spottedblue editing
Andy Grieve

Experienced editor and proofreader for both web and print on a range of topics: computers, travel, sport, lifestyle, entertainment, business, finance, property
 
My career in publishing has included the management of book, magazine and website production, as well as the whole gamut of writing, editing and design
 
Highly computer literate - used a wide range of applications (Office, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, bespoke databases) on both PCs and Macs
 
Flexible, attentive to detail, systematic, quick to learn - from a decade of experience...
       
For a quote, email andy@spottedblue.com or call +36 70 7022364
 
selected portfolio

Central and Eastern European Property Business Review for DTZ

Client: DTZ is a leading global brand providing a full range of real estate services on a local, regional and global level to investors, occupiers and owners
Size: 8 pages
Frequency: Quarterly
Editing notes: As the contributors to this widely-distributed magazine are managers in various European countries, you can expect the odd spelling mistake and mixed grammar. However, the readership is influential and the client's image paramount, hence the need for accuracy and consistent style.

Microsoft's ESM Magazine for MRM (formerly Just Customer Communication)

Client: Award-winning London contract publisher, working for Microsoft, Goldfish, Alliance+Leicester, Lexus, Inmarsat and Toyota, among others
Size: 60-72 pages
Frequency: Monthly
Editing notes: Given the technical expertise of the target audience, each article must be thoroughly checked to ensure a comprehensive and informative read. A big dose of research and a sure supply of chocolate are pretty much a necessity...

Prime Rate Kft website

Client: Hungary's largest digital printer and key player in the printing and exhibition industry
Size: 80-page website
Frequency: One-off
Editing notes: Editing a translation brings its own difficulties. However thorough the translator, nailing the right expressions and technical vocabulary in the target language is far from easy, so the editor must sympathise and empathise in order to knock it into shape.

Buda Juniors International Football Club

Client: An English-language football club in Budapest for children from 4 to 16 years old
Size: 40-page website
Frequency: Ongoing
Editing notes: Aimed to appeal both to the players and their parents, although most of the considerable traffic is adult. spottedblue writes and edits everything on the website, as well as a monthly newsletter for members.

 

Freeman's Guide to the Property Industry

Client: Information provider for the commerical property industry
Size: 1200 pages
Frequency: Annual
Editing notes: Style guidance for and laying out of the award-winning directory of the UK commercial property industry.

 

Freeway Media

Client: Small London contract publisher, specialising in travel and lifestyle
Editing notes: Working with one of the UK's foremost travel industry journalists proved a fine teething ground. Publications included the first Gateway Heathrow, Pride of Britain magazine and newsletters for Page & Moy Holidays.

Past projects and clients

  • Various university and college dissertations on Chinese scriptures, English teacher training, international development, homoeopathy
  • ONnet web TV portal for ONdigital (later ITV Digital), the UK's first digital TV broadcaster - remember Monkey?
  • International human rights charity
  • Resource centre for lobbyists to the European Parliament
 
Search4.hu , Budapest News, Budapest Info, Budapest Flats and www.Budapest4rent.com , Budapest flats for 10/eur/ night
spottedblue.com, spottedblue, Andy Grieve, editing, proofreading, English teaching, Budapest, Hungary
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editing
proofreading
Quark layout
working methods
Word (PC and Mac)
Quark Passport (Mac)
email
FTP
on paper
media
books
dissertations
magazines
menus
newsletters
promotions
translations
websites
topics
business
computers
entertainment
finance
lifestyle
property
sport
tourism
travel
working practice
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contact details
+36 70 7022364
andy@spottedblue.com