Consumer Lifestyle Editor | PA | Project Support

I’m a consumer lifestyle editor with experience across national magazines including Psychologies, Top Santé, Women’s Fitness and Platinum. I currently edit Platinum’s gardening pages and write and curate much of its eight-page Ten Good Ideas lifestyle section, researching and bringing together interesting ideas, people, products and experiences for its readers.

Alongside my editorial work, I’ve spent 17 years running my own freelance business, providing trusted PA, project and practical business support to editors, founders and small teams. Earlier in my career, I also worked in account management for Pukka Herbs and in advertising, giving me a strong background in client relationships and coordinating complex projects.

I’m now looking for a permanent role where I can bring my editorial, PA and project experience to one organisation, become a valued part of a great team and make a real contribution to work I genuinely care about.

What it’s like to work with me

Oh my goodness, working with Emma was like someone swooping in and magically untangling the chaos in my brain. Emma has been an absolute lifesaver - helping me shape, research, and plan my workshop to perfection...

Where would I be without Emma? Having a nervous breakdown! My workload was becoming overwhelming and I knew I needed help. A friend suggested Emma, and I’m so glad I started working with her - it was the best investment I made to keep me sane!

Emma Coxon has worked with me for over ten years. When I ran my own coaching business, Emma project managed the whole back end of my coaching business - from loading content on to my website to invoicing to booking clients in my diary and managing my coaching associates and their appointments.

Emma Coxon is a professional, hardworking and vital member of my team. From day one she has shown incredible initiative to lead projects, as well as astonishing speed and accuracy in her work. She has an amazingly varied skillset...

I've worked with Emma as my VA for over five years now and she's made a real impact on my business. Emma has been particularly helpful in setting me up with an online database to help me manage my large client base and keep track of everything we do.

Emma is an angel. Her mature attitude, her enthusiasm and patience has been invaluable to me and my business. She's allowed me to free up my time to concentrate on the other things I need to to do to grow my business. She's a safe pair of hands; so effective and efficient I don't know what I'd do without her!

I reached out to Emma when I was feeling I was spinning too many plates on my own - I had been working solo within the Health & Wellbeing industry for twenty years and I knew it was time to get outside help so I can run a more efficient ship...

From the beginning, Emma had a strong understanding of my brand, and passion for independent & creative businesses so I knew we would be a great fit. Her communication with customers is both professional and personal, which I really value...

Emma’s support is fundamental to the growth of my business. She has a uniquely brilliant combination of skills. She is a highly organised, flexible, collaborative project manager with an eagle-eye for the detail...

Working with Emma has transformed my business. Knowing that Emma has my back is invaluable to me! She picks things up when I have dropped them and is always happy to do the jobs that I just don’t have time for.

Emma helped me enormously during our time working together. She used her exceptional organisational skills to help sort through the chaos in my inbox (and my head!) and worked proactively to set-up new systems/workflows to streamline different elements of my day-to-day work.

Deciding to take Emma on as our VA has been one of the best decisions we’ve made for a while. It has freed us both up to focus on running our business, not getting involved in the detail of it.

I absolutely love working with Emma, her support is invaluable. Having Emma’s help over the last year has enabled me to take my business to the next level and also allows me far more quality time with my family. Thank you Emma, you really are a star!

Emma came along at a perfect time for me, allowing me to analyse the areas of admin and organisation that were taking time away from the creative side of my work. By taking that on with such a proactive and super efficient spirit, I was able to concentrate on what I do best.

I am so grateful that I found Emma. She has made an amazing difference to my business - and dramatically reduced my stress levels and work load. She has made it possible for me to concentrate on the things that I enjoy doing and leaving the multitude of administrative tasks to her.

Emma has been an absolute godsend for Temple Field Property. She picked up our systems quickly and without fuss, and has taken over many important admin jobs, leaving us free to find and refurbish investment properties for our clients...

Emma is an absolute star and has been a huge support to Gazelle Partners as we move from a start up to a more established business. Her organisation, efficiency and initiative has had a significant impact on easing our admin burden at a critical time in our development.

Emma is a brilliant VA. She is super organised and efficient with her time, I just don’t know how she accomplishes so much! She is also such fun, a really lovely person to deal with, and with very high integrity; so important when finding someone to work with closely in your own small business...

Emma has been a god send over the last couple of years. The efficiency, ease and friendly manner she carries everything out with was brilliant. It is such a treat to know that she is behind you, supporting you, catching some balls and reminding you of what you should be doing...

I couldn’t recommend Emma more highly. I have thoroughly appreciated her input and efforts into my business. She is always there if I really need it, and always has a positive can do attitude. Professional service with passion and creativity!

It has been such a relief to be working with someone who understands the way a heart-led business works and can balance that with superb organisation and efficiency. From excel accounts to social media...

I used Emma to help me with some marketing work that I'd been putting off forever. She did it enthusiastically, and was super organised, fast and efficient. She always did things when she said she would and kept me updated on everything she'd done...

Emma is someone I feel privileged to have working with me. Multi-talented, she is a superb organiser, writer and techno-whizz. With a lovely, warm, sunny personality, she also understands, fundamentally, both the business angle and the ethos of my yoga practice...

What I bring to a team

Organisation & resourcefulness

I’m good at getting to grips with what needs doing, finding the information or resources required and bringing order to busy projects.

Good communication

I have a strong reputation for communicating clearly, building good working relationships and getting on well with people in different roles, both within a team and outside it.

Reliability & initiative

I take ownership of my work, follow things through and can be trusted to keep projects moving.

Creativity and curiosity

I enjoy exploring ideas, finding interesting angles and looking beyond the obvious for content, information and inspiration.

Flexibility & adaptability

I’m used to balancing different priorities, learning new ways of working and moving easily between creative, practical and organisational tasks.