Editorial Portfolio
Websites & Digital Media
In her capacity as in-house Web Editor for the Community Education Development Centre, Amanda had overall responsibility for two of the charity's websites.
Her role involved commissioning and editing articles, image research and copyright clearance, copywriting, updating events and news pages using CMS, arranging and attending editorial board meetings, and managing the work of the web designer.
The skills she developed have been put to good use in her work with businesses, charities and non-governmental organisations wishing to enhance their online presence.
Clients include:
- Medieval Coventry
- Weng Contemporary Online Gallery, Zug, Switzerland
- Chedham's Yard Restoration Project, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire
- Mosaic Church, Coventry
- The Lions Management Development
- The Qualification and Curriculum Development Agency
- Coventry Local Exchange and Trading System
- Love Coventry
- Abraham's Seed
- Coffee Chats
Digital media
Medieval Coventry charity, Coventry's Medieval TreaturesAmanda was the project lead for Coventry's Medieval Treasures , winner of the Alan Ball Award 2022 for Outstanding Local History E-Publication.
This self-guided digital tour draws on artworks featuring now-lost medieval streetscapes and buildings, and on medieval maps, music, artefacts and archives to tell the story of Coventry’s rise to prominence in the Middle Ages and its dramatic fall in the Reformation.
Amanda was responsible for:- developing and managing the project from concept to delivery
- writing the tour narrative and the text for publicity leaflet
- commissioning webapp developer, voiceover artist and photographer
- researching and selecting images and obtaining licenses and permissions
- working with the webapp developer, graphic designer, specialist academic consultant, musicians, museum curators and archive centre staff
- creating and administering webapp feasibility study, recruiting and liaising with study participants and implementing feedback
- obtaining funding from several sources.
Cultrex Cultural Explorer
Amanda has worked with the company Cultrex Cultural Explorer, to edit the narrative for a self-guided tour of both Sophia Hagia, Istanbul, and Cambridge, UK, using smartphone app technology.