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14
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Location:
Sparta, Greece (GMT+02:00)
English Skills:
(self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
March 5, 2008
Last Worked:
August 12, 2009
oDesk Ready:
Yes
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Technical Writers
Martyn Shuttleworth
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"
Experienced technical and academic writer. Native English speaker.
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Freelance
Technical Writer
,
Greece
"
Permalink :
$22.22
/hr
Overview
Résumé
Work History & Feedback (14)
Tests (8)
Portfolio (17)
As a graduate with many years experience of writing and proof-reading academic papers, I am familiar with all major citation practices. I am able to write papers for most subjects, from philosophy to physics.
Without complaint, I adapt to any topic and style of writing, and I am thorough in my research. I firmly believe in going the extra mile required for completing the task to a high standard. As a perfectionist, I never compromise upon quality, whatever the size of the task.
See All Work History & Feedback
(14 items, with Feedback)
Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
37053
03/2008 - Present
Write 100 articles
$252 (fixed-price)
Job in progress
44003
06/2008 - Present
eBook Research & Writer Project
$667 (fixed-price)
Job in progress
79660
04/2009 - Present
Chapter 1 Rewriting and Resourcing
$306 (fixed-price)
Job in progress
84406
08/2009 - Present
Writer
$28 (fixed-price)
Job in progress
109467
07/2009 - Present
Website Article Writing
$68 (fixed-price)
Job in progress
See All Tests Taken
(8 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.75
93%
TOP 10%
11/10/2008
13 min
U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)
4.25
92%
TOP 10%
03/10/2008
14 min
MS Word 2003 Test
3.90
89%
TOP 20%
03/10/2008
19 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification
3.75
86%
TOP 20%
03/10/2008
12 min
Search Engine Optimization Test
2.75
67%
11/10/2008
13 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title
Initiated By
Date
SEO webarticles spine & brain injury
Buyer
October 28, 2009
Job Category Interests
Writing & Translation
Technical Writing
Website Content
Blog & Article Writing
Copywriting
Other - Writing & Translation
Sales & Marketing
Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
Administrative Support
Web Research
Design & Multimedia
Graphic Design
Print Design
Voice Talent
Skills
Skill
Experience
Level
Last Used
Description
Academic Citations
11 yrs
5.0
2008
Proficient in APA, Chicago, MLA and Harvard formatting and citation styles.
Academic Proofreading
11 yrs
5.0
2008
Proofreading academic papers, especially for people without English as a first language.
Academic Writing
11 yrs
5.0
2008
A graduate with many years experience of writing and proof-reading academic papers. Familiar with all types of formatting and citation specifications.
English writing
12 yrs
5.0
2008
I used to write official letters, documents and CV's for friends and family.
MS Word
12 yrs
5.0
2008
The tool of choice since my University days.
Technical Writing
1 yrs
4.0
2008
Able to write technical documents and manuals
Certifications
Date Earned
Name
Score
Percentile
Organization
Description
2008
Fireworks MX 2004
3.51
88%
Brainbench
—
2006
Gold Standard [Superdrug Gold Standard]
Superdrug
Gold standard included all aspects of management, customer service, marketing and understanding of KPI's.
2008
Written English (UK)
4.38
97%
Brainbench
—
Employment History
From
To
Company
Title/Role
Description
07/2006
06/2007
Superdrug
Assistant Manager / Manager
In the absence of the manager, running a busy Health and Beauty shop with a team of 10 - 20 people.
Responsible for laying out the store into a 'customer friendly' layout as well as ensuring that the sales POS was implemented to maximum effect.
In store 'Fragrance Expert' pushing sales of perfumery products. Doubled the like-for-like sales over the course of a year.
Analysed the KPI indicators to test the performance of the shop against the figures from the last year. Acheived growth despite tough high-street trading conditions.
11/2005
06/2006
Robert Dyas
Supervisor / Team Lead
Team leader in a hardware and electrical store responsible for running shifts as well as opening, closing and cashing up.
Designing sales layouts for maximum effect.
Learning product knowledge to enable me to give aid and suggestions to customers and use a 'soft-sell' technique.
05/2002
11/2005
Tesco
Stock Controller / Team Lead
Responsible for keeping accurate computer records for a supermarket.
