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Experience

I am a:

  • Journalist

  • Copywriter

  • Content writer

  • Editor

  • English trainer

I've worked with:

  • Individuals and teams

  • Startups

  • Agencies

  • SMEs

  • Community organisations

  • Non-profit organisations

  • Global companies

Writing experience

I started my career as a newspaper reporter (NCTJ) at the West Sussex County Times in England before joining Wardour, an award-winning communications agency in London. Working in a small team of journalists and designers, I wrote internal and external comms for leading UK brands including BT and Norwich Union (now Aviva). 

After helping to set up and run a boutique comms agency called Glow, I became a freelance writer. I now work with clients large and small in many industries. I write about subjects as diverse as finance, property, technology, engineering, recruitment, sustainability and inclusion.​

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English teaching experience

In 2009, I needed a new challenge. I qualified as an English language teacher (Cambridge CELTA) and moved to France to become an English trainer.

 

I started at language schools in Marseille and then became self-employed as an English coach, content writer and editor for international companies including Ricard, Virtual Expo, Bourbon and Randstad.

 

I returned to the UK in 2015 (I missed a good cup of tea). I now provide online English language coaching for non-native English speakers worldwide, including staff at RWE, Germany's largest energy company. I also teach at London's leading business English centre, the London School of English.

Get in touch

Ian Lavis

THEWRITINGROOM

Croydon, London

mrlavis@gmail.com

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