Kim Scott

Kim Scott – Editor

copy-editor, proofreader, project manager, translator (French/English), picture researcher, over fifteen years of experience in publishing

Overview

With over fifteen years of experience in illustrated book publishing, I hold a successful track record of project management, copy-editing, proofreading and picture research on numerous high-profile and complex publications.

Given my in-house publishing experience, I am aware of the need for reliable, consistent editorial work. I aim to provide clients with professional, polished texts to deadline and to brief.

I am a meticulous editor with excellent organisational skills and a thorough knowledge of the English language. I relish having a varied portfolio, but particular interests include art, architecture, design, film, photography, history.

• An excellent eye for detail

• Proficient in the use of BSI proof-correction marks and rules of both the Chicago Manual of Style and the New Oxford Style Manual.

• Able to provide mark-up digitally (Microsoft Word track changes, styles; Adobe commenting) or on hard copy, and can adapt quickly to house style.

• Bilingual (English/French), also offering translation services

• MA History of Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London

• Hands-on experience in negotiating with picture sources to obtain the best quality for reproduction

• I have the latest version of InDesign to take in corrections directly in files

Services
Non-Fiction
Antiques & Collectibles Architecture Art Design Education & Reference Entertainment Home & Garden Photography
Languages
English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

The National Gallery Company

Jul, 2018 — Oct, 2020 (over 2 years)
I project-managed the development and production of high-quality exhibition catalogues, liaising with all relevant departments to achieve successful delivery, on time and under budget. Selected titles include: • National Gallery Technical Bulletin • Bermejo: Master of the Spanish Renaissance • Young Bomberg and the Old Masters • Titian: Love, Desire, Death

Phaidon Press

Jan, 2007 — Jul, 2018 (over 11 years)
I worked on a wide range of illustrated publications on art, architecture, design, gardens, poetry, music and film, such as thematic surveys, catalogues raisonnés and monographs. This included: • copy-editing, proofreading, checking proofs • generating working schedules • creating and managing budgets • commissioning authors and freelancers • ensuring texts are edited in accordance with the house/project style guides and that they are of a high standard for publication • preparing related sales materials, writing promotional copy, blurbs and title information, working closely with marketing and online teams to align messaging of publications • on the majority of titles, I also managed picture research and fee/rights negotiations, ensuring that relevant permissions were cleared and that all materials were of highly publishable quality Selected Phaidon titles: • The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, Volumes 4 and 5 • Olafur Eliasson: Experience • Going Once: 250 Years of Culture, Taste and Collecting at Christie's • The Art of the Erotic • Phaidon Focus series: Francis Bacon, Anselm Kiefer, Brice Marden, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, David Smith, Andy Warhol • The Music of Painting • Modern Art in America, 1908–68 • Robert Ryman • Frans Hals • Bruce Nauman: The True Artist • A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning • Celtic Art • The Contemporary Garden • The Modernist House • A Smile in the Mind: Witty Thinking in Graphic Design, revised and expanded edition • Playing the Human Game: Collected Poems of Alfred Brendel • Arnold Schoenberg (20th-Century Composers Series) • Poem of the Pillow and other stories by Utamaro, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi and other artists of the Floating World • 30,000 Years of Art, revised and expanded edition • Art and Queer Culture

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