Sarah Johnson
Legal, financial, corporate, not-for-profit and technical publications – making complex content readable is Sarah's speciality.

Can work outside local area: Yes

Media Experience
Print; Web

Biographical Note
With a master's degree in publishing, nine years experience as a writer and editor, and a background in law, Sarah can transform complex or technical content into plain English without compromising meaning.

Sarah will project manage publications from concept to print. She works on corporate and statutory documents, legal texts, annual and strategic plans and reports, tenders, technical manuals, local and corporate histories, newsletters, brochures, illustrated books and websites.

Qualifications

• MPhil in Publishing Studies, University of Stirling, Scotland, 1999.
• LLB (Hons), Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, 1990.
• Member of the New Zealand Society of Authors.
• Member Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand.

Clients
Sarah's clients include:

• Councils – Auckland City Council, Hamilton City Council, Environment Waikato, Waikato District Council, Wellington City Council
• Government agencies – Land Transport New Zealand
• Health Boards – The Bay of Plenty District Health Board
• Educational institutions – The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, The Tertiary Education Alliance
• Social services sector and not-for-profit agencies – Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, Te Pou (New Zealand’s National Centre of Mental Health Research and Workforce Development), Wise Management Trust, Trust Waikato, Social Services Waikato
• Large corporations – Mighty River Power, Alexander Grain Ltd
• Numerous private companies and businesses

Legal
Sarah combines her legal and publishing skills to ensure texts are both accurate and readable. Past projects include writing courses on the law for the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, writing a chapter on tax for Compliance and Your Business published by Brookers Ltd in 2004, editing web content on intellectual property, and rewriting Auckland City Council's Delegations Register into plain English.

Corporate and financial
Sarah works on the annual plans, annual reports, strategic plans and long-term council community plans of numerous councils, district health boards, corporations and social services organisations. She has been heavily involved in drafting community outcomes for Auckland City Council and the Futures Waikato project.

In addition, Sarah has long-standing corporate clients for whom she produces newsletters, brochures, website content, marketing materials and other corporate publications.

Technical
Sarah has written and edited technical specification manuals for the process engineering and landscaping industries, and was the editor of Building Works, a manual and website for the UK building industry (see www.endat.com ). She routinely writes tenders for companies in a variety of industries.

Websites
Sarah writes and edits web content for businesses and local authorities. Two sites she has recently worked on are www.ssw.org.nz and www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz .

Local histories and illustrated books
Sarah researches, writes and edits local and corporate histories, including recently for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and Mt Roskill Ward in Auckland. She is co-author of Walk Europe and National Parks Europe, two volumes in a series of glossy travel guides for the UK and American markets.

Contact Details
PO Box 131, Raglan, New Zealand.
Phone: 64 7 8258 938
Email: write.edit@paradise.net.nz 

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