Experience

David Higham Associates

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Translation Rights Agent

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  David Higham Associates represent writers across all genres, in all media and are a leading agency for children’s authors and illustrators. The translation rights team sells rights in all languages, directly and through co-agents. Handling translation rights sales into Danish, Finnish, French, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish Managing publication process for DHA clients in allocated territories Overseeing the team’s overall submission strategies and ensuring we find creative ways to generate new publishing deals for our authors worldwide Attending book fairs and sales tripsLine management to Rights Executive colleagues

• Translation Rights Executive

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2019

  David Higham Associates represent writers across all genres, in all media and are a leading agency for children’s authors and illustrators. The translation rights team sells rights in all languages, directly and through co-agents. Currently I handle translation rights sales for our adults' list into Arabic, Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Thailand and Vietnam. I also handle audio rights in France and Germany.- submitting projects and negotiating deals in direct and co-agented territories - managing publication process for DHA clients in allocated territories - attending book fairs and sales trips - overseeing the translation rights team's submission strategies, including managing our submissions schedule and keeping track of all DHA on-going projects Previously as Translation Rights Assistant:- assisted DHA's rights director in their territories (France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands)- negotiated renewals, audio and new deals for Dutch, French, German, and Italian rights- handled permissions for all translation territories - drafted contracts for Dutch, French, German, and Italian rights - attended London Book Fair- organised international press and strategy days- updated the team's rights management spreadsheets



The Salmon Pink Kitchen

• Co-Founder

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Book club and culinary community, including a monthly newsletter and podcast covering the themes of food, identity and culture.Co-managing book club and culinary community The Salmon Pink KitchenCo-curator of Salmon Pink Kitchen Instagram account (@salmonpinkkitchen)Writing and editing personal essays and recipes for our website Co-host and editor of the Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast on food and cultureCo-writer of the monthly Salmon Pink Newsletter Book club and culinary community, including a monthly newsletter and podcast covering the themes of food, identity and culture.Co-managing book club and culinary community The Salmon Pink KitchenCo-curator of Salmon Pink Kitchen Instagram account (@salmonpinkkitchen)Writing and editing personal essays and recipes for our website Co-host and editor of the Salmon Pink Kitchen podcast on food and cultureCo-writer of the monthly Salmon Pink Newsletter



Blake Friedmann Literary, Film & TV Agency

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  Internship in a Literary, TV and film agency that represents authors in the fields of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. I am in charge of supporting the team of 5 primary agents as well as the 2 foreign rights agents. - Handled the daily postage: book proofs, royalty statements, contracts, submissions and general queries - Supported the book department with their daily administrative tasks - Managed and saved the agents’ notes from LBF 2016 into Bradbury Phillips - Read submissions and wrote reports - Wrote news stories for the agency’s website and posted on their social media accounts



Andrew Nurnberg Associates

• Foreign Rights Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Internship in a literary agency that represents authors from around the world as well as UK and US agent and publisher clients for the sale of translation rights, in the fields of literary and commercial fiction, general non-fiction and children's literature. - Assisted the agents in charge of the Brazilian, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish markets- Liaised with agents, publishers and authors regarding the submission of books, including writing submission letters and chasing titles for the fiction, non-fiction and children’s lists- Dealt with the publishers' requests and queries- Read manuscripts and wrote reports- Managed the Bologna, London and Paris book fairs' schedules and preparing the booklists- Assisted the agents during the London Book Fair 2016



Agence Michelle Lapautre

• Rights Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Short term contract in a major French literary agency, I was assisting the senior agent in handling foreign rights for a strong list of general non-fiction, fiction and children’s literature.- Insured that the daily coming agreements were fully-executed and all money due paid- Handled renewal contracts and otherwise, reversion of rights to the proprietor- Answered authors, publishers or agents’ queries about remaindering stocks, availability and sublicense rights- Managed the files such as the private database and the library of copy of proof



Editions Gallimard

• France
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Editorial and Marketing Intern

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  Internship in a young commercial fiction and non-fiction publishing house, responsible to support the multitasked team of three persons, which included editorial, marketing and digital projects. - Evaluated over 30 manuscripts and assisted the head publisher in establishing the Winter 2015 catalogue - Editorial tasks for 10 books such as proof reading, incorporating corrections, checking the translation, selecting the design and writing the back cover- Wrote the advance information sheets for the representatives and the shops- Added over 25 books to the company website and checked books’ availability on commercial websites



Direction générale du Trésor

• France
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Officer

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  Administrative summer student job in a French treasury office, I was in charge of archiving and organising the data the team accumulated over the previous taxe year. - Checked that the accounts of 5 cities were in order- Archived the communal accounts of the same 5 cities- Mailing Administrative summer student job in a French treasury office, I was in charge of archiving and organising the data the team accumulated over the previous taxe year. - Checked that the accounts of 5 cities were in order- Archived the communal accounts of the same 5 cities- Mailing



Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

• France
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Administrative Assistant

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2012

  Summer student job, I was in charge of supporting Natixis' busy legal team with their administrative tasks. - Helped in the establishment of a new database for their contracts- Proofreaded and archived legal contracts- Mailing Summer student job, I was in charge of supporting Natixis' busy legal team with their administrative tasks. - Helped in the establishment of a new database for their contracts- Proofreaded and archived legal contracts- Mailing