Reduced wastage and maximised availability to ensure that all performance targets were met on a regular basis.
Trained other stock-controllers over a whole region during a time of company expansion into new stores.
04/2001
04/2002
Blockbuster
Supervisor / Team Lead
Team leader in a busy video rental store running shifts, opening/closing and driving sales.
03/2000
02/2001
Business Serve
Telesales Operative. / Independent Contributor
Selling internet services to companies throughout the UK over the telephone.
Template driven designing of websites.
Regularly met tough targets to make commision.
Offering technical support to customers.
06/1998
01/2000
Araglen Valley Trout
Stock Controller / Team Lead
Worked on a small fish-farm in Ireland with varied tasks.
Designed spread-sheet programmes to keep track of fish-numbers and sizes as well as a system for monitoring food-stocks.
Preparation of fish products.
Designed the company website.
Other Experience
Computer Lessons
Before coming to Greece I gave private lessons to people on using the computer to ECDL standard.
I have also started offering this work here.
Website Design
Whilst working at Superdrug I needed to earn extra money to enable the move to Greece to happen. Thus I refreshed my knowledge of website design and created a few websites for friends and family.
Education
From
To
School
Degree
Area of Study
Description
09/1992
06/1996
University of Stirling
Bachelors
Marine Biology
09/1985
06/1992
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
High School
Science, History
Project Title:
The Raven Paradox
Attachment:
THE RAVEN PARADOX.doc - 33KB
Completed:
09/24/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Other - Writing & Translation
URL:
http://www.experiment-resources.com/raven-paradox.html
Description:
An article for a scienctific resource website.
Project Title:
Ancient Pellanas - The Palace Of Menelaos And Beautiful Helen Of Troy
Attachment:
PELLANAp.pdf - 40.96KB
Completed:
09/24/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Other - Writing & Translation
URL:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Ancient-Pellanas---The-Palace-Of-Menelaos-And-Beautiful-Helen-Of-Troy
Description:
A historical article about my local village.
Project Title:
Byzantine Mystras - The Jewel Of The Peloponnese
Attachment:
THE BYZANTINE CITY OF MYSTRAS.doc - 28.5KB
Completed:
09/24/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Other - Writing & Translation
URL:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Byzantine-Mystras---The-Jewel-Of-The-Peloponnese
Description:
An article about the nearby Byzantine city of Mystras, a World Heritage Site
Project Title:
Experiment Resources
Attachment:
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH DESIGN.doc - 26.5KB
Completed:
08/26/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Technical Writing
URL:
none
Description:
Some more content written for
http://www.experiment-resources.com
. Always a pleasure to work for Oskar.
Project Title:
Work Flow Coach
Attachment:
none
Completed:
08/26/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Website Content
URL:
none
Description:
An article for a great client in the US.
Project Title:
Article Content
Attachment:
DIAMOND BLADES.doc - 28KB
Completed:
08/26/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Blog & Article Writing
URL:
none
Description:
Some more content writing.
Project Title:
Copywriting for workflow coach
Attachment:
REVISED 25 Ways to Increase Traffic.doc - 50KB
Completed:
08/26/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Copywriting
URL:
none
Description:
An editing job for a great client.
[+] enlarge
Project Title:
Business card for my own business in Greece.
Attachment:
none
Completed:
06/03/2008
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
none
Description:
Business card made with Fireworks and Photoshop. Even managed to translate the Greek myself!
[+] enlarge
Project Title:
Business card for my own business in Greece.
Attachment:
none
Completed:
06/03/2008
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
http://www.amethyst-web.net
Description:
Business card for my own business in Greece made with Fireworks and Photoshop.
Project Title:
Long Distance Moving
Attachment:
LONG DISTANCE MOVING.doc - 28KB
Completed:
06/02/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Website Content
URL:
none
Description:
Website content with high keyword density, written from scratch.
Please note that this project is under copyright to the buyer so please do not copy.
Project Title:
Asch Experiment
Attachment:
ASCH EXPERIMENT.doc - 35KB
Completed:
06/02/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Technical Writing
URL:
http://www.experiment-resources.com
Description:
A project written for a science resource site, entirely from scratch.
