Experience

Matthew James Publishing Ltd

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

• Managing Director

  • 2016 - - actualidad

  MJP is my baby. I have been working on this company for almost 10 years, starting by taking over from my father when he passed away. From a complete unknown with very few titles we have expanded to become a well known face in independent publishing with 3 exciting imprints covering everything from educational non-fiction to children's books and crime fiction.We are a very small team with big dreams and we love working with new and exciting authors and illustrators. Our passion can be seen through our work, and heard from the many people we have helped achieve their dreams over the years.Although managing director of the company, I am also designer, typesetter, editor, creative lead, aquisitions, finance officer, HR, Legal, cleaner, distribution and many other things. Having a hand in every aspect of the business means I can have much more personal and rewarding relationships with our authors and with our customers and trade partners.On top of my work with MJP I also provide talks at schools and universities across the UK, providing insight into the industry and helping people to understand what it takes to have sustainable success.

• Editor/Company Secretary

  • jun. de 2012 - 2016

  As one of only a small number of staff at Matthew James Publishing Ltd my roles and responsibilities are many and varied. As a small company trying to make it in the wide world of publishing, whilst still staying true to our ideals, we all take on a lot. As editor it is my main role to find new work, create networks and new working relationships, drive projects forward with new ideas and manage others to attain the results I want. I spend a great deal of my time working on maintaining our company's image, marketing our brand and speaking to exciting new authors or resource providers.The company has a number of 'arms' and so at any time I could be working on electronic resources, interactive games, music or powerpoint presentations for use in primary schools, whilst also managing other suppliers for resources such as illustrators or programmers. I also do a good deal of the typesetting for the books we produce, design book covers and advertising, manage our online presence through social media and our offline presence through communicating effectively with prospective suppliers, authors and clients. At times I may also be called upon to assist with financial auditing, running reports for profit and loss, designing budgets for the new year, managing customer and supplier databases, as well as researching ways to be more efficient and profitable.Matthew James also supplies scanning and conversion services for historic documents and each of us is trained in the use of OCR programs, know how to handle documents correctly and can deliver an excellent service in a timely manner.