We provide the following services:

• Editing, re-writing and proofreading of all types of texts, including: policies, letters, memoranda, CVs, leaflets, brochures, all corporate documentation, contracts, policies, articles, non-fiction books, annual reports, reports, theses, dissertations, research materials and training manuals and educational materials

• Writing including:PR texts, Advertising blurb and copy, Reports, Polices, Advertorials, Editorials, Tenders, CVs, Websites, etc.

• Minute Taking; Rapporteur and Scribe Service

• Transcription of audio recordings – digital MP3 and analogue cassette recordings

• Translation of texts from Afrikaans to English, English to Afrikaans, French to English and English to French

• Formatting, layout and design of documents

• Slide presentations

• Indexing

• Literature-based Research

Our fast-paced, high-tech world is leading to a reduced proficiency in both spoken and written English and educators are forecasting a crisis in the teaching of English in schools in the future.

Business professionals, students, writers and authors require proficient writing ability in order to convey their ideas in a coherent and compelling manner and one that is appropriate to the audience, the topic and the desired outcome. This will ensure a professional image and confidence in the writer. The opposite is, however, also true. Similarly, the 'packaging' of any document is equally important in terms of the impression created.

Write Skills is able to assist with the improvement of both the content and the appearance of messages, texts, documentation and publications. We will ensure that your messages and documents are error-free, that the document indeed conveys the message it is supposed to and that it does so in a clear, accurate, succinct, logical and eloquent manner - and one that is pleasing to the eye and of a professional standard.

In addition to English language work, Write Skills offers translation and editing work in Afrikaans and French. Editors work only on documents in their home language and translators work from their second language to their first language. We also provide a transcription, minute taking and scribing service.

Write Skills is a registered CC run by Juliet Gillies. She holds a number of qualifications, including: diplomas in Public Relations and Journalism, graduate qualifications in English, Psychology and Communication and post-graduate qualifications in Marketing and English. She spent many years in corporate and government environments in various communication, marketing and project management positions with specific emphasis on presenting, training, writing, editing, proofreading and research. She is able to edit, re-write and write across a range of industries, topics and subject matters, undertake research and is familiar with a range of publication types and texts, including: reports, proposals, dissertations, theses, tenders, training materials and manuals, articles, editorials, advertorials and booklets.

A network of professional associates has been put in place to ensure large projects can be undertaken and to provide related services required by clients.

Professional memberships: IMM, PRISA, SAFREA, Professional Editor’s Group, English Academy of SA