• Providing proofreading, copy editing and copywriting services for clients.• Developing and implementing content and communications strategies, including blogs, web copy, newsletters, articles and reports.• Development and structural editing to polish manuscripts, or to bring them into house style.• Commissioning new titles for a range of publishing clients, including developing the idea with the authors as required.• Providing project management support.

Providing project management and editorial support for a range of publications.

• Supporting the publishing programme across Education, Business, Management and Social Sciences• Liaising with editors and authors to finalise manuscripts for production• Developing and coordinating marketing and sales materials for upcoming titles

• Developing the publishing strategy for the Australian programme, and aligning this with global business objectives.• Creating professional publishing partnerships across the business and technology industry.• Commissioning titles for the global and Australian For Dummies book publishing programmes, with a focus on business and technology.• Working closely with authors to develop successful new titles. • Creating marketing, social media and PR material• Developing the table of contents for new titles and editing sample chapters• Negotiating publishing agreements with authors and agents• Liaising with colleagues across the company to maintain a successful local publishing programme that contributes positively to the global business• Exploring customised publishing opportunities for the For Dummies brand

- Proofreading and copy editing

Responsible for:• Developing the company’s communication strategy• Commissioning/writing and editing the company newsletter for a farming audience, and developing a new company newsletter for additional markets• Editing scientific papers and reports• Harmonising editorial style across all communications output• Maintaining consistent company branding and launching new branded products, including company-wide branded Word templates• Co-ordinating marketing output and advertising; developing company advertising in liaison with an external designer• Organising trade shows and other events

• Commissioning titles for the global and UK For Dummies book publishing programmes, with a focus on health, wellbeing and personal development.• Co-ordinating collaborative strategic publishing projects in healthcare across the global business (trade publishing through to academic publishing). • Identifying new opportunities for sales revenue growth in a challenging book market, including app development and optimisation of digital content.• Discovering new authors and negotiating publishing agreements with authors and agents.• Producing regular reports on BookScan sales, and identifying future publishing topics using BookScan and Excel analysis.• Providing regular articles for internal communications bulletins on a range of topics, from publishing through to community engagement and corporate social responsibility.• Chair of the UK environmental committee, which contributed directly to the global environmental strategy for the business.

Achievements:• Project management of a series of five all-day healthcare meetings with c. 50 delegates• Developing scientific and technical writing expertise through writing and editing of medical content• Successfully identifying opportunities to improve reprint revenue for the journal Future Prescriber against prior year• Establishing positive customer relationships leading to sales opportunities for Business Development ManagersResponsibilities:• Project management of print and electronic projects, ranging from supplements and meetings to e-learning, for distribution and marketing in association with a portfolio of controlled-circulation medical journals• Producing promotional websites for Wiley journals and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training websites for external clients• Working flexibly across a range of print designs and product types to suit client needs, using Quark Xpress as well as Microsoft Office• Managing Editor of Future Prescriber, a quarterly medical journal with a focus on new drug development and healthcare initiatives• Maintaining the integrity of each journal through careful adherence to house style and consideration of appropriate material for publication – liaising with peer reviewers and the Editorial Board as required• Commissioning, editing and proofreading articles and supplements to a high editorial standard• Writing journal news items and website content, and reporting from conferences• Attending client meetings, developing new business opportunities and liaising with internal and external contacts

Responsibilities:• Determining water-related licences and permits, including water quality discharge consents, flood defence consents and water abstraction licences• Communicating with a variety of consultees, both internally and externally• Site visits to assess consent and licence applications

Responsibilities:• Commissioning articles from key opinion leaders and managing tight deadlines for the twice-monthly publication, Prescriber• Attending conferences and report/news writing• Editing and proofreading journal articles