Proofreading, writing, editorial and design services:
Businesses, Writers, Students and Job Seekers
About Us
Meet Samantha...
Samantha Pearce is the founder and Managing Director of Words Worth Reading
Ltd, and the author of Tangled in Heaven (2005), Catherina and the Incredible
Stripy Pants (released in June 2009) and Thinking Pink (to be released
in December 2010). She also has a series of How To books coming out in Winter
2011 on 'Writing your Memoirs', 'How to Write a Novel', 'Self Publishing' and
'Writing for Children'.
She graduated with a BA in English and American Literature
and Philosophy
from Canterbury and loved every moment of university life. Her experiences
and interactions as a student led to a strong belief that words, writing,
concepts and ideas should be nurtured and helped to flourish, not covered
in red pen
markings or disregarded by others as insufficient, inappropriate or 'just
not good enough'. So she created Words Worth Reading Ltd, an editorial
service open to all, where essays, CVs, manuscripts, business documents
and all
other
word-driven documents are thoughtfully appraised and improved. Sam was
nominated as Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Essex Business Awards
2008, is a
member (including a spell on the council) of the Society of Women’s Writers
and Journalists, and was the presenter for the weekly Wednesday night
Book Show on Phoenix FM. Sam takes her responsibilities in the writing
community very seriously, working hard to ensure Words Worth Reading
Ltd provides a leading
writing and editorial service for the UK and beyond.
"Sam is friendly and passionate about her work. She approaches every challenge
we throw at her with innovation, skill and expertise. For years now we have
used Words Worth Reading Ltd to complete all of our written work, our assessment
preparation, marketing literature and complex documentation delivery. We just
see Sam as another valued member of our team." – Customer
feedback, NHS 2010.
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Meet Catherina...
Catherina is an experienced project manager, bringing extensive public
health expertise to our private company, thereby ensuring a streamlined
approach to both our internal management, and to the management of contracts
on behalf
of our clients. She has 22 years experience within the health and social
care profession and provides valuable input into our business projects
within this
field. Catherina’s strengths include her planning and organisational
skills, her pride in ensuring delivery, her attention to detail, and
her motivational capacity and enthusiasm for project delivery. Examples
of Catherina’s
large-scale successful project management contracts include the co-ordination
of a series of health services from one hospital location to a new hospital
build, the management of an NHS-trust level staff redeployment consultation,
the delivery of a cross-sector consultation which looked at the revision
of the older person pathway across Essex, the delivery of a high-profile
government funded educational tool, and the management of the delivery
of Fresher Fairs
across the South-East. In addition, Catherina has a beautiful understanding
of language, and her flair for words is harnessed to help deliver many
of the creative assignments provided through our business arm; including
design,
marketing
campaigns, web content writing and manuscript reviews. Catherina also
has a book due out in Winter 2011 entitled 'How to grow your own vegetables'.
"Catherina has completed proof reads and editorials on several of my essays
over the past few years and I am always so grateful for the work she does for
me. She is always available for me to talk to or contact and she always delivers
my work within the required timescale…even if I have left the essay to the
very last minute!" – Customer feedback, postgraduate student 2010.
Meet Joe...
Joe is a marketing professional with over 20 years’ experience
of managing communication activity. He has been a Chartered Marketer since
2000 and has worked for several market leading organisations, including Shell,
Bovis Homes, Chubb and Morgan Sindall, dealing in public and private sectors.
Joe has a mechanical engineering degree and an MA in marketing , and is accomplished
in applying practical techniques to solve business problems. He is experienced
in marketing strategy, developing and launching successful new products and
managing communication teams. He is widely experienced in traditional as
well as Internet based marketing communications, including web design and
development, search engine optimisation, on-line promotion and e-mail campaigns.
