Overview
I have over 4 years of experience working with trade publishers, including Bloomsbury, Penguin Random House, PanMacmillan, and Oxford University Press. I completed my second MA in Publishing Media at Oxford Brookes University (graduated with Distinction).
I am professionally trained in proofreading, general editing, manuscript assessment, and translation, through my in-house and freelance roles. I have worked on both mono and highly illustrated books, project managing them from manuscript to publication.
While my experience at Bloomsbury and Penguin Random House has mostly revolved around historical non-fiction, military history, cookery, crafts, and memoir books, I have a strong personal interest and expertise in other genres, including self-help and serious non-fiction, especially on the subjects of animals and the natural world. Please feel free to get in touch about your project even if it does not exactly match my portfolio.
In particular, I would be personally delighted to work on projects of fiction or non-fiction regarding LGBTQIA+ topics and multicultural subjects. I am first and foremost a passionate, sensitive, and critical reader, and I strongly believe there should be more diverse books out there. It would be an honour to put my professional editorial skills to good use to achieve this.
I am also an experienced translator from English into Italian and Italian into English.
I care about all the books I work on, and will help you make yours the best it can be.
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Scholarship
- Erasmus Scolarship (6 months at the University of Warwick)
Certifications
- Essential Proofreading, The Publishing Training Centre (2021)
- Essential Grammar, The Publishing Training Centre (2020)
- Project Management Course, The Publishing Training Centre (2019)
- Introduction to Editorial Skills, The Publishing Training Centre (2019)
- MA Publishing Media, Oxford Brookes University (2018)
- MA English Language and Literature, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy (2016)
- BA Literature and Cultures (American English and Spanish), Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy (2014)
Work experience
Osprey, Bloomsbury Publishing
Edited and managed a wide range of aviation and military series and trade books including titles from Osprey's best-selling authors Robert Forsyth, Angus Konstam, Robert Lyman and Thomas McKelvey Cleaver.
Queer Book Box
Trusted reader of fiction and non-fiction LGBTQIA+ books.
Oxford University Press
Proofread and compiled test structures for the Oxford Test of English.
Macmillan
Assessed non-fiction submissions, from wellbeing to memoir and cookery.
Toppsta, Children's Books Reviews
Proofread, selected, and arranged website content, including plots, author biographies, and reviews.
The Happy Foodie, Penguin Random House
Assisted with website content management.
Ebury, Penguin Random House
Proofread proofs of cookery and wellbeing titles, covers and hardback copies in preparation for the paperback publication.
Edited and provided developmental feedback on 'The Chinese Wine Renaissance: A Wine Lover’s Companion'.
Upwork
Translator from Italian into English and From English into Italian of cartoon scripts, websites, and e-commerce.
Portfolio
