Experience

Farillio
• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Publishing

  • Mar 2023 - Present

Gaynor Roberts Coaching
• Coach

  • Apr 2019 - Present


Springer Nature Group

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of CPD

  • Apr 2020 - Mar 2023

  Leadership and management of global accreditation and certification service. Management of P&L Development of product roadmap Leadership and management of global accreditation and certification service. Management of P&L Development of product roadmap



International Institute for Strategic Studies

• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Publications

  • May 2016 - Apr 2019

  Responsible for: Creation of publishing strategy Leadership and management of editorial team and design team Negotiation and in-house management of £multi-million publishing contract Creation and production of print and digital academic books journal and database Management of sales team Responsible for: Creation of publishing strategy Leadership and management of editorial team and design team Negotiation and in-house management of £multi-million publishing contract Creation and production of print and digital academic books journal and database Management of sales team



AXELOS Global Best Practice

• United Kingdom
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commissioning Manager

  • Jan 2014 - May 2016

  Responsible for: Commissioning and developing world-leading content to support the development of the AXELOS brand Developing publishing strategy and new publishing workflows Developing taxonomy workstream for internal and external content Management of in-house commissioning team, translations team and extensive global freelance services community Responsible for: Commissioning and developing world-leading content to support the development of the AXELOS brand Developing publishing strategy and new publishing workflows Developing taxonomy workstream for internal and external content Management of in-house commissioning team, translations team and extensive global freelance services community



City & Guilds

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Content

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

  The commissioning, management and development of variety of print and digital projects to schedule and on budget. Head of Content on content marketplace product. • developing new product strategy • commissioning and acquiring successful commercially-driven content • developing workflows for new team functions • effective negotiator with strong experience working in cross-functional teams The commissioning, management and development of variety of print and digital projects to schedule and on budget. Head of Content on content marketplace product. • developing new product strategy • commissioning and acquiring successful commercially-driven content • developing workflows for new team functions • effective negotiator with strong experience working in cross-functional teams



Pearson plc

• United States

• Project Editor

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

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Gaynor Roberts Editorial Services

• Owner

  • Mar 1997 - Jan 2011

  Freelance editorial services. Specialist in educational publishing. Wide client base including: The Open University, British Standards Institution, Letts, World Health Organization. Freelance editorial services. Specialist in educational publishing. Wide client base including: The Open University, British Standards Institution, Letts, World Health Organization.