David MS Jones , Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

Freelance journalist, specialising in sub-editing, design and general editorial production work. More than 30 years’ experience on B2B publications, recently as part-time help on a range of titles, including: Estates Gazette, Flight International, Farmers Weekly, Commercial Motor, Motor Transport, Global Capital, Fastmarkets/MetalBulletin, Independent Retail News, AV Magazine, ICIS.

Substantial experience reworking copy written by reporters whose first language is not English.

An advanced user of InDesign – or, previously, QuarkXpress (in particular, a meticulous template-builder); good working knowledge of PhotoShop; experience of Illustrator mainly limited to creating graphs.

Highly numerate and experienced in “making sure the numbers work” on financial and commodities-pricing titles and websites.

Enough knowledge of Excel to create and apply formulae for data manipulation and rebasing for the creation of graphical material.

Familiar with a range of web-based editing systems, including WordPress, and the online graphing tool Infogram. Some knowledge of basic HTML troubleshooting.

Staff career included 21 years as production editor on weekly magazine Caterer and Hotelkeeper (now The Caterer), with overall responsibility for the sub-editing and make-up of pages and the online publishing process as well as flatplanning, plus liaison with external suppliers. Also acted as DTP specialist, assisting and training colleagues and freelancers in the use of page make-up software and other systems. Coached junior journalists in editorial writing style and grammar.