About Us

The Universal Desk is a small start-up with big ideas
about how to make the world’s words better.

We specialize in proofreading and editing documents to help you express yourself in the clearest, most professional way possible.

We promise you’ll love our work. We back that up with a money-back guarantee.

The Universal Desk is staffed by a brigade of top-notch copy editors and proofreaders. They have a wide range of specialties, but all share a passion for language and a zeal for finding the tiniest of errors. Our editors collectively have hundreds of years of experience working for the country’s top magazines, newspapers, web sites and technology companies.

Our award-winning editors work for or have done work for the International Herald Tribune, CBS Interactive, Random House, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Research Council, Wired, Stony Brook University, Antioch University, the Post Standard, Educational Testing Service (makers of the SAT), PR Newswire, BGM Health Communications, Zynx Health, Sylvan Learning, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sterling Publishing Company, the biotech-focused WAM Group, John Wiley & Sons publishers and CTB/McGraw-Hill.*

We have specialists familiar with technology, marketing, medicine and academia. Whether you are crafting a new marketing campaign, writing cover letters to find a new job or perfecting an essay or thesis, The Universal Desk can help.

We have big plans for the future, focused on how to make it easier and faster to get the world’s top editors to help you with your writing, whether you are a small business, an ESL student, a blogger or a publicly listed company.

The Universal Desk is also committed to helping the world become a better place and donates its services to select non-profits. To be considered as a candidate for these in-kind service donations, please e-mail us at editor@theuniversaldesk.com.

The Universal Desk was founded in 2009 by Ryan Singel. He started writing professionally for Wired.com in 2002 and prior to that worked for search companies in Silicon Valley. His passion for writing, technology and innovation led him to create The Universal Desk as a way to bring professional copy editing and proofreading to anyone who needs a little help with their writing.

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*Companies and institutions listed above are for reference purposes only and do not imply any endorsement or affiliation with The Universal Desk.