Lisa at work

Get an idea of my skills and experience

In addition to running Onlineability, I'm a journalist, editor and web content specialist with a broad range of experience working for top-level media, commercial and government organisations.

Click here to see details of some of the clients I have worked for as a contractor. Or visit this page to read some articles I have written.

If you would like to contact me regarding freelance work, or wish to request a full copy of my CV, email me and I'll look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes - Lisa

Five key skills:

  • Excellent writing skills honed in a demanding newspaper environment and successfully adapted for use online, in commercial and in public-sector settings. Education and technology are my specialist subjects.
  • A very experienced editor with a strong command of the English language, the ability to assimilate and apply a style guide quickly and a keen sensitivity in preserving tone and style.
  • A highly proficient internet content manager familiar with HTML, CSS, image editing, search engine optimisation tactics and a wide range of bespoke and off-the-shelf content management systems as well as possessing a sound appreciation of 'back end' web issues.
  • Able to offer authoritative advice and consultancy on Web 2.0 topics including the pros and cons of using blogs, wikis, social networks, interactivity, open-source software and freely-licensed content.
    • I can communicate, prioritise, schedule and organise under pressure – as the result of years of working in high-stress media environments. I am highly-focused and goal-orientated and an excellent problem-solver.

Five key achievements

  • Running a successful contracting business for the last eight years which has included international media organisations and brands among its clients.
  • Creating and running a series of highly-regarded home improvement websites which are competing in the extremely tough world of internet marketing to become profitable and, in some cases, leaders in their field.
  • Working as a web editor, writer and producer for several national newspapers and broadcasters and coming to be regarded as reliable, absolutely trustworthy and a key team member in each case.
  • Developing a career as a political journalist which culminated in a post as political correspondent with a regional newspaper and included interviews with the Prime Minister, opposition leaders, key cabinet members and opposition spokespeople.
  • A member of a two-person team that took part in Perplex City, a pioneering online alternate-reality game run over two years by games company Mind Candy – beating around 50,000 players in 92 countries to its £100,000 prize. This took research, imagination collaboration, problem-solving, perseverance and initiative.