Sarah Johnson

Detailed skills description

Skills

Sarah specialises in making complex content readable. With a background in law and over 20 years’ experience as a writer and editor, Sarah is comfortable working with any subject matter, for any audience, and in any format. Her experience spans the arts, transport, building, energy, IT, health, education and training, environmental, manufacturing, local and central government, and business sectors.

Sarah holds an MPhil in Publishing Studies from the University of Stirling, Scotland, and an LLB (Hons), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is currently completing a Certificate in Web Design and Writing with the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.

Experience

Sarah has run her own successful freelance writing and editing business for the past 15 years. The services she offers include:

  • writing and rewriting
  • editing
  • proofreading
  • research and analysis
  • publication management
  • ghost-writing.

Among her previous clients are:

  • New Zealand Transport Agency
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
  • Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority
  • Auckland Museum
  • Auckland, Waipa District, Waikato District and Waikato Regional councils
  • Counties Manukau District Health Board; Midland Health Network; Bay of Plenty District Health Board
  • The University of Waikato
  • The WISE Group; Te Pou of te Whakaaro Nui: National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development
  • The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand
  • Trust Waikato
  • Mighty River Power
  • Laracy Communications
  • EcoFX Ltd
  • EBSCO Publishing (US)
  • KoreaPolySchool (South Korea)
  • Edumaxi (China and New Zealand).

Type of work required

Sarah is happy to take on any writing or editing project. In the past, she had worked on:

  • technical manuals
  • policies, processes and procedures
  • tender responses
  • websites, blogs and e-books
  • annual, strategic, district, operational and master plans
  • legal texts and decisions
  • corporate and stakeholder communications
  • newsletters, brochures and social media
  • articles and press releases
  • style guides
  • local and corporate histories.

Contact

P O Box 131
Raglan 3265
New Zealand

Phone: +64 7 825-8398
Email: sarah@sarahjohnson.co.nz

Posted on TechCommNZ website on 8th June 2018