Paul Martin – Editor

History specialist, but with 15 years’ experience across a range of subjects at Key Stages 1-5, able to offer:
• Content development and editorial/author management
• Market and competitor research, trialling
• Copy-editing, proof-reading, fact-checking
• Picture research, photography, text clearance

I led a team of up to 6 internal editors plus external freelancers, developing History resources for UK schools. I also worked previously in the Science and English teams, as well as Humanities.

• Responsible for project planning: schedules, budgets and allocation of resources.
• Conduct market research and trial products, develop relations with stakeholders.
• Assist with commissioning, assessing quality of draft delivery, and efficacy reviews.
• Lead History editorial team to deliver projects to quality, time and budget.
• Responsible for projects from manuscript development (key focus) to delivery.
• Manage and brief contributors / freelancers, develop and support junior editors.

I oversaw the growth of the publishing list from practically nothing to around 450 titles, establishing Badger’s excellent name in educational publishing. I was the sole editor, responsible for developing each project from manuscript to delivery, alongside the publisher (across a wide range of subjects). This included clearing permissions, photo research, briefing artists and designers, and also working on marketing materials and attending conferences and BETT. I worked very closely with the publisher, and often with our less experienced authors, and – as a new role – had to create processes and ways of working as I developed into the role.