Experience

SJH Group

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

• Editorial Assistant

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Write and edit content across a wide range of styles and subject matters, from articles on lifestyle, culture, heritage and politics to marketing materials and social media posts. • Write high-quality content to deadline across a range of formats and styles • Re-write copy to meet specific briefs, incorporating third-party corrections as required • Edit and proofread copy with particular reference to clarity, syntax, grammar and accuracy • Liaise with freelance writers, editors and project partners • Conduct interviews with clients and project partners as necessary • Undertake research to prepare written content • Provide the editorial team with support throughout the publishing process • Ensure work is effectively organised on company servers and CRM • Update house style guide when required • Plan and post regular social media content Show less



Penguin Random House UK

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Assistant

  • Jul 2021 - Nov 2021

  Responsible for the smooth running of imprint teams by completing editorial tasks, administration and supporting my line manager, the Publisher, who publishes across three very different imprints – Hutchinson Heinemann, Cornerstone Press and #Merky Books. I therefore have experience of working on literary fiction and non-fiction as well as self-help, lifestyle and business books, and developed the high standard of editorial and administrative skills required to handle working across these very different lists simultaneously. I was also responsible for fast-paced and daily diary management, including making and managing external event bookings and internal meeting bookings. I carried out office administration, customer service, agent liaison, invoice coding, author support, monitoring of copyright infringements, minute-taking for multiple weekly meetings across different imprints, and regular, accurate Biblio database management. The most technical parts of my job were creating profit and loss accounts based on home sales and international sales figures as well as marketing and publicity spends, entailing clear and regular interdepartmental liaison. As the main support for the Publisher, I was also given significant responsibility for managing deadlines for titles along the critical path. In this capacity, I had to devise my own systems for managing tasks and ensuring other departments such as production, finance, marketing and publicity were kept up to date on progress for each title. Other day-to-day tasks included arranging out-of-house editing, legal reads and illustration, collating TCM Bookscan sales figures, writing accurate and compelling cover copy and editing books, organising and attending project meetings, maintaining metadata, and ensuring copy feeds out to Amazon accurately. Show less



Greenbank Recruitment

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrative Assistant

  • Oct 2019 - Jul 2021

  Provide administrative support, maintain records, agendas, budgets and databases, use Microsoft Office suite software including Word and Excel. Oversee scheduling and minute-taking at meetings. First to respond to telephone and email queries from clients, vendors, prospective employees and other stakeholders. Proactively carry out business correspondence and client liaison in a professional and timely manner. Use accounting software and transfer working hours to spreadsheets pending clients' approval. Invoice clients for services, other ad-hoc duties. Show less