Joe enjoys writing, having spent a good part of his career editing press
releases, promotional brochures, award entries and bids for construction
projects. Joe has implemented strategies to increase sales, and has won many
awards during the course of his career. The most recent of these (for Altro
Ltd.) are:
- 2006 / 2007 Times Top 100 Companies to work for
- 2005 National Business Awards Highly Commended (Innovation Award)
- 2005 Construction Marketing Awards Winner (Product Marketing Award)
"Joe led on a large, complicated project which required pulling together a lot of information into small and accessible website pages for a national knowledge database. He did a fabulous job and had the added complication of tight timescales, a lot of travel and the need to work with project leads across the country." – Customer feedback, NHS 2010.
Meet Kev...
Kev is our Web Designer & Technician and has been involved with the internet since the late 1990s and launched his own web site business full time in 2004, trading as a freelance under the name of Chevinside Publications. Since that time, he has developed and promoted web sites for clients based in the UK and the USA from a diverse range of industries. One of his current projects is the promotion of this web site, Words Worth Reading Ltd, where he uses his experience of search engine optimisation to ensure that it is seen more widely in the search engine results.
"Everyone in the team loves Kev! As well as being a talented SEO lead and IT technician, he is also approachable, helpful, friendly and kind." – Team comment, Catherina 2011.
Meet Elisabeth...
Providing crucial administrative and research support, Elisabeth is an
invaluable contributor to all of the contracts we deliver. A qualified researcher
and a strong multi-tasker, with a job description that demands the highest
level of organisational, presentational and communication skills, Elisabeth’s
administrative abilities ensure an efficient delivery of any project, which
helps us to ultimately reduce the cost of each project we complete for our
clients.
"Liz is a delight to be around. She is bubbly, caring, organised and calm - the perfect person to provide administrative support." – Team comment, Sam 2011
Meet Chris...
Chris is an invaluable member of the team. He is our researcher and also
the inspiration behind many of the services that we offer. Chris conducts thorough
market research to ensure that Words Worth Reading Ltd is providing the best
possible service to our clients. His commitment, enthusiasm and creativity
mean that he is constantly finding new ways to improve our services and to
offer our customers exactly what they need.
"I was very impressed by the level of research Chris was able to put into helping me promote my autobiography. You could tell he worked for a creative company as he went over and above his brief, providing me with artistic and language ideas too."- Customer feedback, self publishing author 2009.
Meet Annie...
Annie is our Graphic Designer and she supports Catherina in the realisation
of creative branding for Words Worth Reading Ltd. With a background in
Art and Animation, Annie uses her creative talents to inform our publications,
website styles, use of colour, imagery and animation. Her talents are
also
used to support the delivery of marketing projects provided by our business
arm.
"We recently attended a book launch where Annie had completed a lot of the design work, both for the book itself and for the promotional material. We were very impressed." – Customer feedback, 2009.
Meet Emma...
Emma is our Financial Advisor. Fulfilling our required book keeping and accountancy role, Emma ensures that routine charity payments are made to Oxfam, Shelter, RSPCA and the Dogs Trust. She also maps income to activity, helping to inform business planning and ensuring that our operational processes are streamlined to best meet demand.
"We all find Emma to be a bit of an inspiration because she proves that you can have a technical, science or maths based job and still be oozing creative flair!" – Team comment, Chris 2011.
Meet Laura...
Laura is our Human Resources Advisor, she provides support to the entire
team to ensure that all staffing and personnel requirements are met and dealt
with appropriately. She provides advice on the most recent legislation and
guidance, which allows the Words Worth Reading Ltd team to work in a happy
and safe environment.
"Laura knows everything there is to know about HR. Which not only makes
her a great resource for the team, but she's wonderful at supporting our job
seeker customers too." – Team comment, Emma 2011.
Meet Nigel...
Nigel is the company accountant and works pro-actively to ensure that
all of our financial requirements are met, whilst supporting the growth and
development of Words Worth Reading Ltd. Nigel provides accountancy services
through his own company Barber Accountancy -
www.barber-accountancy.com
"We value the support Nigel provides. It means that we can focus on delivering high quality services to our customers rather than completing endless paperwork." – Team comment, Sam 2011.
