As a freelance editor, I offer services in copy editing, styling and formatting, proofreading, developmental editing, manuscript assessment and advice, and project management. Clients include Australians Together, Cengage, Penguin, Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Council for Educational Research/ACER Press.

• Project managing assessments (hard copy and online) and project managing, editing and proofreading books and resources to a high standard, within budget and on schedule.• Commissioning, briefing and managing freelance copyeditors, proof readers, designers, typesetters, illustrators, indexers and cartographers.• Liaising with authors, publishers, designers, the production controller and permissions/photo research staff• Editing and rewriting blurbs, compiling prelims, collating authors’ and proof readers’ corrections, editing indexes and checking corrections at second and final pages• Checking page proofs, including assessing the layout of text and illustrations, and compiling master pages• Checking manuscripts for copyright material, assisting authors to clear permissions and obtaining legal opinions where required. • Project managing the production of online teaching resources• QA testing and proofreading for online teacher resources• Editing and proofreading marketing catalogues and other materials• Briefing designers for ebook formatting, design and conversion and proofreading final ebook files• Mentoring and assisting junior staff as required.• Maintaining and updating internal style guides and other in-house editorial documentation

• Maintaining efficient and thorough processes, as the knowledge hub of the Publishing Division • Managing the publication of two academic journals, three times a year• Gaining valuable experience with contracts, permissions, rights, translations and all elements of the editing and production process.• Performing general production and publishing, administrative and organisational tasks.

• Providing admin support, including invoicing and scheduling• Processing reprints • Liaising between customer service and production for reprint quotes, costings and creation of purchase orders• Accurate checking of printer proofs• Basic desktop publishing

• Employed on a temporary three-month contract. • Managed and liaised with licensees across a broad range of Disney Titles• Assisted the Publishing Manager with project management from commissioning titles tofinished art.• Managed royalty reports as well as other publishing administrative tasks.