Experience

England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 300 - 400 Employee
• Licensing Manager

  • May 2022 - Present


THG

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Senior Licensing Manager

  • Jul 2020 - May 2022

• Licensing Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020


Entertainment One
• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee
• Senior Manager, Product Development - Hardlines

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2019


Mattel, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editor, Global Publishing

  • Nov 2014 - Sep 2018

  Lead editor for Thomas & Friends, Fisher-Price, Fireman Sam and Fisher-Price Little People. - Managed global approvals across both the book and magazine businesses as well as approvals for all UK HIT property magazines. - Developed IP by identifying artwork needs, drawing up briefs and commissioning newly created art. - Worked with internal departments, including brand, production, home entertainment, and external partners to ensure publishing aligns with each 360° brand strategy. Experience of working with a range of established UK and global partners including Egmont, Penguin Random House, Panini, Scholastic and Hachette. Show less



Michael O'Mara Books

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

• Publishing Assistant

  • Mar 2013 - Nov 2014

  In my role as Publishing Assistant I was responsible for the day-to-day administrative running of the company but also had an involvement with most departments in the company. Some of my responsibilities for other departments were as follows: o Adult editorial – fact checking manuscripts, proof-reading a first manuscript and then cross-checking this with an amended manuscript to ensure all corrections have been made, proof-reading eBooks. o Children’s editorial – I updated and edited my own title under supervision from a senior editor. Other tasks included title idea generation; coming up with title ideas and then carrying out competitor research and ideas of how our book can fill a gap in the market. Proofreading eBooks, cross referencing the eBook with the printed copy to ensure all illustrations and correct fonts have transferred over properly. o Foreign Sales – compiling sales packs for foreign sales trips, drop-sending sample material or translation files to foreign publishers and co-ordinating foreign sales send-outs. o UK Sales – keeping the website updated with the most recent AI’s, taken from Biblio, and ensuring all information is correct. Also, making up sales packs and dummies for sales trips. I also proof-read ebooks for the company on a freelance basis. Show less



Selfridges, Books

• Sales Associate

  • Oct 2012 - Mar 2013

  I worked within the Books Department of Selfridges as a Sales Associate. I was jointly responsible for the children's book section which included monitoring stock, managing displays and suggesting possible ways to maximise the potential of my section. My role also included providing assistance and knowledge in all genres of literature, from cookery to limited edition titles, to the public. I worked within the Books Department of Selfridges as a Sales Associate. I was jointly responsible for the children's book section which included monitoring stock, managing displays and suggesting possible ways to maximise the potential of my section. My role also included providing assistance and knowledge in all genres of literature, from cookery to limited edition titles, to the public.



London College of Communication

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• MA Publishing Student

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  My course at London College of Communication encompassed all of publishing and I learnt about editorial, marketing, publicity, production, digital, sales and rights. As part of the course we were required to develop a book from idea generation right through to printing and binding. My MA dissertation was on the topic of children's literature in digital and examined whether children are started to favour a digital book or whether the physical book still has its merits and popularity. My course at London College of Communication encompassed all of publishing and I learnt about editorial, marketing, publicity, production, digital, sales and rights. As part of the course we were required to develop a book from idea generation right through to printing and binding. My MA dissertation was on the topic of children's literature in digital and examined whether children are started to favour a digital book or whether the physical book still has its merits and popularity.



Bloomsbury

• Tunisia
• Investment Banking

• Editorial Intern

  • May 2012 - Jun 2012

  I have been at Bloomsbury twice. Firstly for a month on work experience and then as an editorial temp. My main task as a temp was to provide assistance to Publishing Director Michael Fishwick and Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Pringle. This included diary management, booking travel arrangements, receiving and collating their mail, ensuring that the correct manuscripts were forwarded to them for editorial meetings and taking messages for them when they were out-of-office. I was also required to use publishing system Biblio to find titles and send cover jackets to the Bloomsbury office in Sydney. Whilst on work experience I worked within adult editorial covering a wide selection of tasks. These consisted of proof checking e-pub copies of texts and jacket covers, typing up and copywriting review quotes, attending editorial, jacket design and marketing meetings which gave me an overview of the finer details of the publishing process and writing rejection letters for both unsolicited and agented manuscripts. Show less