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Damis, Angela AE

Daniel, Laura

de Silva, Kumi

Diligence Consulting

Doig, Fiona

Douglas Science Editing Services

Doyle, Deb

Driver, Emma

Damis, Angela AE

Accredited Editor
ABN: 88 158 233 100
Bondi NSW 2026
Tel: 0400 302723
Email: angela.damis@bigpond.com

Experience: Full-time since 1999, in in-house and freelance roles. Own clients have included: legal and academic publishers (eg Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press); PhD students; government agencies; management, education and writing consultants, and other self-publishing authors. Most recent in-house job was with communications consultancy Editor Group, providing editing and proofreading services to the firm’s in-house writers and external clients – major IT and finance corporations, law and accounting firms, design agencies, non-profit organisations and government organisations (Commonwealth and state).

Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts/Law (UNSW) – Arts major in French, History and Politics, Law major in Intellectual Property and International Law; masters studies in copyright; full range of publishing industry short courses since 2002.

Computer capability: PC; Windows XP, MS Office; onscreen editing; broadband connection.

Services offered: Structural editing; copyediting; proofreading (hard copy or track changes on screen); project management.

Type of material: Books (partic. legal, academic and educational, but also general non-fiction); course and training materials; directories; journal/magazine articles; manuals; marketing materials; newsletters; planning documents; proposals/tenders; reports – annual, government and research; theses; website content.

Subject specialities: Humanities/education; law/business/government.

Special skills/interests: Careful and thorough copyeditor and proofreader, with deep knowledge of English grammar, punctuation, usage and style. Service-oriented and versatile, with experience on many different projects across a range of sectors, including law, business communications, government and education. Reading interests in art, biography, communications, cultural studies, film, history, international relations, literature, multiculturalism, politics, psychology, research, self-help and travel.