Testimonials

More feedback and recommendations from people who have worked with me can be found on my LinkedIn page at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbrianlane. Click on the logo to see my LinkedIn profile, but please note, you have to be signed in as a member to read recommendations. 

“Richard has a great creative mind combined with an understanding of business reality. He listens, digests, suggests then executes. In today's world budgets and costs restraints sometimes inhibit creative thinking and generate negative responses but not in Richards case. Ideas that fulfilled the brief and delivered on time and on budget are his trademarks.”

Graeme Chapman, MD, Olympus UK

"Richard is a delight to work with – his feature ideas are thorough, his writing is concise and creative and his knowledge of all aspects of photography (technical and creative) is second to none. He has a unique ability to make highly technical subjects a comfortable read for all levels of photographer, and he has an enviable level of attention to detail. He is highly organised and always delivers ahead of deadline. Working together during the past four years has been a real pleasure and his invaluable input has allowed us to publish some fantastic magazines that have been extremely well received by readers."

Zoe Francis, Archant Dialogue

"All organisations come up with good ideas at one time or another but all too often putting them into practice is where things fall down. Having someone who has the qualities needed to see a project though is essential. Richard Lane's drive, writing skills and attention to detail make him the ideal person to take on a project and deliver. Examples include organising company conferences, writing and editing both our customer loyalty magazine and our internal magazine and intranet. Our company was located at two different sites with a large number of employees field based. We established that much better communication was required within the company but as usual everyone was too busy to contribute. Richard's creativity and interpersonal skills in editing O People helped create a community feeling that had been missing until then. Since leaving Olympus he has helped us manage during a re-organisation by continuing to contribute to our customer magazine and re-writing press releases at short notice over the Christmas break, it really got us out of a hole."

Mark Thackara, Olympus Consumer Imaging

"Maycreation has worked with Richard for over ten years on a variety of projects including Olympus' O People newsletter, exhibition material for the V&A, conference literature, the RSPCA Young Photographer Award and various B2B mailings. His skill and commitment is superb in writing, editing and proofreading. He's got the ability to make copy read effortlessly and with the right tone for its purpose, particularly important with technical or complex subjects. Good organisational and communication skills coupled with his attention to detail enables us to progress designs efficiently which cuts down on costly revision time, and the copy's always in on time!"

Diane May, Maycreation