Helen Hey
I am a trained editor and indexer with a decade of experience. After six years working on English Language Training textbooks at OUP Canada, I shifted to freelance work and haven’t looked back. I am experienced with textbooks, corporate and educational websites, TTRPGs, and academic projects. I began indexing more recently and am interested in expanding that side of my business, so please reach out if you are interested.
I love supporting writers so they can achieve the best version of their project. I strongly believe that collaboration and empathy are key elements in a successful edit, which is demonstrated by my clients’ testimonials. I also love learning from and with my clients. My personal interests include ecology, gardening, TTRPGs, literature, genre fiction, cooking, and folklore.
Experience
Qualifications
- Editing Essentials certificate, Editors Canada
- Publishing Certificate, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature (major) and French Translation (minor), Western University
Previous work
- Colborne Communications, project manager and editor
- Crescent 2e and Exile, copy editor
- History, Politics and Theory in the Great Divergence Debate, indexer
- CBR+PNK: OVERLOAD, editor
- CBR+PNK: Augmented, copy editor
- The Friends of Pinery Park website, copy editor and site map restructuring
- Compass and Explore series, website editor and project manager
- Signals 3, developmental editor and project manager
I am the Communications Director of the Indexing Society of Canada and a member of Editors Canada. Visit my LinkedIn page for an extended resumé.