Gill Tasker Email & Phone Number

Remote

Part of the Learning & Community department at non profit CRM software specialist:- Working across 3 key regions (Europe, North America, Asia Pacific)- Managing a dynamic portfolio of community groups including all in EU and some in NA- Driving engagement of arts and culture professionals online and in-person via events, meet-ups, workshops and conferences including Tessitura Learning & Community Conference (TLCC)- Collaborating with marketing/growth to develop and execute activity to drive community engagement- Developing and supporting 100+ advocates in the global Community Chairs programme- Contributing to shaping and executing community strategy with the Member Engagement team- Measuring, analysing, updating and tracking community data to understanding engagement and trends- Member of the Community DEAI Advisory Committee in 2023 onwards - Feeding back actionable data insights to the Member Services team and wider internal stakeholders- Administrator for the Tessitura online community platform (forums, groups, ideation and more)** 2023 CMX Industry Awards - Winner for Best User Group Programme Community **

Stirling Centre For International Publishing & Communication

Module Coordinator for MLitt modules in Publishing Studies:- Content Management: Manuscript to Market - Marketing Management and Communications - Dissertation - Publishing in the Workplace - Publishing, Literature and SocietyOther occasional teaching in Digital Media and Creative Writing and external examiner from 2020-21 for the English & Publishing Undergraduate Programme at the University of Loughborough.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Leading marketing activity for book publishing's trade, network and development body to support and promote 60+ members and their books:- Developing and delivering partnerships with major organisations including Creative Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Library and Information Council, the Reading Agency, VisitScotland and initiatives including Book Week Scotland.- Sole Online Editor of the public-facing Books from Scotland website, the largest curated digital collection of Scottish-interest books, with responsibility for marketing strategy, all related social media output, and wider communications.- Responsibility for Publishing Scotland's marketing communications and publicity including regularly writing media/press releases.- Advising a wide range of Scottish publishers on their marketing and planning via one-to-onemeetings, presentations, and practical workshops.- Founding member of Publishing Scotland’s Trade and Marketing Committee.- Key to planning and delivery of Publishing Scotland’s 2017 International Publishing Fellowship.- Designing and overseeing production of a range of marketing materials using Photoshopand InDesign (adverts, bookmarks, banners, flyers).- Responsibility for attracting sponsorship for Publishing Scotland.- Annual international book fair attendance (Frankfurt, London) via Publishing Scotland’s stand.- Frequent copywriting and proofreading to an excellent standard.- General administrative duties.

Scotland

Scouting books in a freelance part-time capacity for one of the UK's leading and award-winning television production companies (output includes Line of Duty and Vigil).

Glasgow, United Kingdom

- Leading on, and implementing, Cargo's marketing communications and publicity- Social media content creation, community-building and strategy across key platforms- Writing and disseminating press and media releases- Copy writing including book blurbs and marketing/publicity materials- Management of the Cargo website- Proofreading, copy editing to an excellent standard- Editing fiction and non-fiction titles- Author liaison and care- Procuring then overseeing production of print and e-books- Tour and event planning, management, evaluation- Sales liaison with major national retailers and external sales team- Overseeing acquisitions and contractual negotiations- Commissioning new projects- Directing cover design briefs - Freelancer sourcing and management- Budget management and reporting- Networking, publicly representing Cargo- Annually attending trade fairs like the London Book Fair- Fostering and maintaining key relationships worldwide including BookSource, Faber Factory, Faber Foreign Rights, Publishing Scotland, New South Books, Trafalgar Square Distribution, Compass, Dundee International Book Prize, Creative Scotland, Falkirk Community Trust, Dundee Great War Children’s Book Prize, Unbound- Business planning, development, strategy- Project management- Line management of Publishing Assistant

Glasgow, United Kingdom

- Overseeing Cargo’s editorial remit including commissioning and developing new titles- Making decisions regarding open submissions and feeding back to authors- Editing titles across fiction and non-fiction- Author-publisher liaison- Proofreading and copy editing- Delegating editorial tasks to other employees when appropriate- Assisting with prestigious projects such as the Elsewhere anthology, a partnership withthe US publishers McSweeney’s and the Edinburgh International Book Festival- Annually attending the London Book Fair to input into Cargo’s business negotiations andsupport the Managing Director

Certificate, Arts Sponsorship, Commendation

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Literature

Master Of Science (Msc), Comparative Literature, Distinction

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Co-presented a weekly music and chat show on Strathclyde University Radio