Helen Hey
I am a trained editor and indexer with nearly a decade of experience. After six years working on English Language Training textbooks at Oxford University Press 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 have found success with academic papers. I am interested in expanding the indexing 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
- Signals 3, developmental editor and project manager
- Compass and Explore series, website editor and project manager
- The Friends of Pinery Park website, copy editor and site map restructuring
- CBR+PNK: Augmented, copy editor
- CBR+PNK: OVERLOAD, editor
- History, Politics and Theory in the Great Divergence Debate, indexer
- Exile and Crescent, copy editor
I am a member of Editors Canada and the Communications Director of the Indexing Society of Canada. Visit my LinkedIn page for an extended resumé.