WHO I WORK FOR:

I work for ambitious companies and individuals; experts in their fields who need help translating their specialist knowledge into high quality content that generates interest and sales.

My clients are independent professional firms and consultants. I've worked for management consultancies, recruitment firms, HR and resourcing specialists, legal professionals, technical consultants, engineers, architects and creatives. I also work for creative design companies as a consultant and copywriter.

People engage me for a variety of different reasons:

• "I've got a website but it doesn't do my business justice. I need help to devise a new site and write the content to get my message across."
• "I want some more exciting marketing material that gets us remembered and helps my sales people open doors and get remembered."
• "Our offer is pretty complex. I want help to translate it into plain english so it's easy for our buyers to understand what we do."
• "I have a very important pitch coming up and I need help with my presentation and proposal. I want  an expert, independent view and help to get the writing done."
• "A web design company has designed my new site but now I've got to write the content and I don't know where to start."
• "I'm thinking about writing a business book but I need help to make it happen."
• "I want to produce case studies for my business but I just don't have time to write the material."
• "I want to know how to describe my business to my customers. How do I craft a compelling pitch?"

CLIENT LIST:

• AVA Solutions - contract recruitment consultancy
• Bellevue Partners - business doctors and advisors
• Caramba Consulting - independent HR consultancy
• Catalise plc - management consultancy
• DHL - logistics company
• Essential Marketing - marketing communications
• Footprint Building - sustainable building services
• Future-proof Consulting - CRM consultancy
• Granger Reis - search and selection consultancy
• Hardiman HRD - independent HR and training consultancy
• Intelligent Consulting - IT consultancy
• Its Open and Its Blogs - content and blog specialists
• Golesworthy - contractor for floors, walls and acoustics
• Halo Media - brand and web design consultancy
• Jane Northcote - independent management consultant
• Little Fish Films - video production company
• Mutual Solutions - business development consultancy
• Paul Frost & Associates - change consultants
• Portfolio Directors - business consultants
• Purple Orange - learning and development consultants
• Re:light - lighting design consultants
• Sanderson Recruitment - professional recruitment consultancy
• Shaspa Research Ltd - smart home technology
• Sterling Manhattan - recruitment and selection consultancy
• Resource Management Ltd - HR consultancy
• The Evaluation Trust - consultants for the Third Sector
• The Landmark Practice - environmental consultants
• The Smart Group - engineering consultancy
• Twist Consultants - communications consultancy
• Unity Information Systems - software consultancy
• Utopia - office design and fit out company
• Wilmore Iles Architects - architects practice

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

To discuss how I can help your business, please contact me at sonja@sonjajefferson.co.uk.

WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY:

(For more testimonials from my clients, please see recommendations on my LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin/in/sonjajefferson)

SANDERSON:

"Sonja has massively improved the quality of our marketing literature. We benefit from her independent voice; she knows her market and challenges the way we communicate with our clients. We trust her work will bring us results so we take her advice very seriously."

Nick Walrond, MD, Sanderson Recruitment plc www.sandersonplc.co.uk (See Nick's full endorsement)

 STERLING MANHATTAN:

"With Sonja’s help I have just completed the website for my new company, Sterling Manhattan. Before working with Sonja I had always thought that websites were built around imagery. I now know that the main focus should be on the content.

Sonja has helped us create a well written, cohesive site with easy navigation. More than anything else it is a site that delivers a level of service to my clients which is significantly different from the traditional imagery-based web sites I was used to.

I am grateful to Sonja for taking work off my desk at a time when I need to concentrate on bringing in my first clients. Sonja’s flexibility, professionalism and thorough understanding ensured a successful outcome, which has been mirrored by numerous complimentary comments from my clients.

I would recommend Sonja to any newly formed company who wants to create a website and to organisations looking to revitalise their current web presence."

Darren Duggan, Managing Director, Sterling Manhattan Ltd www.sterlingmanhattan.co.uk 

JANE NORTHCOTE

"With Sonja as thought-partner, project manager and editor I have now written and published a business book to set out my principles and approach.

Sonja's support has enabled me to write this book while continuing my work on consulting assignments (this is no mean feat)."

Jane Northcote, independent consultant www.janenorthcote.co.uk. I also write and manage Jane's web content, case studies and articles. See Jane's full endorsement.

HALO:

"We are a creative agency specialising in branding and web design. Web projects are often held up because companies find it so difficult to write their own content.

We introduce our clients to Sonja as a copywriter and content specialist. She provides well-written content for websites and brochures that reflects the brands we create and each company's unique offer.

Sonja's style is positive, straightforward and clear. She will speed up and significantly improve the results of any web project."

Mark Jacks, Business Development Director, Halo Media www.halomedia.co.uk

 AVA SOLUTIONS:

 "We wanted a website that showed us as experts and innovators. Sonja helped us to specify and write the site in a way that got our proposition across and both impressed and informed our customers.

With her help we've created a site that is so much more than a flat, online brochure. It includes resources that advise our clients on best practice, positioning us as thought leaders. This puts us in a strong position to sell at high level with confidence.

I'd recommend Sonja to any professional business that is looking to create a new website."

Chris Brisbane, Contracts Manager, AVA Solutions www.ava-solutions.co.uk

MUTUAL SOLUTIONS:

"Sonja - I consider you to be one of the most influential contributors to my business to date because of your professional copywriting and continuous innovation; not to mention your positive attitude in general."

Gary Miller, MD, Mutual Solutions www.mutual-solutions.co.uk

UNITY:

“Here at Unity Sonja is our “guru” in marketing communications. In the role of coach, mentor and conscience she provides us with good ideas and sound advice to ensure we 'do the right things and do things right'.

Sonja is a strategic marketing consultant who get things done. We trust her to take on the whole project, from specification and supplier management to content provision.

This has made my job as Business Development Director much simpler; I concentrate on finding opportunities, Sonja creates the collateral to back me up."

Gordon Scholes, Business Development Director, Unity Information Systems www.unity-is.com

JONATHAN HARKER:

"Sonja's strengths include the ability to take a strategic view - recognising and relating to the business objectives that communications need to achieve. She is a pleasure to work with."

Jonathan Harker, Director of Catalise plc www.catalise.co.uk

EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS:

For information on projects I've worked on and the benefits these have brought, please see the projects section of this site. You can find further details in the Client News section.