2010-11: Sub-editing for SOHI magazine

"Cecily was subeditor of SOHI Magazine. SOHI was a tricky task as it was written by professionals as well as community based amateurs. It had strict space constraints as well as an over the top style sheet, praised and dreaded in equal measure by designers and printers alike. Cecily exhibited the two traits most desired in a subeditor: tact and precision. These qualities are seemingly incompatible. This is what made Cecily great.

As well as dotting 'i's and crossing 't's, Cecily had an eye for design, and for how the text worked with or against it. SOHI has won several international design awards and without Cecily's keen eye, not just on meanings and syntax, but on balance and symmetry, SOHI would certainly have failed in the design-geek sector of the market. In this was, Cecily was crucial to the brand's success as a design-object, as well as a magazine.

I hope you get the chance to experience Cecily's work. Clean, creative, precise. She is a rare specimen.

- Rebecca Wolkenstein, editor

*this testimonial was not subedited by Cecily"