Studio Stratford
Research, writing, editing, and coaching
Studio Stratford is a tailored service for creative, rigorous, and practical work. Based in Hobart and working globally, Elaine partners with individuals and teams across research, writing, editing, and coaching to bring structure, insight, and direction to projects that matter.
Research Literature reviews, qualitative analysis, archival research, policy reviews.
Writing Developmental support for articles, reports, proposals, and long-form works.
Editing Precision editing that strengthens clarity, coherence, and impact.
Coaching Specialized support in life transition, health and wellness, and career coaching, with ICF credentials and professional insurance.
Mapping your aspirations and ways of working in a focused discovery conversation.
Collaborating in regular conversations in person or online to turn those aspirations into meaningful, practical actions.
Assessing actions and refining them to advance your aspirations in ways that lead to lasting change.
Reflecting on the coaching journey and its possibilities for long term change in your life.
Elaine is a deeply experienced researcher, writer, editor, and coach with decades of professional practice and mentoring. Her work helps clients become incisively expressive, purposeful, and aligned across thinking, practice, and priorities.
Qualifications: BA (Honours IA) (Flinders), Masters in Tertiary Education Management (Melbourne), PhD (Adelaide), and Certificate IV in Life Coach Practice (LCA). She has specialized in life transition, health and wellness, and career coaching, and is also a member of the International Coaching Federation.
Elaine carries Professional Indemnity Insurance.
"Thoughtful, practical, and quietly transformative support for complex work."
Academic, New Zealand university
"The modelling you provided made it clear that you had deeply understood the draft and carefully considered how to best fit our hopes and dreams for the grant ... When the team went through and rewrote the work to situate it in existing scholarship, we were able to take those lessons and apply them ourselves ..."
Academic grant writing team, Australian university
"We really appreciated your contribution to our exhibition, in the form of the contextual essay. Your words add a lot to the event, and meant a lot to the artists."
Rosny Farm Gallery staff, Clarence City Council, Hobart, Tasmania
"Thank you very much for your editing and mentoring support. I found the sessions highly tailored to my needs and valuable in strengthening my application. I gained several important insights in such a short timeframe that will stay with me well beyond this application process ..."
Academic, Australian university
"I have been working with Elaine for a few months now, and she has helped me improve on not just my writing but the ways that I can fix my own pieces of work by myself and feel confident in what I have done - whether it is in class with an assignment or just at home working on things for my personal life."
High school student, Australia
Email: elainestratford@hotmail.com
Phone: +61 409 956 384
Typical engagements begin with a 30 minute introductory call and a tailored scope.
Based in Hobart, working globally with individuals and teams.