory and the CIEP has not made any attempt to vet them. The institute cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the Directory. Inclusion in the Directory as a freelance does not necessarily mean that the member is self-employed as defined by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.
