About

Operative Words

Operative Words is a virtual communications and design agency specialising in content for the web and print. Operative Words was founded and is run by Robert Dennis. 

Robert Dennis

I am freelance copywriter, web designer and English language teacher. I have written for a wide range of clients in the course of my career, including uSwitch, an online personal finance comparison service; Focus West, a business support agency for London’s digital media sector; and the Governance Hub, a national website for trustees supported by a consortium of leading voluntary organisations and backed by the Home Office.

You can read about my copywriting projects and clients on robertdennis.co.uk.

I am a graduate of Oxford University, where I read English. As a student journalist I interviewed Julian Barnes and reviewed the paperback edition of Martin Amis’s “Money”. I also studied Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck College, University of London as a postgraduate student.

I am a fully-qualified teacher of English as a Foreign Language. I have taught a wide range of professional students including corporate clients from Mondadori, RCS, Sky Italia, UniCredit, Intesa, EMI, Barclays, Marks & Spencers, Guinness and Paribas. I now live and work in Milan, where I teach Business English and edit PayAsYouLearn.com, a website for people who want to improve their English in a fresh, enjoyable way.

I also worked as a researcher and consultant at Burns Owens Partnership, a specialist economic consultancy in London. I am a self-taught web designer and developer. I speak Italian, French, German and some Spanish.