Laurie Ashton

Current

• Assistant Editor at C3 Labs
• Writer & Editor at Self Employed (Self-employed)

Past

• Accountant at Self employed (Self-employed)
• Accountant at Sleep Country Canada
• Project Accountant at Triple Five

• Night Auditor at Convention Inn
• Night Auditor at Fantasyland Hotel

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Education

• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
• University of Alberta

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Writing and Editing

Laurie Ashton’s Experience

• Assistant Editor

  C3 Labs

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years)

  Editing including copy editing (spelling, punctuation, grammar), style editing (to conform to C3 magazine's in-house style), and content editing (clarity, flow, organization, and meaning). Reviewing proofs, both digital and print. Writing articles, columns, and other content as needed. Acquire products to review.

• Writer & Editor

  Self Employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  August 2003 — Present (6 years)

  Developer, writer, editor, and designer of a wide range of business materials.
  
  * Wrote and edited product brochures, user manuals, a company profile, press releases, job training manuals, policies and procedures manuals, and so on for customers including documentation for a Singapore-based global company launching their new product range.
  * Write regular articles on restaurants reviewed and culture for popular national magazines such as "Travel Sri Lanka".
  * Wrote a column on gadgets for "Adoh!" and currently write a column on the Internet for "C3", both popular national magazines.

• Accountant

  Self employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Accounting industry)

  May 1996 — August 2003 (7 years 4 months)

  Accountant for small and very small businesses. Performed all day-to-day accounting needs - accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, general ledger including month- and year-end journal entries, preparation of year-end financial reports for tax accountants.
  * Set up accounting systems, switched clients from a manual accounting system to a computer accounting system, and changed clients from one accounting computer system to another on an as-needed basis.
  * Provided computer, software, and accounting training as needed.
  * Provided written documentation, i.e. job training manuals, policies & procedures manuals, accounting procedures, etc. as needed. Hired staff as needed.

• Accountant

  Sleep Country Canada

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)

  February 1995 — May 1996 (1 year 4 months)

  Payroll and benefits administration, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, sales order corrections. Wrote training material on and trained employees on entering sales and credits and balancing their sales and cash at the end of shift .

• Project Accountant

  Triple Five

  (Accounting industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year)

• Night Auditor

  Convention Inn

  (Hospitality industry)

  1991 — 1992 (1 year)

• Night Auditor

  Fantasyland Hotel

  (Hospitality industry)

  1990 — 1991 (1 year)

Laurie Ashton’s Education

• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

  Accounting 1991 — 1993

• University of Alberta

  1988 — 1992

Additional Information

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