Maryanne McKay
Accredited editor
Based in Canberra, I provide professional editing and proofreading services locally and nationally, achieving highly polished documents that communicate clearly and effectively.
I specialise in government and organisational reports, annual reports, academic journal articles, technical documents and resource manuals.
I have worked as a freelance editor for over 15 years, qualifying in 2011 as an accredited editor with the Institute of Professional Editors. Before this, I worked in policy and research roles in the government, community and university sectors.
Please contact me to discuss how I can help you with your project.
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Qualifications
– Accredited editor, Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), since 2011
– Bachelor of Arts (Political Science, Development Studies), Australian National University
– Professional member, IPEd
– Full member, Canberra Society of Editors and Editors NSW
– Delegate, IPEd Editors Conferences: New Zealand (online) 2023, Hobart (online) 2021, Melbourne 2019, Brisbane 2017, Canberra 2015, Sydney 2011
Clients and projects, 2009–2025
Australian Government
– Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
– Attorney-General’s
– Australian Agency for International Development
– Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
– Communications and the Arts
– CSIRO
– Education
– Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
– Finance
– Foreign Affairs and Trade
– House of Representatives (Department of the)
– Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
– Murray–Darling Basin Authority
– National Archives of Australia
– National Water Commission
– Organ and Tissue Authority
– Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
ACT Government
– ACT Human Rights Commission
– Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
– Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate
Australian National University
– Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
– Centre for European Studies
– College of Arts and Social Sciences
– Crawford School of Public Policy
– Medical School
– Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics
– Research School of Humanities and the Arts
– Research School of Social Sciences
Cadman Editing Services
– World Health Organization reports 2010–2025 (e.g. malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, HIV, COVID-19)
– Clinical practice guidelines (blood, depression, diabetes)
– Resource manuals (Aboriginal health, community health, education)
Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia
Oxford Policy Management
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Other publications
– How to design projects to end violence against women and girls
– Women’s experience of sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge: a report on the first women’s hearing in Cambodia
– Active transport plan for the ACT
– A work in progress: a history of the YWCA of Canberra 1929–2009