Projects
Writing projects
Customer information
Simplified English
Red Pony was commissioned to rewrite a suite of client-facing documents in simplified English – including standard letters, fact sheets, brochures and posters – for the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC).
Fact sheets
Copywriting + proofreading
Red Pony was commissioned to write content for a suite of 7 fact sheets explaining the purpose and process of the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning’s long-term water resource assessment (LTWRA).
Corporate website
Web writing
Red Pony was engaged to write content for Accru’s Australian corporate website, updating existing pages and developing new content for the company’s expanding service portfolio.
Regulatory correspondence
Simplified English
Red Pony was engaged to rewrite a confidential show cause notice, intended for early childhood education sector employees found to be in breach of the National Law, for ECRA, a branch of the Queensland Government’s Department of Education.
Online user help
Technical writing
Red Pony developed a comprehensive suite of online help pages to assist administrator and employee users of Cognology’s performance management system.
BHC website
Web writing + technical writing + copyediting
The Victorian Department of Health engaged Red Pony to create, edit and update content for the Better Health Channel website. Red Pony reviewed, amalgamated and migrated 43 per cent of BHC’s 1,700 webpages in just 12 months.
Editing projects
WSI Airport Master Plan
Developmental editing
Red Pony was engaged to structure, format and copyedit content for readability and compliance with the Airports Act 1996 (Cth) for the inaugural Western Sydney International Airport Master Plan.
Framework revision
Developmental editing
The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework was to undergo its first revision in 10 years. Red Pony simplified the structure and revised content, focusing on plain language while maintaining pedagogical integrity.
Monitoring and evaluation framework
Copyediting
Melbourne Water engaged Red Pony to copyedit the Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement framework, a key component of Melbourne Water’s Healthy waterways strategy.
Resilient Melbourne annual report
Copyediting + proofreading
The City of Melbourne engaged Red Pony to copyedit the Resilient Melbourne annual report. Starting with a comprehensive review of the draft, Red Pony then copyedited finalised content and proofread the report after layout.
Betrayal of trust Parliamentary report
Structural editing + copyediting + writing training
Red Pony assisted the Parliament of Victoria’s Family and Community Development Committee to produce its landmark report, Betrayal of trust, following the Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations.
NDIS thought leadership paper
Structural editing + proofreading
PwC Australia engaged Red Pony in a dual capacity – to provide a structural review of a 30,000-word investigation into the need for an NDIS, and to edit and proofread the document in its final iteration.
Annual report projects
IBAC annual report
Annual report production
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission engaged Red Pony to coordinate the production of their annual report, from project management to writing, formatting, copyediting and proofreading.
WSA Co annual report
Annual report production
WSA Co Limited is the Government Business Enterprise tasked with building and operating Western Sydney International Airport. Red Pony was engaged to project manage the annual report production process.
NBMRF annual review
Annual review coordination
The Norman Beischer Medical Research Foundation asked Red Pony to oversee the production of its annual review, providing copywriting, copyediting and proofreading services and coordinating third-party graphic design and printing services.
ISC impact report
Copyediting + proofreading
After having worked with Red Pony on developing their 5-year strategic plan, the Infrastructure Sustainability Council again commissioned Red Pony, this time to copyedit and proofread their impact report.
Hostplus annual report
Copyediting + proofreading
Not-for-profit superannuation fund Hostplus engaged Red Pony to copyedit and proofread their annual report, totalling 120 pages.
DHA annual report
Copyediting + proofreading + indexing
Defence Housing Australia commissioned Red Pony, a member of the federal government’s panel of creative and digital communication suppliers, to copyedit then proofread their annual report.
Template projects
Corporate templates
Microsoft Word template development + end-user training
Actuate IP engaged Red Pony to produce a Word template with customised styles and formatting, and then train staff to use this functionality effectively.
Enrolment forms
Microsoft Word template development + PDF conversion
Swinburne University of Technology brought in Red Pony to assist in combining 15 separate enrolment forms into a single multiform document.
Corporate templates
Microsoft Word template development
Red Pony provided Standards Australia with a suite of Word templates to generate a range of different corporate documents that are consistent in style and appearance.
Course materials
Accessible Microsoft Word documents
DeakinCo. engaged Red Pony to produce accessible versions of their Diploma of Leadership and Management course materials for vision-impaired students.
Templates and user manual
Microsoft Word template development
The Climate Change Authority commissioned Red Pony to create a suite of Microsoft office document templates and an accompanying user manual.
Sales documents
Microsoft Word template development + submission writing
Designa brought Red Pony on board to develop a repository of well-written, consistently formatted and easily updateable sales documents for use in tenders and proposals.
Training projects
Corporate writing workshops
Effective writing training
Red Pony delivered a business writing workshop to help the Treasury Wine Estates sales team deliver their messages more effectively.
Conference workshop
Tender writing training
IPEd invited Red Pony’s Principal Consultant Peter Riches to run a workshop at the annual conference on winning government tenders.
Microsoft Office training
Word + PowerPoint end-user training
ElectraNet asked Red Pony to design a template that could be used to produce complex regulatory reports, then train various teams to use it effectively.