“From her time as a Picture Researcher at Getty Images through more recent freelance projects, Jane has consistently delivered. She has that elusive combination of creativity and organisation. Jane is ridiculously reliable and professional with a manner and approach that makes working with her a joy. If you have an image-based project, look no further.”

“Jane always impressed me as an effective leader of her team at Harcourt/Pearson. She has a broad understanding of the digital media market and publishers’ needs, the attention to detail needed to manage projects well, the ability to negotiate effectively on prices, rights and contracts and a talent for working with a wide range of people.”

“Jane is a knowledgeable and expert Media Researcher who is able to manage effectively in all areas - from the interpretation of a brief, creative and intuitive research and photographic, video and audio commissioning, through to a timely delivery of the final product. Jane is a meticulous and organised person who can be relied upon to complete all background work such as copyright clearance and can steer a team through the various legalities of shooting on location. Jane is both creatively and administratively tenacious and it was a pleasure to work alongside her.”

“Jane is very thorough with her research, hugely knowledgeable and carefully considers budget with quality. I am confident that when I commission Jane on my projects, it’s done quickly and efficiently, which is exactly what you need to happen when you are busy in-house.”

“Jane is an outstanding researcher. She is very knowledgeable and incredibly helpful — even with the hardest of projects. She has handled a wide range of educational titles for me and never wavered in her search for the ideal image.”

“I wanted to thank Jane Smith for her invaluable input on the Velvet Fig projects. Jane’s creative eye and meticulous attention to detail,
ensured that the planning, quality and results of each of project was delivered to the highest standard. It was pleasure to work with Jane. I am extremely pleased with the final images, which I feel have added real value to my new website.”

“Jane is extremely professional and conscientious in all aspects of her work and always impresses. She is also great fun to work with and has a gift for making even the most self-conscious of us relax in front of the camera. I even liked the photographs of myself, I would highly recommend her.”

“Jane managed a number of projects for me across media research and photography for marketing material for GCSEs and A levels. Jane did a fantastic job at capturing exactly what we briefed. She is fantastically well organised and a pleasure to work with. I cannot recommend Jane highly enough, for her ability to take a brief and understand what’s required, for her attention to detail and for her dependability to always deliver. ”

“We at TransXL just wanted to say how delighted we are with the video JSM produced and directed for us. Having not produced a corporate video before we really did need a lot of guidance. Jane’s expertise and attention to detail in the briefing and planning phase made the process much more user friendly, and clarified for us what the purpose of the video was and who the potential audience were. On the day, Jane’s detailed schedule helped all of us know where we needed to be when, and with which props etc. Jane was the interface with the cameraman, so all we had to do was be in the right place at the right time, and she took care of the composition, lighting and any other technical matters we otherwise would not have considered. All in all we could not recommend Jane highly enough.”

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