Claudine Mercer

Senior copy editor based in London, now consulting for founders and growth-stage startups on investor-facing communications. Spent 9 years on the Reuters UK news desk and 4 years as a features editor at the Financial Times weekend section. Edits pitch decks the way she edits feature leads — cut the passive voice, kill the bullet, find the lede.

1 review by Claudine Mercer.

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  Jasper AI Review: Good Copy, No Instinct for a Deck

  August 30, 2026

  Desk 3 ran Jasper AI through the one job founders actually ask for: turn a bullet-heavy deck into copy an editor would keep. The templates are fast. The narrative arc is still your job.