Changing How the World Works.
 
 
  • Feedback:   (5.00 of 5)
  • Percentile: 99%
    Based on 8 feedbacks
Hourly Rate: $27.78
Total oDesk hours:
47
Location:
Sparta, Greece (GMT+02:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
March 5, 2008
Last Worked:
July 7, 2008
Current Assignments:
4
Total Assignments:
10
oDesk Ready:  
Yes
 
 
 
 

Martyn Shuttleworth - Experienced technical and academic writer. Native English speaker. - Freelance Technical Writer, Greece

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 (10 items, 8 with Feedback)
Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
37053 03/2008 - Present Write 100 articles $252 (fixed-price)
44003 06/2008 - Present eBook Research & Writer Project $667 (fixed-price)
6795 10/2008 - 10/2008 2 Articles on Email Marketing $33 (fixed-price)
36484 05/2008 - 07/2008 Content Writer $107 (12 hrs @ $8.89)
44712 06/2008 - 06/2008 Writer - Website Content Writer Editor $13 (1 hrs @ $13.33)
See All Tests Taken (11 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Editing Skills Certification 4.25 92% TOP 10% 03/10/2008 14 min
Management Skills Test 2.60 92% TOP 10% 03/12/2008 16 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.75 91% TOP 10% 03/05/2008 8 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.75 91% TOP 10% 11/10/2008 13 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification 3.75 88% TOP 20% 03/10/2008 12 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title Initiated By Date
Research Writing Provider November 7, 2008
Freelance Writer/Bloger Provider October 29, 2008
Grant Writer Research Provider October 18, 2008
ghostwriting short, clinical nutrition, 50-page booklet Provider October 11, 2008
Job Category Interests

Writing

Administrative Support

Graphic Arts & Design

Audio / Video & Multimedia
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: Work Flow Coach
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 08/26/2008
  • Category: Writing > 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 > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: none
  • Description: Some more content writing.

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  • Project Title: Business card for my own business in Greece.
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 06/03/2008
  • Category: Graphic Arts & Design > Print Design
  • URL: none
  • Description: Business card made with Fireworks and Photoshop. Even managed to translate the Greek myself!

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  • Project Title: Business card for my own business in Greece.
  • Attachment: none
  • Completed: 06/03/2008
  • Category: Graphic Arts & Design > 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 > 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: Medical Tourism Reviews
  • Attachment: IVO PITANGUAY CLINIC.doc - 29.5KB
  • Completed: 05/05/2008
  • Category: Writing > 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)
44712 06/2008 - 06/2008 Writer - Website Content Writer Editor $13 (1 hrs @ $13.33)
43178 05/2008 - 05/2008 Write conclusion chapter $41 (5 hrs @ $8.89)