Frances Rooney Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Manage all aspects of origination for print and digital titles, liaising with commissioning, production, marketing and design teams as well as authors, technical reviewers and awarding bodies• Ensure quality assurance standards are met by all suppliers and feed back to suppliers regularly• Clear text permissions and work with picture research to clear image and video permissions• Prepare project budgets and schedules ahead of Investment board and continue to manage editorial budgets and schedules throughout a project• Manage reprints for backlist titles, including logging errata, communicating with typesetters and updating printing schedules• Mentor junior members of the editorial team via the buddy system and informal mentoring schemes

London, United Kingdom

• Commissioned authors to work on educational textbooks, including those for the ICSA’s flagship qualification scheme to ensure Chartered status • Evaluated and developed manuscripts to ensure they were fit for purpose. Gave detailed feedback to authors to improve manuscript legibility and ensure content fit house style• Briefed and managed external subject matter experts to ensure content was factually correct and met the syllabus• Managed print and digital titles throughout their lifecycle from commissioning to production: managing freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, typesetters, indexers and working with printers• Created marketing copy and scheduled social media posts and emails in Hootsuite• Updated the ICSA book store using the content management system ModX.• Represented the publishing team at various events and conferences.

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

• Wrote copy to rigid specifications, communicating frequently with in-house editors to ensure high-quality end products • Managed my time effectively to ensure tight publishing schedules were kept

Broughton-In-Furness, Cumbria

• Managed complex projects from development to delivery, including planning schedules and workloads of junior team members• Co-ordinated authors and in-house editors to deliver projects on time, to financial deadlines and within agreed page extents• Wrote and designed a range of products for adults and children 4-18 years of age using Adobe InDesign • Trained new starters in all aspects of editorial work in my role as programme lead across multiple project teams• Copyedited and proofread products for consistency, clarity, spelling and grammar• Cleared image and text permissions

Wellingborough

Seasonal staff member.

Physics With Particle Physics And Cosmology, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Advertising and Marketing Executive for Lancaster University's Physics SocietyGraduated with a degree accredited.

High School

Activities and Societies: Mentor and classroom assistant for GCSE English students. Member of the prom committee for my sixth form, where.