Our capabilities, people and track record
Here's who we are, and why we merit your trust.
We help you engage and persuade your audience.
The firm was founded on the principle that complex and sensitive content requires careful handling if it is to be communicated effectively to audiences. As well as shaping, authoring and editing content for publication, we have helped to design brands, create online strategies and build online media services.
If you and your organisation operate in professional services, financial services, public policy, academia or membership organisations, we have particular experience that will help with your special needs.
Client range
Recently we've created and edited reports and other material for groups including the NSW Productivity Commission, MTPConnect, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), NSW Treasury and the Institute of Public Accountants.
Professional standards
Shorewalker DMS meets the Australian standards for editing practice laid down by the Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd). (The Institute is the peak body for Australian editors and societies of editors.)
Because we subscribe to this standard, you can be certain of receiving work that meets IPEd's requirements for:
- professional practice
- management and liaison
- substance and structure
- language and illustrations
- completeness and consistency.
Principal
Shorewalker DMS principal and senior editor David Walker (pictured) has spent three decades in publishing and editing, with 25 years in online media. Among other roles, he was Fairfax's first online business editor, helped get online finance provider eChoice to profitability, dramatically lifted the profile of the CEDA think-tank, and has edited online and print business membership publications ranging from CAANZ's Acuity to Workday Media's Banking Day. He has worked with leading academics, CEOs, government officials and experts of many stripes to bring their ideas to the attention of their audiences.
He is currently an associate editor at Public Accountant magazine.
From 2014 to 2017 he edited INTHEBLACK (in print and at intheblack.com), Australia's largest-circulation monthly business publication and a global award-winner. In 2016 alone it won:
- Publish Awards (Australia) - Best Association/Member Organisation magazine
- Publish Awards (Australia) - Website of the Year, Business
- Content Marketing Awards (US/global) - Best Association Publication
- Content Marketing Awards (US/global) - Best Regularly Featured Column or Section (for the regular "Strategist" feature)
- Content Council Pearl Awards (US/global) - Best Association/Non-Profit Publication