Rosie Spencer – Editor

I have worked with a wide range of clients over the past ten years, including editing literary fiction and PhD theses. I am open to all genres of fiction and non-fiction. I have edited books for Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid, designer Alexander Lervik, architect Andreas Martin-Löf and artists Eline McGeorge and Ryan Gander, as well as the catalogue for Venice Architecture Biennale by David Chipperfield and book projects with the British Council, the Crafts Council, the Royal College of Art and the National Trust. I have also copy-edited and sub-edited for a variety of magazines, including GQ magazine, Apollo magazine, Disegno magazine, Jocks & Nerds magazine and The Art Newspaper.

• Assistant Editor for the monthly international art publication
• Working closely with the Editor, the in-house editorial teams in London and New York and correspondents across the world
• Commissioning the Museums section of the paper
• Writing for the News, Museums and Previews sections
• Copy-editing for all sections and overseeing the production process
• Creating and editing unique content for the website

• Production Editor for the monthly contemporary architecture and design magazine
• Working with in-house and freelance writers, the design team, the Editor and the Deputy Editor to oversee all content, maintaining house-style and a high standard of editorial output
• Final editing and proofreading all copy and writing headlines, standfirsts and captions
• Editing and project managing specialist supplements and guides for the magazine
• Creating and editing unique content for the magazine’s website
• Writing art reviews and news pieces
• Managing freelance sub-editors
• Overseeing scheduling and liaising with the production team

• Project Editor for the book Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography, a major contemporary photography survey published by Phaidon Press in October 2006
• Editing all text from the 41 authors who wrote on each of the 121 artists, and the 5,000-word introductory essay
• Liaising with the Managing Editor, Deputy Publisher and Publisher over scheduling, content and overall design of the book, and ensuring the delivery of the book on time, on budget and to the highest quality
• Writing general introduction and jacket copy
• Overseeing all proofreading and corrections
• Working closely with the designer over all aspects of the book, including layouts, jacket and front/end matter
• Working closely with the production department, coordinating all aspects of reproduction and image quality, and extensively checking proofs and ozalids
• Creating publicity material, a blad and dummy copy of the book, and consulting over the press campaign

• Managing Editor of the monthly contemporary arts and culture magazine
• Editing all articles in close consultation with writers and overseeing final proofreading
• Overseeing all stages of production with the Publisher, the Art Director, repro house and printers; page-planning; producing schedules and ensuring all deadlines adhered to
• Commissioning features, profiles and interviews alongside the Senior Editor, and liaising with the News, Reviews and Previews Editors about the content of their sections/columns

• Sub-editing preview arts coverage for The Guardian Guide
• Writing and editing visual arts preview and listings coverage for The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Metro, The Scotsman, Teletext and several online clients
• Writing and editing visual arts section of media industry preview magazine Arts Advance