Steve Colquhoun
Copywriter
Editor
Journalist
Producer
Public relations
my core skills
Writing
editing
publishing
copywriting
digital production
Copywriter
Editor
Journalist
Producer
Public relations
my core skills
Writing
editing
publishing
copywriting
digital production
Hindsight is a great leveller and a tap on the shoulder to vacate a former workplace as part of an economic restructure felt like the end of my world in that moment. It caused me to go knocking on doors and the one that opened literally changed my life and brought me to my most recent role, writing first about cars and then about luxury lifestyle, equipping me with the knowledge and confidence to take the step out into the rewarding and challenging life of the freelancer.
Fresh out of a full-time role, I'm an open book - no habits, neither bad or good, to speak of. Just a desire to write, create and publish.
I'd love to say an oasis of serenity and calm, but you wouldn't believe me and it's not true, in any case. As a modern freelancer I take my laptop and phone and go wherever the work is - or sit at home with a Burmese cat curled up on my knee while I bang out the collected works of Shakespeare. Or maybe I'm just a monkey on a typewriter ...
Straight out of a full-time role editing a national luxury lifestyle publication, I've got outstanding knowledge of the high end of FMCG, along with great contacts, ideas and goodwill (if I say so myself). Over the past four years I've worked closely with dozens of skilled freelancers and know what constitutes a great story.
Have laptop, will travel - anywhere in the world there's a story needing to be told. Add pen, notebook and smartphone, and I'm good to go anywhere. I have filed from under desks and inside taxis - as long as there's a connection to get the story out on.
The best results come from meetings of great minds, so I look for interesting and innovative people with whom to collaborate in whatever medium and format is required.
Be open to new things. Don't make assumptions. Be professional and friendly to everyone.
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