Experience

Practical Inspiration Publishing

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

• Director

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  United Kingdom The home of books that mean business.



CEOWORLD magazine

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

• Opinion Columnist

  • Dec 2022 - Present



Alison Jones Business Services

• Director

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  Hampshire Coaching and training for business leaders in strategy, writing and publishing. Speaking, writing and innovating. Host of The Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast, for readers and writers of extraordinary business books.



Maverick Publishing Specialists

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

• Affiliate Associate

  • May 2014 - Present

  As Affiliate Associate I am a member of the Maverick network, and can offer services to organizations looking to clarify their strategy, upskill their workforce, and manage their content and publications more effectively. Maverick is the leading, specialist consultancy and outsource services company for the publishing industry. We focus on providing high-level publishing transition and e-publishing strategy development; M+A assistance; strategic and operational marketing and direct… Show more As Affiliate Associate I am a member of the Maverick network, and can offer services to organizations looking to clarify their strategy, upskill their workforce, and manage their content and publications more effectively. Maverick is the leading, specialist consultancy and outsource services company for the publishing industry. We focus on providing high-level publishing transition and e-publishing strategy development; M+A assistance; strategic and operational marketing and direct sales; market research; product, content and technical development and consultancy; and distributor / partner relations support for publishers in all market sectors. The Maverick team are publishing specialists with specific expertise across all areas of print and electronic information. We supply customized project-based or interim management services that can be tailored to our individual customers' needs. Maverick resources cover UK and Europe, USA and Canada, Latin / South America as well as Asia Pacific. Visit www.maverick-os.com for more information. Show less



Business Book Awards

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

• Head Judge

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2021



Palgrave Macmillan

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director, Innovation Strategy

  • May 2013 - Apr 2014

  Responsible for the future direction of Palgrave Macmillan's innovation strategy - serving the research and publication needs of the scholarly community across humanities and social sciences. (Opted to leave 2014 rather than relocate.)

• Digital Publishing Director

  • May 2012 - May 2013

  Reinventing scholarly publishing - strategy, content, services and user experience.

• Director of Digital Development

  • Jul 2008 - May 2012

  Basingstoke Responsible for business strategy and technical build for online publishing projects and the systems that support them.



Palgrave Macmillan

• Reference and Online Publisher

  • 2000 - 2008

  Basingstoke Responsible for commissioning and developing Palgrave's prestigious reference list, including The Statesman's Yearbook and The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, and for the commercial and technical strategy behind migrating them from print to online subscription products.



Oxford University Press

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editor, Reference Books

  • Feb 1997 - Nov 2000

  Development Editor, Reference books



Reader's Digest Association

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

• Editor

  • 1996 - 1997



Chambers Harrap

• Assistant Editor

  • 1992 - 1996



Waterstone's

• Bookseller

  • 1991 - 1992