Jenny studied Classics at Cambridge University, gained a Masters in Business Administration (with Distinction) from the University of Westminster, and is a qualified career coach.

Jenny has extensive experience of producing written work of impeccable quality.  She spent her early career in Whitehall and Westminster, including as Director of the Parliamentary Resources Unit in the House of Commons, where she was responsible for quality control of all briefing material supplied to MPs.  She then ran her own London-based career coaching business for more than a decade, and is the author of two career handbooks, one of which she self-edited.  Returning to Northern Ireland, Jenny worked as a proofreader for the "Magic Circle" law firm Allen & Overy.

Stuart is a law graduate of Queen's University Belfast, and subsequently spent 23 years as a clerical manager and caseworker with H.M. Revenue and Customs.

He also spent 3½ years working in Ballymena Central Library. In the meantime he received a Distinction in his qualification as a proofreader with the College of Media and Publishing, and qualified as a teacher of English as a second language. He has extensive experience as an actor and director on the amateur drama circuit in Northern Ireland.