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Hi, I’m Alexis Harvey. I’m an editor, copyeditor and content systems specialist with a forensic eye for detail, rapid proofreading and extensive experience managing production workflows for diverse clients including global agribusiness, law firms, charities and academic publishers. I’m particularly experienced in legal and regulatory copyediting, layout (InDesign) and design (Photoshop, Illustrator), and I work across multiple CMS platforms. I’ve led back-end editorial systems improvements, created extensive process documentation, and developed AI prompts to streamline in-content workflows. My background spans journalism at The Guardian and The Observer, freelance editing for Routledge and other publishers, and ongoing freelance work with Just Words. I’m comfortable with research, fact-checking and maintaining rigorous house style across UK/US English.…Hi, I’m Alexis Harvey. I’m an editor, copyeditor and content systems specialist with a forensic eye for detail, rapid proofreading and extensive experience managing production workflows for diverse clients including global agribusiness, law firms, charities and academic publishers. I’m particularly experienced in legal and regulatory copyediting, layout (InDesign) and design (Photoshop, Illustrator), and I work across multiple CMS platforms. I’ve led back-end editorial systems improvements, created extensive process documentation, and developed AI prompts to streamline in-content workflows. My background spans journalism at The Guardian and The Observer, freelance editing for Routledge and other publishers, and ongoing freelance work with Just Words. I’m comfortable with research, fact-checking and maintaining rigorous house style across UK/US English.

Alexis Harvey

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Hi, I’m Alexis Harvey. I’m an editor, copyeditor and content systems specialist with a forensic eye for detail, rapid proofreading and extensive experience managing production workflows for diverse clients including global agribusiness, law firms, charities and academic publishers. I’m particularly experienced in legal and regulatory copyediting, layout (InDesign) and design (Photoshop, Illustrator), and I work across multiple CMS platforms. I’ve led back-end editorial systems improvements, created extensive process documentation, and developed AI prompts to streamline in-content workflows. My background spans journalism at The Guardian and The Observer, freelance editing for Routledge and other publishers, and ongoing freelance work with Just Words. I’m comfortable with research, fact-checking and maintaining rigorous house style across UK/US English.…Hi, I’m Alexis Harvey. I’m an editor, copyeditor and content systems specialist with a forensic eye for detail, rapid proofreading and extensive experience managing production workflows for diverse clients including global agribusiness, law firms, charities and academic publishers. I’m particularly experienced in legal and regulatory copyediting, layout (InDesign) and design (Photoshop, Illustrator), and I work across multiple CMS platforms. I’ve led back-end editorial systems improvements, created extensive process documentation, and developed AI prompts to streamline in-content workflows. My background spans journalism at The Guardian and The Observer, freelance editing for Routledge and other publishers, and ongoing freelance work with Just Words. I’m comfortable with research, fact-checking and maintaining rigorous house style across UK/US English.

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Hi, I’m Alexis Harvey. I’m an editor, copyeditor and content systems specialist with a forensic eye for detail, rapid proofreading and extensive experience managing production workflows for diverse clients including global agribusiness, law firms, charities and academic publishers. I’m particularly experienced in legal and regulatory copyediting, layout (InDesign) and design (Photoshop, Illustrator), and I work across multiple CMS platforms.

I’ve led back-end editorial systems improvements, created extensive process documentation, and developed AI prompts to streamline in-content workflows. My background spans journalism at The Guardian and The Observer, freelance editing for Routledge and other publishers, and ongoing freelance work with Just Words. I’m comfortable with research, fact-checking and maintaining rigorous house style across UK/US English.

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Work Experience

Sub-editor at The Key Support Services

June 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025

Sub-editing high-volume content across Wagtail CMS and Microsoft/PDF formats, ensuring adherence to statutory policies and house style. Led end-to-end content workflow improvements, including back-end system cleanup, version control protocols and extensive process documentation to support IT development requests. Performed legal compliance fact-checking against Department for Education and other regulatory standards. Integrated AI into editorial processes by developing Gemini prompts for workflow and in-content prompts to generate editable user content.

Head of Development at The Guardian & Observer

November 1, 1994 - February 1, 2001

Managed a team of permanent and freelance creatives across product development, advertising material, editorial supplements and book publication. Oversaw the full production lifecycle and workflows; wrote, commissioned and edited editorial supplements and special editions. Contributed to strategic digital projects, including the online edition, the redesign of international titles, and the launch of Wired UK, serving as launch copyeditor.

Freelance Copyeditor/Proofreader at Just Words

February 1, 2001 - Present

Freelance copyediting and proofreading for academic and non-fiction publishers, multinational companies, Tier 1 law firms, national and international charities, trades unions and business startups.

Sub-editor (full-time contract) at The Key Support Services

June 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025

Multi-platform sub-editing: Subbing high-volume content (blog posts, email marketing copy, statutory policies, eLearning, online articles and downloads) for publication across Wagtail CMS and Microsoft/PDF formats, ensuring adherence to legal requirements and house style. Content workflow: led back-end systems clean-up, established rigorous version control protocols, and authored extensive process documentation to improve editorial systems integrity and manage IT development requests. Legal compliance fact-checking: performed fact-checking and sub-editing of statutory policies against Department for Education and other regulatory standards. AI integration: developed Gemini prompts for editorial processes and in-content AI prompts to generate bespoke, editable user content.

Freelance copyeditor and proofreader at Just Words

January 1, 2001 - Present

Copyediting and proofreading for academic and non-fiction publishers, multinational companies, law firms and charities; website content rewrites; legal updates; technical and scientific editing; fact-checking and referencing across UK/US English; layout and markup in InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator and Photoshop.