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Phaidon Press Ltd.
Responsible for pitching new titles and commissioning; for content development from initial concept; budget management; management of in-house and freelance editorial and picture research teams; scheduling; detailed text editing and picture approval; design revision.
Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East
Responsible for content development, costing, commissioning, text editing, and picture sourcing and approval for books and a quarterly periodical devoted to travel in the eastern Mediterranean.
Phaidon Press Ltd.
Responsible for content development from initial concept; budget management; management of in-house and freelance editorial and picture research teams; scheduling; development of database monitoring systems; detailed text editing and picture approval; design revision.
Academy Projects LLP
Founding partner of this consulting firm offering specialist publishing, archaeological and architectural services. Publication projects ranged from periodicals to multi-volume archaeological monographs. Publishing clients include Thames & Hudson, English Heritage, University of Bradford, British School of Archaeology at Athens and the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust, and University of Minnesota.
Macmillan Publishers
Started as a desk editor, responsible for detailed content and copy-editing of texts for the 34-volume Dictionary of Art. Promoted to Senior Editor six months later, with responsibility for the work of a small team of desk editors, as well as detailed editing of texts in subject areas ranging from Chinese to ancient Cypriot to Jewish art. Promoted to Deputy Editor two years later, with responsibility for the work of desk editor teams; personal negotiation with difficult authors across the Dictionary spectrum; detailed text editing and finalizing all text for non-Western subject areas; writing articles on diverse topics where necessary. Managed a fluctuating team of between five and thirty in-house and freelance editors and support staff. Promoted to Managing Editor following the publication of the Dictionary of Art in 1996. Planned and edited several spin-off volumes, spoke at conferences and trade fairs, wrote for and edited a customer newsletter.
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Freelance copy-editor, proofreader and indexer for various publishers, including APA Publications, Ashgate, Blackwell, Brill, Chatto and Windus, Jonathan Cape, Polity Press, Thames and Hudson, University of California Press, Virago Press.
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Jul, 2018