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I’m Lesley Hussell and my job is to help you achieve the recognition you or your business deserve – so you can accelerate growth, reach new professional heights or spread your message far and wide.

The key is strategic copywriting, blending deep thought with exceptional writing.

You’ll want to know whether I’m good enough to be trusted with your brand. If you’re looking for quick wit, creative thinking and a flair for compelling content writing, here are four reasons to hire me:

  • Rated in the top 1% of copywriters in the UK

  • 5-star approval scores

  • 30 years’ top-level media experience

  • 100% commitment – guaranteed

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Critical credentials

My credentials as a recognition expert come from my collaboration with outstanding individuals from FTSE 100 chairs to dynamic entrepreneurs, from ambitious comms teams to knights of the realm. I’m Communications Director with Awards Intelligence, the world’s foremost Honours and awards consultants. With my Fleet Street track record (from the FT to The Sun, including five years foreign editing at the Daily Mail) I write happily in a range of styles and contexts, keeping content fresh and original. My analytical expertise comes from my days as a political editor in the House of Commons with daily briefings at 10 Downing St, so if your topic is a complex nut to crack, you can be confident I can master it. My critical thinking was polished during my history degree at Oxford University.

I can write with wicked humour or with gravitas when occasion demands (for the House of Lords, for example). And I never, ever miss a deadline. I’m based where Hampshire borders West Sussex and Surrey, but my work runs from London to Manchester, Edinburgh to Cardiff, Paris to Dubai and Hong Kong to Mumbai.

I’d love to talk to you, so call me today.

lesley@editingedge.co.uk

For literary and scholarly briefs, there is no one better than my colleague Clio Mitchell.

I’m Clio Mitchell, and I will be happy to help you ensure that your words convey your meaning clearly, elegantly and stylishly.

With 30 years of writing and editing experience, typically for upmarket and intellectual publications, and a scholarly background (I have a PhD in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London), I am especially familiar with formally constructed English, and draconian about the need to ensure that the reader can clearly follow the development of the writer’s ideas. No indigestible gobbledegook or officialese survives my attentions, and jargon and over-wordiness, or flights of incoherent fantasy, will similarly be tamed, rendered into clear and lucid English (unless you specifically wish them to be incoherent, of course).

clio@editingedge.co.uk
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Associates

We work in tandem with trusted associates for your website design-and-build, print, media, marketing and IT needs.

  • Leaping Cow and Agent8 – experienced, brilliantly creative graphic designers.
  • Paul Boross OBE – a genius presenter, for all things media.
  • Waypoint – for everything digital marketing.
  • Gene Stoddart at iSAAC Support – the IT wizard to keep life running smoothly.
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How we work

You tell us what you need and we give you a fixed-price quote, so you know what your bill will be. We usually begin with a fact-finding meeting to discuss your target audience and what you want them to do. We create draft copy within two weeks (much sooner if you’re in a rush). You let us know of any tweaks or changes you’d like and we send you a final version. Fees include consultation, up to three drafts and proofreading.