Cecile Berbesi
Freelance Content and Publishing Services
Media & Communication Industry
Content Services
Porto Portugal
Freelancer
Available
A fast, reliable freelance editor with 15 years' experience in the UK trade and academic publishing industry. Whether you are an author, publishing house, academic or else, I can help you to ready your content for publication.
Freelance Content and Publishing Services
Cecile Berbesi
Since April 2016
Freelancer
Porto
Portugal
- Having freelanced as a side hustle since 2007, I became full-time self-employed in 2016. My professional expertise covers the following duties:
- project management
- proofreading (English, French, Portuguese)
- typesetting
- xml/pdf check for digital publications
- pre-production coordination
- peer-review management
- reader's report
- translation (English/French)
Subject areas include among others History, Education, French, Middle East, Travel Writing, Politics & International Relations and Business.
Fees are negotiated on a per-project basis.
For a detailed CV, please click on the 'Experience' tab of this website. The works displayed in the 'Portfolios' are from 2020 onwards. - project management
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
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InDesign
• Typesetting books, catalogues and flyers
• Creating styles and templates from scratch, following a brief or based on predefined styles
• Generating print-ready PDFs with press quality settings onExpert -
Acrobat Pro
• Amending text and images using advanced editing tools directly in unlocked PDFs
• Tagging PDF files with comments and queries
• Transforming Adobe PDF files into ebooks and slide presentations
• Combining PDF files to reveal text amendments
• Extracting, replacing, adding pages to PDF filesExpert -
Photoshop
• Optimising images for press
• Tweaking images
• Manipulating and amending scanned or PDF textAdvanced -
Illustrator
• Converting graphs, timelines and other numerical-type of illustrations (png, excel or pdf files) into high-quality eps files
• Drawing maps and graphs from screen grabs, pictures or scans
• Designing logos and bannersAdvanced
Microsoft Office
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Word
• Formatting layouts using styles and templates
• Using track changes and including comments and queries
• Compiling mathematical formulas, table of contents, indexes, glossary
• Comparing and merging Word documentsExpert -
Excel,
• Creating production planning schedules and budget tracking spreadsheets
• Generating graphsIntermediate -
Powerpoint
• Designing dynamic presentationsIntermediate
Web Tools
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Wordpress, Blogger
http://lestitchenfolie.blogspot.co.uk
• Writing posts as regularly as possible
• Branding by designing bespoke banner/logo and web layout using HTML or template
• Retouching/refocusing, optimising pictures to improve fast streamingGood -
Google Analytics, Statcounter
• Analysing followers flow data using Statcounter and Google Analytics
• Increasing blog visibility by participating in forums, tagging keywords, linking to other social websitesGood -
Social media
Facebook, Goodreads, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Ravelry, Tumblr, TwitterGood
Book Publishing History, Editorial/Management, Marketing/Bookshop/eBook, Design (InDesign layout), Printing Processes, Copyediting-Proofreading, Cultural Affairs and Book Events
English History, Literature and Linguistics
Thesis on ‘Witch-Hunt in England in the 16th and 17th centuries’
Thesis on ‘Witch-Hunt in England in the 16th and 17th centuries’
