Experience

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  Penguin Random House UK

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

  • Production Manager

    • Jul 2023 - Present

  • Senior Producer

    • Feb 2020 - Jul 2023

  • Product Developer

    • Mar 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Producer

    • May 2018 - Mar 2019

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  Nosy Crow

  • The Crow’s Nest 14 Baden Place Crosby Row London SE1 1YW

  • Production Executive

    • Oct 2017 - May 2018
    • The Crow’s Nest 14 Baden Place Crosby Row London SE1 1YW

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  Penguin Books Ltd

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Producer

    • Jul 2014 - Oct 2017
    • London, United Kingdom

    Working across a range of products on some of the most prestigious brands and authors in Penguin Children’s publishing, I am responsible for both mono and colour front and back list titles, as well as co-edition publishing and special sales.

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  BSI

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Production Assistant, Content Solutions

    • Apr 2014 - Jul 2014
    • London, United Kingdom

    Key responsibilities involve working on pre-press production processes, document assembly, typesetting management, and PDF correction and ensuring that all publications and projects move smoothly and swiftly through a digital production workflow, trouble-shooting as necessary. I also assist with sourcing and supplying digital content assets to support production workflows and processes and retrieving standards data from third-party websites and services for use in production processes. Key skills/knowledge: Digital production workflows; typesetting processes; print production processes;quality assurance; PDF workflows, graphic file types and DTP page make-up software (InDesign);SAP databases; FTP and similar file transfer processes.

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  James Clarke and Co. and the Lutterworth Press

  • Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Editorial Assistant (Intern)

    • Feb 2014 - Apr 2014
    • Cambridge, United Kingdom

    In this role at the James Clarke and Co. and the Lutterworth Press I worked with a small list of academic and theological titles across the entire production life cycle from conception to publication. Duties included project coordination, author correspondence, blurb-writing, copy-editing, proofreading, creating and formatting ebooks and EPUBS, supplier management, typesetting using InDesign, PDF correction and conversion, quality control and liaison with external suppliers, academic author correspondence, and copy-editing content.

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  Anglia Ruskin University

  • Cambridge

  • MA Student

    • 2013 - 2014
    • Cambridge

    Reading for an MA in Publishing, my research interests lie in typography, culture and postmodernism.

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  Hodder Education

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Production Intern

    • Nov 2013 - Nov 2013
    • London, United Kingdom

    Work Placement Apprenticeship assisting in prepress production processes, XML workflows, and outsourcing models, quality control and distribution of reprint advances, checking schedule templates for ePubs, and managing proofs. I liaised with printers regarding critical path deadlines and quality control, creating purchase orders for production services and initiating works using the Biblio3 system and SAP.

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  Norinchukin Bank

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Senior Manager,Operations

    • Aug 2001 - Jun 2013
    • London, United Kingdom

    Delivering operational support across an extensive and diverse range of financial products and settlement platforms.Key product areas include Treasury Settlements (Money Market, FX, CDs), Fixed Income (Repo, Reverse Repo, XCCY Repo, LCH, Bi-Lateral), Derivatives (IRS, OIS, Asset Swaps, Futures), Credit Administration (Agency, Syndicated, Bi-lateral, Legal Documentation, Conditions Precedent).An accomplished Operations Manager, adept at implementing business-critical change whilst maintaining robust key stakeholder relationships, combining excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage objectives and deliver excellent customer service.

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  Lambeth Palace

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Bursar

    • May 2001 - Aug 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    Responsible to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Administrative Secretary for the confidential and discrete management of all of the Archbishop’s financial and administrative matters.

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  The Siam Commercial Bank PCL

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Assistant General Manager

    • Dec 1981 - May 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    Responsible for the day-to-day administration of the London Branch across Treasury, Settlements, Trade Finance, Regulatory Supervision, Lending, Retail, and Accounting, covering a broad range of products and business lines.

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  Civil Aviation Authority

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Clerical Officer

    • Dec 1980 - Dec 1981
    • London, United Kingdom

    Reporting to the Higher Executive Officer at the CAA’s Flying Unit for all matters relating to accounting and reporting.