Jade Reidy BA English Literature, PG Dip Broadcast Media Award-winning writer and editor: non-fiction books, biographies, corporate communications, feature articles, case studies, annual reports, web content, CVs, award applications, vision documents, documentaries, profiles. Specialist in not-for-profit sector.

Can work outside local area: Yes

Media Experience
Print; Web; TV

Biographical Note
“Despite having three speeches to write that night, I picked up this book (Not just passing through) when it arrived and couldn't put it down until 1am.”
                Hon Phil Goff, Cabinet Minister and MP for Mt Roskill   

This quote epitomises Jade’s style as a writer – engaging, fluent and intelligent. It captures the attention of people with busy lives.
During a 17-year freelance career in creative writing, corporate communications and journalism, Jade has authored and edited work ranging from 180-page history books and research magazines to one-page profiles.

She is widely respected as a communications specialist who:

• delivers accurate, creative copy to deadlines and within budget
• has strategic and editorial input into key documents, helping shape and influence the way businesses or organisations are perceived
• translates information effectively and in plain English between those who know and those who need to know
• production manages designers and print processes
• successfully supports CEOs and senior execs with career moves.

Her passions are environmental guardianship, history, Zen Buddhism, literature and food.

Key clients
The University of Auckland, Unitec, Auckland City Council, Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB), MyHardwired.com
Other clients have included: AUT University, ECN Group, Watercare Services, HB Media, NZ Council for Educational Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, MF Films, DNA Design.

Awards

• Oxford University Writers Fellowship 1997.
• Creative New Zealand Creative Places Award 2007 in the Arts Provision category – creative industries research documented in Snapshot and Blueprint (editor).
• International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Golden Quill Award 2005 (team member and award application writer for Auckland City Council’s ‘Get it write’ project).
• Annual reports:
  • RNZFB annual reports 2005, 2006, 2007 – NZICA winner in the Service Organisation category for Governance Reporting and Best Annual Report (writer and content consultant)
  • Auckland City Council annual reports 2003 and 2005 – NZICA winner in the Local Government category for Best Annual Report (sub-editor).

Accolades
“Our fabulous freelance writer, Jade Reidy, has crafted you a most marvelous letter of nomination for Andrew Thomson. Have a look at the attached and I know you will agree that it’s brilliant and moving, with just the right dose of forceful.”
Christine Brabender, marketing manager, The University of Auckland

“I am very proud of the fairness and evenness of this Chapter 7. Thank you, Jade, for your intellectual honesty.”
                    Mary Schnackenberg CNZM, divisional manager RNZFB

 
Publications
Below is a selection of published work that Jade has authored and/or edited:

• Not just passing through: the making of Mt Roskill, Auckland City Council, 2007.
• The Backyard Gourmet cookbook, BBQ Factory, 2006.
• “The history of water”, Waitakere Ranges, Waitakere Ranges Protection Society, 2006.
• Advance ed., 2006/2007 (Unitec’s research magazine); City Scene ed., 2005. Auckland City Council’s weekly newspaper.
• Snapshot: Auckland’s creative industries, Auckland City Council ed., 2006.
• We are therefore I am: The life of John Hinchcliff, AUT University, 2004.
• “Hands off” – pioneering robotics, Ingenio magazine. The University of Auckland, Autumn 2006.
• Through Service, Light, The History of the Wellington Braille Club, Chapter 7. RNZFB, 2004
• Articles and reviews in New Zealand Listener, Next Magazine, South China Morning Post, New Zealand Herald, Sunday Star Times, 1999-2006.

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Contact Details
1003 Huia Rd, Huia, West Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 811 8904; Fax: +64 9 811 8904; Mobile: 021 046 4039
Skype: jade.reidy

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