Experience

Edward Elgar Publishing

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

• Commissioning Editor, Elgar Encyclopedias in Law

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Responsible for developing Elgar's encyclopedia list in law. I commission large, multi-volume encyclopedias on overarching areas of law and single-volume concise encyclopedias on narrower (but no less important) areas. I project manage each commissioned encyclopedia through to manuscript submission.

• Manager, Research Collections

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2020

  I was responsible for the smooth running of the Research Collections department at Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. I managed a team of four Project Editors and was responsible for hiring team members.I retained my responsibilities as a Commissioning Editor, and as a Project Editor.This role came to a conclusion when the coronavirus pandemic severely undermined the market for Research Collections.

• Commissioning Editor, Research Collections

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2020

  I was responsible for the commissioning and in house delivery of all Research Collection titles at Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. I continued to hold responsibility as a Project Editor.

• Project Editor

  • Feb 2007 - Aug 2007

  I was responsible for managing Elgar Research Collection projects through the permissions process. We had to ensure that we have secured permission to reproduce each article selected for reproduction in each collection. We were expected to manage a large portfolio of projects.