The fundamental charter of Désirée Media is to deliver top-quality product to our clients, ensuring that their copy and written product is of the highest calibre possible. We do this by engaging with each client to determine their specific requirements, and by responding to their briefs by customising our editorial services to suit their needs. Here are testimonials from some of our clients:
I run a copywriting, marketing and product development company named Ausflex. I have outsourced many of my jobs to Petra and her eye for detail is amazing. I have given Petra sales copy from professional writers marked as complete and Petra has managed to correct their mistakes! Petra has always produced the copy on time and is completely professional in all areas of her work.
Brendan Jarvis
Director
Ausflex
Clime Asset Management engaged the services of Petra to carry out proofing and edit work for a wide range of our printed and online materials. We have found Petra to be extremely professional, accurate and incredibly thorough.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Petra’s services for any written/editing/copywriting work that you might require.
Rob Hardy
Head Of Marketing
Clime Asset Management
Petra’s sharp editing was the final polish my novel sorely needed. Not only did she perform line-editing on a heroic scale (correcting a huge amount of punctuation and making note of grammatical errors, typos, redundancies, run-on sentences, etc) but she brought my attention to confusing passages, identified weakness in character development, and gave specific suggestions to correct issues with the plot, pacing, and dialog. Without a doubt Petra’s hard work (and generous, diplomatic approach) has made my novel a decidedly better read.
Shana Hartmann
Novelist
In 2011 I was struggling with the task of reducing a chapter of my doctoral dissertation into a publishable article. I knew that the material was good, but the amount of reduction necessary caused me to reach a stopping point; one tends to think of all the baby’s major organs as inherently necessary. I have known Petra Nolan since we were doctoral candidates together in the early years of the last decade. I had learned to trust her acuity as well as her honesty, so I asked her to take a look. Her advice on structure, voice, flow and overall effect, as well as her impeccable line editing, allowed me to find a new vision for and to re-focus on the essay. What was once a 44-page chapter is now a 32-page article that will be published in the Fall, 2013 issue of The Journal of Social History (Oxford U. Press). I owe the success of this effort in no small part to Dr Nolan’s expert critique.
Dr John McGowan
Assistant Professor, Film Studies
Department of Film and Theatre
University of New Orleans
Petra is a writer, editor, researcher, and strategic research manager of the highest calibre. Having worked with her over a number of years on a number of ventures for the University of NSW and University of Sydney, she has my highest recommendation – for her peerless ability to combine strategic nous, attention to detail, utmost professionalism, superb outcomes, and wonderful people skills.
Professor Gerard Goggin
Chair of Media and Communications
Faculty of Arts
University of Sydney
Open Colleges secured the editorial services of Dr Nolan from August 2011 onwards to edit and evaluate our coursework content for our distance education and vocational courses. Open Colleges is a premier educational institution – and one of Australia’s oldest and most respected providers of distance education, offering over 120 courses in a variety of diverse disciplines including allied health, accounting, beauty therapy and horticulture. Petra has worked across the full spectrum of disciplines and has proven herself to be a consistently professional editor. Her attention to detail is faultless, and her grasp of language and the capacity to tailor it in accordance with required level (we offer qualifications from Certificate II through to Advanced Diploma) and specific genre is pitch perfect. Her writing is both clear and accessible and ensures that no error goes unnoticed. Her debriefs for each unit edited have provided a comprehensive evaluation of the content from a structural, pedagogical integrity, clarity and technical point of view. Petra is pleasant, tactful, efficient and an invaluable contributor in our editorial team.
Katina Kalergis
General Manager, Course Development & Innovation
Open Colleges