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Tamara O'Brien

Tamara O'Brien Copywriting Available for work

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Whether I'm writing for a business, government, a charity or an individual... I write so that people will read. And if it's in scope to entertain at the same time, I will.

I've been freelance since 2007, having worked as a writer and then Head of Copy in some of the big London communications agencies: Pauffley, Aquarium Writers, Corporate Edge, TMP Worldwide, PA Consulting.

If you call yourself a copywriter, you're obliged to have some experience of the outside world, I reckon. So here's some back story.

After graduating in Eng Lit & Language, and qualifying as a teacher in Manchester, I taught English in Greece and Poland. Came back, moved to London and worked in shops and offices. My big break was joining the British Council (BC), where I spent a few years arranging book exhibitions, squiring Russian publishers around London and gracing the BC stand at European Book Fairs - all in the cause of promoting UK publishing.

In 1989 I discovered that you could write creatively AND earn a living wage, and it was called copywriting. Have enjoyed writing for clients and their audiences ever since.

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    Skills
  • Advertisements
  • Brochures and leaflets
  • Copy-editing
  • Digital and SEO copywriting
  • PR and Journalism
  • Product descriptions
  • Tone of voice
  • Training and Consultancy
  • White Papers
    Specialisms
  • B2B
  • B2C
  • Business, finance and law
  • Consumer goods
  • Family and childcare
  • Sport, travel and leisure
Qualifications & Awards
Professional:
Content Design Bootcamp - Digital Content Academy.
Screenwriting workshop - Industrial Scripts.
D&AD concept workshops.
Editing Skills - Book House.
Numerous fiction and poetry-writing courses at Birkbeck College, Goldsmiths College, Arvon Foundation, City Lit and more.

Academic:
Manchester University - Hons degree English Language and Literature.
Manchester College - Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (secondary school English).
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