Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor – Editor

Former acquiring editor, current developmental and copy editor.

Overview

I'm a former acquiring editor at Palgrave Macmillan and Springer Nature. I was a Deputy Web Editor at Foreign Affairs, and currently work as a developmental editor and digital marketing strategist.
Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management Career Guides Finance & Accounting Humanities & Social Sciences Life Sciences Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry Political Science & Current Affairs Writing & Publishing
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Mar, 2016 — Present

Brunch Money offers a flexible approach to digital strategy consulting. We tackle projects including editing, narrative and brand identity, editorial strategy, copywriting, audience development, search engine optimization, marketing and communications. We are published authors and editors who know how to turn words into something outstanding.

Morgan Stanley

Jan, 2017 — Apr, 2018 (about 1 year)

I created Morgan Stanley's social media strategy for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter (which was named by The Street as one of the top 15 finance accounts to follow in 2017: I also built and grew audiences, increased engagement across Morgan Stanley’s digital properties by leveraging SEO campaigns, keyword research, database segmentation, retargeting, social media marketing, and turning website visitors into email subscribers.

Foreign Affairs

Feb, 2015 — Jun, 2016 (over 1 year)

I commissioned, evaluated, and edited three mid- to longform articles weekly, written by expert policymakers, scholars, and journalists based on current news events and web traffic patterns. I also oversaw copy from submission to publication, including tracking copy, developmental and line editing, proofreading, staging, and photo research for daily publication.

Palgrave Macmillan

Dec, 2012 — Jan, 2015 (about 2 years)

I built a publishing platform worth $1.5 million in annual revenue, while also fostering new online publication platforms for book and digital projects. I also published 80-plus books per year, overseeing projects from proposal to book stage. Lastly, I established and maintained publishing relationships with academics and policy experts, including former diplomats, universities, and think tanks.

Springer Nature

Oct, 2009 — Dec, 2012 (about 3 years)

Springer Publishing Company

Jul, 2008 — Nov, 2009 (over 1 year)

Portfolio

This concise manual is for sports medicine specialists who want to effectively prescribe footwear and orthotics for the athlete. The book provides a logical approach designed to maximize performance and minimize injury. In addition to the fundamentals, includi... read more
Fulfilling the need for an easy-to-use resource on managing musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries, this book provides differential diagnostic workups with recommended gold standard evaluations that lead to a simple and accurate diagnosis, followed by f... read more
Covering both primary and revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA), each technique-oriented chapter in this book opens with a clinical case and an overview of the challenges and multiple options for management, and each section within the chapter will describe t... read more
Now in its fully revised and updated second edition, this comprehensive, how-to text covers all aspects of revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA), complete with step-by-step descriptions of surgical techniques. Divided thematically into three main sections, pa... read more
This engaging book provides a comprehensive analysis of the issues in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the blockbuster legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act regulation that requires employer-sponsored health plans to provide contraceptive coverage. Through a serie... read more
Strawser examines several possible ethical justifications for the killing of Osama bin Laden and finds nearly all of them wanting. One, however, he argues is sound: that bin Laden was liable to be killed as a necessary and proportionate act of defensive harm o... read more
America is in trouble at home and abroad. Difficulties abound: unemployment and poverty for many, financial pressure for most, opulence for just a privileged few. Yet America is also active abroad, in a role that is equally troubling and difficult. This book e... read more
Conceptions of political leadership in the United States value qualities considered traditionally masculine and largely reject qualities that are considered feminine. To what extent does the media play a role in the maintenance of this gender hierarchy, where ... read more
This book lays out the foundation of a privacy doctrine suitable to the cyber age. It limits the volume, sensitivity, and secondary analysis that can be carried out. In studying these matters, the book examines the privacy issues raised by the NSA, publication... read more
This is the definitive book on the politics of Bob Dylan. It comprehensively examines his relationship with contemporary social, political, and religious cultures. Generally associated with the New Left politics of the 1960s, Dylan's political worldview transc... read more
US Environmental Policy: A Practical Approach to Understanding Implementation provides a comprehensive look at the creation, implementation, and evaluation of environmental policy, which is of particular importance in an era of congressional gridlock. With a f... read more
Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and legal scholars, each providing a comprehensive, yet concise and accessible overview of the free speech jurisprudence of a United States Supreme Court Justice. Analyzing the first ame... read more
As the arbiter of the Constitution, it is presumed that the US Supreme Court decrees "the law of the land" in a fair-minded and even-handed manner. Key decisions in the Court's history have challenged these assumptions, giving way to a greater discussion about... read more
The Affordable Care Act debate was one of the most important and most public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of that debate were the bloggers of the Volokh Conspiracy who, from before the law was even passed, engaged in a spir... read more
There are two ways to become an ambassador: a lifetime of dedicated civil service in remote, often life-imperiling locales, or to be a wealthy political benefactor. One route provides grueling work that may never result in this heralded position in the America... read more

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