About me

Hello, I’m Pip! I’m a writer, copyeditor, and proofreader for the arts and creative industries.

Publishers, agencies, brands, galleries, and artists trust me with all things word-related including book and magazine publications; pitch writing; web copy and product descriptions; proofediting translated text; transcriptions; conference-script writing, word-count reduction and conscious language editing for diversity, accessibility and cultural representation.

Clients include Serpentine Galleries, Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts; Identity creative production agency; Glitch digital citizenship charity; Verigold demi-fine jewellery, and artists Luke Drozd, Vilde Salhus Røed, Maia Urstad, Hilde Hauan Johnsen, Julian Burgess, and Rasmus Brink Pedersen. These are all clients I’ve worked with on multiple projects. For me, that’s the best measure of success — doing a great job and being invited back to work on new projects together.

When I started out, I knew I wanted to specialise in the arts and creative industries because my love of language and art have always run in parallel: from A levels in Art, English, and Film Studies, to getting a first-class English degree (and running the uni life drawing society), to my time working at Arts Council England, House of Cultural Curiosity CIC, and Charleston, a cultural venue and literature festival in East Sussex, UK.

I’m also a poet, Substack-writer, and arts practitioner. I’ve designed and delivered creative writing sessions with schools and charities, and I co-run artists’ books platform Micro Library Books.

I’m proud to be part of industry bodies ProCopywriters and Intermediate Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing & Proofreading, as well as a range of writing and business communities including WILD CoWorking, London Writer’s Salon, Hampshire Business Netwalking, and Sonder & Tell’s Wordsmiths.

I live in Winchester, UK (and before that, Sussex, Gloucestershire, and Somerset) and I have over a decade of experience working remotely to collaborate with clients across timezones, digital platforms, and many different doc-sharing tools.

My love of nature, walking, gardening, drawing, reading, sewing, film, pilates, yoga, and diary writing perfectly support my working practice too: providing the thinking time, space, and sustenance that is key to continually bringing fresh eyes, attention to detail, and new insights to wordsmithing for my clients.