Lucy Cheesman
Communications And Engagement Officer
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLucy Cheesman is an experienced communications professional, editor and writer with nine years’ experience helping charities and creative organisations shape clear, compassionate messages. As Communications and Engagement Officer at Action for ME she oversees a membership magazine end-to-end, moderates supportive online communities, and coordinates volunteer contributors—bridging editorial craft with service-driven stakeholder work. She also runs a freelance editing and writing practice and sustains an active arts practice in mixed-media textile and collage, bringing a layered, visual sensibility to storytelling. Trained in professional proofreading and with a background in theology and English, she specialises in content that supports social justice, wellbeing and community causes. An unusual blend of live-coding interest (TidalCycles) and tactile art-making hints at a playful, cross-disciplinary approach to creativity and communication.
9 years of coding experience
A levels, English Language / English Literature / General Studies, all A grade, A levels, English Language / English Literature / General Studies, all A grade at North Devon CollegeCertificate of Higher Education, English with History, Distinction, Certificate of Higher Education, English with History, Distinction at University of PlymouthBachelor of Arts - BA, Theology, 2.1, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Theology, 2.1 at Brunel University LondonCertificate of Competence in Proofreading, training course, Certificate of Competence in Proofreading, training course at ChapterhouseProofreading II: Headway, training course, Proofreading II: Headway, training course at Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)
Github Skills (7)
sound-files7
signal-processing5
supercollider4
live-coding4
music4
audio3
haskell3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
heavy-lifting/tidal-codes
Aug 2016 - Jun 2023
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 11 months
heavy-lifting/heavy-lifting.github.io
Jul 2016 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5 PRs, 444 pushes, 6 branches in 8 years 9 months
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