Freelance
Freelance Editor
Oct 2017–present
I am currently working as a freelance editor and proofreader in Brighton, England. My clients produce a range of print and digital products.
Clients include:
• Lonely Planet
• Culture Trip
• Department for Transport
• Bradt Travel Guides
• Laurence King Publishing
• The Quarto Group.
In-house jobs
Copy Editor
Culture Trip, London/remote
Nov 2021– Mar 2022
Member of a busy remote copy desk responsible for editing and maintaining the Culture Trip website. Key tasks: building and editing bookable travel content and inspirational travel articles in WordPress; SEO maintenance to improve performance of key articles; copy-editing branded content for third-party clients. This agile role required me to liaise with other in-house teams, and pivot daily between web production and copy-editing to increase the click-through rate for bookable content.
Commissioning Editor
RotoVision, Quarto, Brighton
Aug 2014– Sep 2017
My role at this renowned design publisher was to generate new book ideas (60+ per annum) and build a list of commercially viable titles. This required close knowledge of market trends and tastes, and the ability to inspire and drive the rest of the in-house creative team. This was a high-pressure job involving critical deadlines that revolved around the needs of co-publishers, global book fairs and busy authors. I was responsible for discovering and negotiating with new, high calibre authors, maintaining good relations with existing authors, and developing their creative talents to produce eye-catching sample book presentations. I helped to develop visual concepts, organize photoshoots, image research, flatplan, commission illustrations and create content. I worked out how to expand these presentations into well-executed live books, with a keen awareness of co-edition challenges.
Editor
Rough Guides/Penguin Random House, London
May 2010–Aug 2014
I was responsible for commissioning and copy-editing travel guides to exciting destinations in the Americas, and Britain. I wrote and edited content for the company’s website, eBook and iBook products, social media platforms and marketing materials. My role involved contracting overseas authors, and communicating regularly with design, cartography, marketing, sales and editorial staff in London, Delhi and the US.
Editorial Assistant
Rough Guides/Penguin Random House, London
Oct 2008–May 2010
Team Liaison Coordinator
DK Travel/Penguin Random House, London
Oct 2006–Oct 2008
Work Experience
Footprint Travel Guides, Bath
May 2005
Volunteering
Vauxhall Primary School, London
Oct 2006–Jul 2010
Reading mentor
MondoChallenge, Darjeeling, India
Feb–Apr 2006
Volunteer teacher
APASS, Weglowice language camp, Poland,
July 2004
Volunteer teacher
IT skills
• InDesign
• Adobe Acrobat Pro
• WordPress
• CMS
• Monday
• Conductor
• Slack
• Asana
• BiblioFile
• Microsoft Office
Technical skills
• Copy-editing
• SEO copywriting
• Development editing
• Project management
• Proofreading
• Web production
• Flatplanning
• Image research
• Designing page layouts
• Building travel itineraries
• Fact-checking
• Mapping
• Producing BLADs
• Scheduling
• Budgeting
Soft skills
• Developing new authors
& ideas
• Working with international co-publishers
• Critical & creative thinking
• Fee negotiation
• Attention to detail
• Strong visual awareness
Languages
• Native English
• Conversational French
Education
Bristol University
2002–2005
2:1 BA (Hons) English.
Reigate Grammar School
1995–2002
A-levels: Biology (A), English Lit. (A), Geography (A).
Training
• Copy-editing
• Creative writing
• Relationship management
• Time management