Co-director, freelance writer and editor at Webvivant Ltd
Caen Area, France
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- Co-director, freelance writer and editor at Webvivant Ltd
- Past
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- Freelance production editor at Emap, Dennis, Centaur, VNU, Blah etc (Self-employed)
- Group production editor, finance division at Emap
- Production editor, PC Dealer at VNU
- Assistant editor, Optometry Today at Association of Optometrists
- Secretary, PA, assistant to sales director at VARIOUS MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS (Self-employed)
- Education
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- King's College London, U. of London
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Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Summary
I am a highly experienced freelance writer, web editor and production editor. Now looking to expand into PR and marketing. Also interested in ghost-writing projects.
Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Specialties:
Trained in Quark, various CMS, Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop etc. French speaker.
Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Experience
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Co-director, freelance writer and editor
Webvivant Ltd
(Writing and Editing industry)
December 1999 — Present (10 years )
Since December 1999 I have been a freelance feature writer, web editor, production editor and author, working from my home office in France. My specialities include property, France, interiors, travel and lifestyle. I am also the author of the book Living in France, commissioned by Harriman House and published in March 2008.
My strengths
I am excellent at managing details and creating sophisticated processes that allow me to handle complex work processes. Once I have put a game plan in place, I implement it, and my decisions are based on facts and carefully reasoned. When working with other people, I am a good team player, fair and democratic and can always be counted on to deliver what I commit to.
Clients
Feature-writing clients include France magazine, Living Abroad, Everything France, Homes Away From Home, Period Living, Period House, Pipes & Tobaccos and recruitment website www.firstpersonglobal.com.
Production clients include General Dynamics, Computacenter, Lockheed Martin Signals, the British Heart Foundation (producing the schools information pack), the Committee on Standards in Public Life (editing the government White Paper), the Department of Trade and Industry, the Marie Stopes International website, BT and numerous others.
Web-editing clients. Between November 2004 and September 2006 I was editor of www.frenchentree.com, a website for people buying property or living in France. As editor, I was responsible for writing and commissioning a wide range of articles on subjects such as property, French taxes and mortgages, as well as lifestyle issues. I also produced a monthly property newsletter for subscribers. During June and July 2006, I helped to launch sister site www.spanishdream.com for the same company.
I am also former editor of www.firstrungnow.com, a website aimed at British first-time buyers, which I edited for a year.
I have a thorough knowledge of both the international and British property markets. -
Freelance production editor
Emap, Dennis, Centaur, VNU, Blah etc (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Media Production industry)
1994 — 2000 (6 years )
I was a freelance production editor and sub-editor on over 35 consumer and trade magazines, with frequencies from monthly to weekly. I worked both in-house and from my home office and my clients were based in both the UK and mainland Europe. Sometimes I worked as a magazine's only production editor, or supervising teams of subs, and at others as a sub - often working for the full-time staff I'd recruited to replace me.
Magazines included: Architect's Journal, Broadcast, Business & Technology, CadCam, Demon Dispatches, DTI WAS Focus, Financial Adviser, Home Entertainment, IBM Business Power, Information Age, Information Week (UK launch), Insurance Age, The International, International Money Marketing, Investment Adviser, Investment Week (launch), The Lawyer, Media & Marketing Europe, Maxim, Media Policy Review, Media Week, MicroScope, Money Marketing, Network Week, PC User, Pensions Week, Personal Systems in Business, Planned Savings, The Review, Stuff, TV Buyer, TV World, The VAR, What Mobile and What PC? -
Group production editor, finance division
Emap
(Public Company; EMA; Publishing industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year )
At Emap I was group production editor of the finance division, producing one weekly newspaper (Money Week) and three monthly magazines (Insurance Age, Planned Savings and The Review). I supervised two subs on the weekly and one sub on the monthly. I left this position to go freelance and worked mainly at Emap for the next year.
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Production editor, PC Dealer
VNU
(Writing and Editing industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years )
Production editor on weekly IT trade newspaper PC Dealer, supervising one sub.
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Assistant editor, Optometry Today
Association of Optometrists
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )
At Optometry Today I started as a writer before being promoted to features writer, news and production editor and finally assistant editor.
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Secretary, PA, assistant to sales director
VARIOUS MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Media Production industry)
1985 — 1987 (2 years )
After leaving university I attended secretarial college, then temped as a secretary and PA before becoming assistant to the sales director at Social Services Insight magazine where I sold advertising space and worked as production controller. I left Insight to join Optometry Today.
Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Education
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King's College London, U. of London
BA Hons II (II) , Classics , 1981 — 1985
Additional Information
Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Websites:
Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Interests:
Women's interest, especially women over 40. Health, fitness, wellness, diet, nutrition, complementary medicine, fashion, beauty, interiors, home and garden
Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Groups:
Society of Authors
Patricia Mansfield-Devine’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
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