Project Title:
Scientific Content
Attachment:
none
Completed:
05/05/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Website Content
URL:
http://www.experiment-resources.com/case-study-research-design.html
Description:
Writing content for a scientific methodology website. Please note that the website owner made some SEO keyword changes.
Project Title:
Scientific Content
Attachment:
none
Completed:
05/05/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Website Content
URL:
http://www.experiment-resources.com/survey-research-design.html
Description:
More scientific website content. Please note that the website owner made some SEO keyword changes.
Project Title:
More Medical Tourism
Attachment:
WOCKHARDT SUPER SPECIALITY HOSPITALS bang.doc - 30KB
Completed:
05/05/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Website Content
URL:
none
Description:
More hospital reviews.
Project Title:
Medical Tourism Reviews
Attachment:
IVO PITANGUAY CLINIC.doc - 29.5KB
Completed:
05/05/2008
Category:
Writing & Translation > Website Content
URL:
none
Description:
Researching and writing summaries for a website containing information about health tourism.
Project Title:
Eccentric Englishman Guesthouse
Attachment:
none
Completed:
03/05/2008
Category:
Web Development > Web Design
URL:
http://www.eccentric-englishman.com
Description:
A site for our guesthouse also including information about the rich history and nature of the surrounding area.
Project Title:
Amethyst Web
Attachment:
none
Completed:
03/05/2008
Category:
Web Development > Web Design
URL:
http://www.amethyst-web.net
Description:
Designed a site for my start up business in Greece.
Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
36484
05/2008 - 07/2008
Content Writer
$107 (12 hrs @ $8.89/hr)
5.0 We loved working with Martyn. He is a skilled writer who really stands out above the other writers in the pride he takes in his work. We were able...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
44712
06/2008 - 06/2008
Writer - Website Content Writer Editor
$13 (1.00 hrs @ $13.33/hr)
5.0 Martyn has excellent writing skills, communicates well and delivers on time. I will hire him again.
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
43178
05/2008 - 05/2008
Post graduate level, Psychology
$259 (29 hrs @ $8.89/hr)
5.0 Martyn is a very skilled writer. It was a pleaure to work with him.
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
43178
05/2008 - 05/2008
Write conclusion chapter
$41 (4.67 hrs @ $8.89/hr)
5.0 This project had a very strict timeline, in which Martyn performed well and within the timeline. He went above what was expected as he offered hi...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
37053
03/2008 - Present
Write 100 articles
$252
Job in progress
44003
06/2008 - Present
eBook Research & Writer Project
$667
Job in progress
79660
04/2009 - Present
Chapter 1 Rewriting and Resourcing
$306
Job in progress
84406
08/2009 - Present
Writer
$28
Job in progress
109467
07/2009 - Present
Website Article Writing
$68
Job in progress
29656
02/2009 - 03/2009
WebSite Content
$50
5.0 Martyn communicated with me probably twice a day, which was unnecessary but comforting all the same. His English skills and the ability to fi...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
6795
10/2008 - 10/2008
2 Articles on Email Marketing
$33
5.0
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
40108
05/2008 - 06/2008
Content Writers
$70
5.0 Will continue to use for the long term. Keep up the great work.
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
36250
03/2008 - 04/2008
10 articles about research and experiments
$75
5.0 Great work. Martyn overdelivered on every aspect. Will hire him again :) Good job.
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
37053
03/2008 - 03/2008
Research and Write 10 Company Profiles
$25
5.0 Wow, what a find Martyn was! He followed my instructions exactly, researched very carefully and meticulously documented his sources, and delivere...
L
Provider-to-Buyer Feedback:
5.0
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
U.S. English Basic Skills Test
4.75
93%
TOP 10%
11/10/2008
13 min
U.S. English Chicago Style Editing Skills Test (For Writing Professionals)
4.25
92%
TOP 10%
03/10/2008
14 min
MS Word 2003 Test
3.90
89%
TOP 20%
03/10/2008
19 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification
3.75
86%
TOP 20%
03/10/2008
12 min
Search Engine Optimization Test
2.75
67%
11/10/2008
13 min
Call Center Skills Test
3.60
65%
03/16/2008
13 min
Management Skills Test
2.60
63%
03/12/2008
16 min
Marketing Terminology Test
2.70
61%
05/26/2008
12 min
