Louise Bolotin

Current

Contributing Editor at Skin Two
Owner at PlainText

Past

Financial Editor at ING Financial Markets
Communications Officer at European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam
Communications Officer at European Cultural Foundation

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Education

University of Leeds

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6 people have recommended Louise

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Louise Bolotin’s Summary

Freelance journalist, editor and copywriter with 29 years' experience. Client-focused, flexible, with excellent organizational skills, used to tight deadlines.

Journalism - I write for the Guardian, Observer and various magazines.

Editing - full range of on-screen copy-editing services for publishers and businesses.

Copywriting - I specialise in producing corporate communications such as web copy, newsletters and brochures, annual reports etc.

Louise Bolotin’s Specialties:

Subjects include: business and management, charities, cultural studies, disability issues, English as a foreign/second language, investment banking and finance, fitness/health, food and drink, gender studies, human rights, music (popular, rock), personal development (general, sexuality, relationships)

Louise Bolotin’s Experience

Contributing Editor

Skin Two

(Writing and Editing industry)

2006 — Present (3 years)

Commissioning journalists, authors, photographers and artists. Planning future issues, writing features, etc.
Owner

PlainText

(Writing and Editing industry)

March 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

Feature writing (journalism). Copy-editing, substantive editing, editing English as a foreign language, consultancy (editorial), copywriting, house styles, on-screen editing, on-screen proofreading, project management, rewriting, speech-writing, translating (French into English), web page/site editing, etc.

Media covered: books, company literature, magazines, newsletters, newspapers, online materials, press releases, websites etc.
Financial Editor

ING Financial Markets

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

August 2001 — February 2004 (2 years 7 months)

As financial editor, I was responsible for fast and accurate editing of equity analysis reports on a daily basis, working with equity analysts based in more than eight European countries. Reports ranged in size from 1 to 90 pages and covered a huge range of industry sectors.
Communications Officer

European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Philanthropy industry)

March 1996 — August 2001 (5 years 6 months)

Responsible for producing the ECF newsletter three times a year (commissioning, writing, editing, overseeing production), writing and editing the annual report, providing in-house editorial services, writing company literature (brochures, web copy etc).
Communications Officer

European Cultural Foundation

(Writing and Editing industry)

1996 — 2001 (5 years)

Louise Bolotin’s Education

University of Leeds

BA Ord , English , 1984 — 1988

Studied at Bretton Hall, Wakefield, now part of Leeds University.

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Louise Bolotin’s Interests:

Professional networking, CPD, music, reading, writing

Louise Bolotin’s Groups:

Advanced Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders
Member of the NUJ, JournoBiz,

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