Book edit: Your Salon Team by Lisa Conway

Client: Lisa Conway of ZING Business Coaching Title: Your Salon Team  – The salon owner’s guide to finding, motivating and keeping great staff Brief: Copy edit 43,000-word non-fiction book manuscript authored by expert business coach and aimed at salon owners in the hair + beauty sector. Printed book is to sit alongside Lisa’s first title…

ACA Guide to Camps & Outdoor Activity Providers 2015-16

End Client: Australian Camps Association Agency (client): GSDM Marketing Brief: Printed 112pp A4 magazine style guide. Refresh editorial to showcase offerings from each Australian state + seven regions in Victoria in an engaging and aspirational voice, including sub-headings.  

Parks Discovery Magazine

End client: Parks Victoria Client agency: GSDM Marketing Brief: Develop engaging and aspirational editorial content for 36pp promotional magazine:  3 x lead editorials + 7 x shorter editorials including interviews of Parks Victoria staff, drafting of content and development of snapshot descriptions around key products/destinations/experiences.  Themes: family camping, camping/long distance walking, remote camping, connecting to culture, bushwalking,  camping…

Annual Report for Multicultural Aged Care Services (MACS)

Client: Multicultural Aged Care Services (MACS) Agency: Brand Bureau Medium: Annual Report 2014-15, printed 16pp A4 booklet Brief: Seventh consecutive year working with MACS, a not-for-profit, on their annual report content. Collaborate with client and agency teams to develop annual report theme Coming of Age and engaging editorial content to convey a sense of the MACS journey over 21 years. Required interviewing…

Great Ocean Road Touring Map

End client: Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Client Agency: GSDM Marketing Medium: printed accordion fold touring map including editorial, map and promotional ads. Brief: As a companion to the Great Ocean Road Travel Planner, the map delivers inspirational editorial about the region through key themes of welcome, food + wine, natural attractions, great outdoors, arts, history and more. Limited word count….

6 x destination guides for Great Ocean Road

End client: Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Client Agency: GSDM Marketing Medium: 6 x printed accordion fold guides including editorial, maps and promotional ads covering Warrnambool, Torquay, Port Fairy, Anglesea, Apollo Bay + Otways, 12 Apostles + Hinterland. Brief: As companions to the Great Ocean Road Travel Planner, each guide conveys a distinct character for the locale it describes…

Great Ocean Road Travel Planner 2015

End client: Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Client Agency: GSDM Marketing Medium: 60pp A5 printed booklet Brief: Transform the usual Official Visitor Guide format into an engaging, motivational publication full of stories, people and inspiration. Required interviews of Great Ocean Road personalities, research, development of editorial copy + quotes + “must-do” experiences covering key themes: the…

20+ magazine editorials for Luxury Property Selection

Client: Harcourts International Medium: Luxury Property Selection magazine “… an exceptional publication showcasing premium properties for sale from around the world. Published quarterly, Luxury Property Selection magazine is a high quality product, available to only exclusive, luxury property vendors. Luxury Property Selection magazine provides exposure for your property to a targeted, high net worth audience of luxury…

propertymark magazine: 60-plus articles for Landmark Harcourts

Client: Landmark Harcourts,  a national real estate brand Medium: property mark, a national print magazine, circulation 25,000 print subscribers + 25,000 digital Brief: 2-3 articles (500-1200 words each) per bi-monthly edition, based on general interest topics with particular focus on rural and regional issues and personalities; requiring development of editorial calendar together with CEO + marketing team in Australia…

About Sheryl Allen

I wrangle words (so you don’t have to). No more tears. No more fears. No more wasting your time and energy struggling to hit the sweet spot with your brand/business copy. That’s where I step in. (Truly, I see myself swooping in wearing a cape, but let’s keep it real.) As a professional freelance copywriter,…

Postcodes: 120 x articles for Landmark Property magazine

Client: Landmark (now Landmark Harcourts), a national real estate brand Medium: national print magazine, circulation 25,000 print subscribers + 25,000 digital Brief: 5 x 500-word articles per bi-monthly edition (30 per year), each based on an Australian town/city, profiling demographics, climate, character and opportunities with an aim to create positive interest; requiring research + interviews of…