Overview
I’ve been working as an editor since 2016. In university, I ran essay clinics as a member of the English Students’ Association and later took up the position of Arts and Culture Editor for my university’s student-run newspaper, The Brock Press. From there, I completed my degree in English Language and Literature, with a minor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Studies, and moved to Toronto to complete Ryerson’s publishing program. I interned first with McClelland & Stewart of Penguin Random House Canada in their editorial department and then with The Rights Factory, a Toronto-based literary agency, as an editorial assistant. In addition, I began to independently contract projects at various levels of editing, from manuscript evaluation to final proofread.
After interning for The Rights Factory, I was hired as an Editorial Assistant at Oxford University Press Canada, where I explored the academic side of Canadian publishing. After a year of working with OUP Canada, I was hired as an Editorial Coordinator with ECW Press, a Toronto-based indie publisher, where I now work as Managing and Development Editor. I’ve continued to grow my freelance editorial business and have become an Editor at Large for Blood and Bourbon, a small Canadian literary magazine that publishes seasonally.
At the heart of my experience in the publishing industry is a deep love for working with authors on their manuscripts. I offer a collaborative, friendly editorial companion for whatever stage you find yourself at with your manuscript, whether it be an early outline or a set of laid out pages needing a final proofread before print. I've been working in the publishing industry for five years now and can offer you real insight into industry standards and, above all, thoughtful feedback to get your work to where you want it to be. Please reach out if you are in need of manuscript evaluation, structural editing, copy editing, or proofreading. I would love to work with you!
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ECW Press
- continued title management, overseeing timelines and coordinating with the editorial, production, marketing, publicity, sales, and digital teams in-house as well as authors and freelancers externally
- contract and oversee work of freelance editors, proofreaders, typesetters, indexers, and sensitivity readers
- work with all departments to edit internal and external sales and marketing materials, advertisements, newsletters, and social media campaigns
- execute regular updates to the house style guide and other internal style documents, implementing new usage and style trends
- substantive edit, copyedit, and proofread manuscripts
- edit catalogue and back cover copy
Blood and Bourbon
I work with authors in the final stages of their work, copyediting and proofreading, and assist the Editor-in-Chief with curating the final collection for each issue.
ECW Press
- supporting the editorial and production teams throughout the publishing process
- copyediting and proofreading manuscripts, marketing materials, and cover copy
- reviewing copyedits and proofreads and resolving any editorial conflicts
- preparing manuscripts for typesetting
- assessing, ordering, and organizing interior images
- writing ALT text
- checking cover and text corrections
- evaluating ebooks for quality assurance
- working closely with editors to supply editorial materials to the sales team
- providing back-up reads and editorial feedback as required
Oxford University Press Canada
Higher Education Division - Engineering, English, Psychology, and Business Communications
- supporting the editorial team through the publishing process: preparing manuscripts for typesetting, copyediting and proofreading cover copy, attending editorial meetings and discussing potential textbook opportunities, image research
- market research: cultivating research reports on what courses are currently being offered by post-secondary schools within the Engineering, English, Psychology, and Business Communications disciplines
- sending textbook and textbook proposals out for review: contacting professors currently teaching the course in question, preparing questionnaires, compiling reviews and presenting research findings
- ancillaries: contracting professors and working with them to create ancillaries for textbooks in my disciplines, which often including study guides, TestGen questions, and PowerPoint slides
- general administrative duties: mailing, recording minutes, managing contracts and invoices
The Rights Factory
- vetting and reporting on manuscript submissions
- working with potential and agented authors on their manuscripts, from proposals to full drafts
- attending editorial meetings with agents and other editorial interns
McClelland & Stewart
- checking page and cover proofs
- marking edits on print and digital pages
- reading and reporting on manuscripts (solicited, agented, and unsolicited)
- attending and participating in editorial board meetings
- attending meetings with new authors
- organizing and acquiring photo reproduction requests and permissions
- minor copyediting
- updating cover copy for online platforms
The Brock Press
Curating, managing, writing for, and editing the Arts and Culture section of The Brock Press, as well as contributing to and editing other sections.
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