My name is Gabrielle and I love to write and edit. I hate being bored and I love to learn. I have a BA and MA in English, so of course my first job out of college was as a  Microsoft Office corporate trainer all across NJ! You might wonder how my English degrees were at all useful in such a position, and my answer is this: all the educational writing experience – having to be clear, concise, and interesting while analyzing and explaining a wide range of texts and topics – enabled me to convey more technical topics in a way that learners could easily grasp. It was actually a very gratifying experience, and turning difficult or unexciting or technical material into words that made sense to learners was fun and fulfilling and became the foundation for the career that followed.

 

Over the past 20 years, I worked for a small, US/Canadian, technical education training equipment and curriculum company with global reach, that was then bought by a large, German automation company with larger global reach. I was a writer, technical writer, instructional designer, editor, and proofreader in the engineering department. I then moved to the marketing department where I wrote, edited, and proofread all marketing communications. I also did the graphic design and layout of all the brochures and trade show exhibits. (Like I said, I hate being bored and I love to learn!) Additionally, I was responsible for writing and editing website texts and standardizing/Americanizing all English texts that had been either written in English by native French or German speakers or translated into English from French or German by a human translator or translation software/AI (e.g., Google Translate).

 

And on the side, I've done writing, proofreading, and editing work for friends and clients.

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While my roles have been diverse, my job has always been the same: to present information in a clear, concise, and engaging way that people find appealing. Now, as an independent contractor, I devote myself full-time to bringing my years of writing, editing, and proofreading experience and skills to clients in businesses large and small.  Because whether for clients, leads, customers, employees, or students, information must attract, engage, and delight. That's my mission. Working with words and finding the exact right way to articulate a message is my “A-ha!” moment. One that I can never get enough of!