SANDRA BALONYI

* ********** *****, *******, ***. 3806

acsmw5@r.postjobfree.com 044*-***-***

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Editorial services. I am proficient at editing and proofreading educational materials such as textbooks (primary, secondary and tertiary) as well as trade books. I have a keen eye for detail and enjoy working with words and images to clarify information for readers.

EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE EDITOR AND PROOFREADER (EDUCATIONAL AND TRADE BOOKS)

APRIL 1996 – PRESENT

Working with authors and in-house editors of publishing houses to perfect educational and trade manuscripts to ensure the most effective communication to the applicable market

EDITORIAL COORDINATOR (EDUCATION) HarperCollinsPublishers

1993 – 1996

Commissioning and briefing editors, proofreaders, designers, illustrators and permissions/image researchers; liaising with authors on manuscript presentation; assisting the education publisher with the preparation of manuscripts for production

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Thomas Nelson Australia

1990 – 1993

Managing and maintaining production systems and ensuring quality control of new education titles; preparing budgets and schedules; briefing and supervising in-house desktop-publishing staff and production suppliers

ASSISTANT PUBLICATIONS MANAGER Jetset

1987 – 1990

Developing and implementing marketing communication briefs for the production of travel brochures; briefing and supervising copyeditors and designers

EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Unimedia Publications (magazine publishers)

1985 – 1987

Commissioning, proofreading and subediting editorial and advertising material for magazines; writing and translating (Italian) articles; organising and supervising photographic shoots and promotional events

EDUCATION

KOROWA ANGLICAN GIRLS’ SCHOOL, MELBOURNE

HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (1980)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

BACHELOR OF ARTS (1984) (majoring in Italian and German)

CAE

GRAPHIC DESIGN SHORT COURSE (1988)

CAE

CREATIVE EDITING SHORT COURSE (1992)

RMIT

COPYEDITING AND PROOFREADING LEVEL 2 (part time, 1993)

CAE

CREATIVE EDITING SHORT COURSE (1992)

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING (part time, 1994)

EXAMPLES OF RECENT WORK

Please see below.

CENGAGE LEARNING

Civil Rights in the USA (on-screen editing and styling)

Decolonisation (on-screen proofreading, pdf files)

Go Grammar 3! (on-screen editing and styling; on-screen proofreading, pdf files)

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Agriculture for the Pacific (on-screen editing and styling; hard-copy proofreading)

PNG Agriculture Years 9 and 10 (on-screen editing and styling; proofreading, pdf files)

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Extraordinary Leadership in Australia & New Zealand (on-screen editing using add-in)

How to Succeed in 12 Months (on-screen editing using add-in)

Winning the War for Talent (on-screen editing using add-in)

REFEREES

Available on request

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