Copywriter / Editor
Sophie has completed a Bachelor of Arts degree, studied at The University of Sydney. Her majors were in Psychology and Performance Studies but Sophie also studied subjects such as Social Anthropology, Social Theory plus French and Fine Art. Sophie is currently trying to multi-task by studying for an Advanced Certificate in Applied Management (Publishing and Journalism) – deferred, and is just about to begin a course through OTEN TAFE : an Information Technology Certificate (Cert. 111) so that she can be fully conversant in the IT applications and of greater benefit to Softcom and its clients.
Her competent interpretive and analytical skills, as well as qualities of perseverance and an enquiring mind put her on a career path that has included, administration in the scientific sector, research administration in the health and publishing sectors, information management, archival work, heritage work in museums, event management at the National Trust, and now also operating a small business part-time, which specialises in social and historical research for which Sophie has done several very interesting projects from oral transcription to publishing research (published mention in the book) through to research and marketing of writing and journalism projects. Sophie's strength lies in approaching each project with enthusiasm, dedication and conscientiousness, according to colleagues. Sophie is well organised and has a willingness and aptitude to engage in learning. Sophie also has many years' experience in searching for information (from primary and secondary sources, including the internet and online databases, downloading files and classifying, analysing and migrating large volumes of data. Sophie has worked with search engines, and has researched and coordinated the establishment of copyright for publications. She likes data and its classification, and has worked since 2000 (approximately) in records management/archiving. She also has a long term interest in historical records and their relationship to heritage and their provenance.
Sophie's other interests include writing (trying to write a travel journal with recipes from her grandparents’ travels in Burma, Thailand, India and Ceylon, when it wasn’t Sri Lanka!), publishing, photography, books, magazines and the visual arts (a volunteer at the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery) and has an interest in website content writing.
Our Goal for Our Clients
A positive customer experience is an important goal for us, so that our clients feel they can trust us to handle their online marketing and give them the right feedback they need to succeed.
In the end its all about helping our clients use the Internet to build their businesses. When we do that well then everyone benefits. This is the area of our expertise. Call us on 02 8061 7937.
