Experience

Macmillan Science and Education

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

• Production Controller

  • 2005 - Present

  • Work to strict weekly deadlines • Managing all stages of the production process for the most prestigious magazine in company portfolio• Ensure magazine is printed on time and as cost effectively as possible• Work closely with printers in UK, USA and Japan• Liaise with sales, marketing, editorial and accounting teams• Schedule planning• Visual and digital checking of all pages• Responsible for organising flat plans • Provide monthly print and paper costs• Organise the flat planning and printing of reprints and supplements



Tower Publishing

• Production Manager

  • Jun 2000 - Oct 2004

  • Line manager for a small team• Rewrites of client articles• Proof reading• Sub-editing pages• Copy chasing• Collating and sending pages to the printer• Database work and order processing• Web research (news feeds) • Line manager for a small team• Rewrites of client articles• Proof reading• Sub-editing pages• Copy chasing• Collating and sending pages to the printer• Database work and order processing• Web research (news feeds)