Katherine Burdon
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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German Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Experience
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Quercus Books
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United Kingdom
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editor
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Jul 2022 - Present
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Assistant Editor
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Jun 2020 - Present
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Two Roads Books
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London, United Kingdom
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Editorial Assistant
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Sep 2017 - Jun 2020
Tasks and responsibilities include managing production schedules, proofreading, copywriting, liaising with authors, agents and freelancers, updating and maintaining eBooks, assisting with marketing and publicity campaigns and monitoring and producing content for the Two Roads social media accounts. Tasks and responsibilities include managing production schedules, proofreading, copywriting, liaising with authors, agents and freelancers, updating and maintaining eBooks, assisting with marketing and publicity campaigns and monitoring and producing content for the Two Roads social media accounts.
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John Murray
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United Kingdom
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing And Publicity Intern
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Apr 2017 - Jun 2020
Worked with the John Murray team on a wide variety of publicity and marketing campaigns. Trained on Biblio, SAP, Amazon Vine and Netgalley. Gained practical experience in writing press releases and pitching, contacting organisations for marketing campaigns, producing bespoke POS for booksellers and mailouts, as well as gaining experience in editorial tasks such as proofreading and indexing. Worked with the John Murray team on a wide variety of publicity and marketing campaigns. Trained on Biblio, SAP, Amazon Vine and Netgalley. Gained practical experience in writing press releases and pitching, contacting organisations for marketing campaigns, producing bespoke POS for booksellers and mailouts, as well as gaining experience in editorial tasks such as proofreading and indexing.
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Penguin Random House
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United States
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Book Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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Editorial Assistant Intern
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Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Two weeks work experience, during which time I worked on corelist titles, improved metadata, completed transcription tasks, read submissions and organised mailouts. Two weeks work experience, during which time I worked on corelist titles, improved metadata, completed transcription tasks, read submissions and organised mailouts.
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Mead Gallery
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Warwick Arts Centre
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Gallery Steward
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Oct 2013 - Jun 2016
Customer-facing role. Assisted with ticket sales, front-of-house duties, customer inquiries and maintaining health and safety guidelines within the galleries. Customer-facing role. Assisted with ticket sales, front-of-house duties, customer inquiries and maintaining health and safety guidelines within the galleries.
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König Wilhelm Gymnasium
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Höxter, Germany
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English Language Assistant
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Sep 2014 - Jun 2015
During my year abroad, I taught classes of up to 30 pupils aged 11-18 in English, creating lesson plans from scratch and working to improve their English in written, oral and comprehension tasks. I also tutored students on a one-on-one basis and led an adult evening class, and taught Geography classes in German. During my year abroad, I taught classes of up to 30 pupils aged 11-18 in English, creating lesson plans from scratch and working to improve their English in written, oral and comprehension tasks. I also tutored students on a one-on-one basis and led an adult evening class, and taught Geography classes in German.
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City Travel Review
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Berlin
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Intern
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Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
Worked as part of an international team to research, write, edit and produce a guide to Berlin for English-speaking travellers. Worked as part of an international team to research, write, edit and produce a guide to Berlin for English-speaking travellers.
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Education
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UCL
Master’s Degree, Comparative Literature -
University of Warwick
Bachelor’s Degree, English and German Literature -
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
High School, English Language and Literature/Letters