Team

Jackie Wykes

Senior Editor

 
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Jackie has more than 20 years of experience in technical writing, editing and desktop publishing.

As AHA’s senior editor, Jackie ensures that we deliver high-quality, reader-friendly and accessible reports. She has advanced skills in written communication and document design.

Highly capable of working to tight timelines, her broad editing skillset includes structural editing, plain language editing, copyediting and sensitivity editing.

Jackie has also completed Vision Australia training in document accessibility and ensures AHA’s reports comply with WCAG 2.0 and other guidelines.

Before joining AHA, Jackie worked across a range of sectors, including academia, disability services, organic foods, and defense.

Jackie holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and has undertaken postgraduate research looking at the unintended impacts of public health policy on the lived experience of people of size and other marginalised groups.

With her passion for clear, effective, communication, Jackie has been driving improvements in AHA’s reports and other documents since she joined the team in 2013.