Wiley-Blackwell, Edinburgh
July 2003 – March 2009 |
Assistant Production Manager
- line management of four production staff
- recruitment
- mentoring and staff development
- conducting appraisals and performance management
- supporting senior management
- workflow development
- change management
- contributing to departmental policy and initiatives
- visiting overseas typesetting suppliers
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| May 2000 – March 2009 |
Production Editor
Management of a package of medical journals. This included:
- quality assurance of editing, typesetting and printing by suppliers
- online photo research, copy-editing and proofreading
- liaison with authors, clients, suppliers and colleagues at all levels
- meeting schedules and allocating work to freelance staff
- database administration for workflow/schedule tracking, extracting information for colleagues and clients
- monitoring despatch and distribution dates
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Folens Limited, Dunstable
September 1997 – May 2000 |
Desk Editor
Editorial duties as well as general project management:
- overseeing the production of the Folens Maths Programme (copy-editing and proofreading 50% of the titles and overseeing the work of the desk editor who managed the other 50%; consulting the National Numeracy Strategy for title development)
- management of 14 other titles from manuscript to print
- daily liaison with authors, commissioning editors, layout staff, freelance proof-readers and designers
- commissioning artwork, designing the layout of individual pages and conducting photo and copyright research
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