Martyn Lawrence Email & Phone Number

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Development and oversight of the publishing programme across all three RA sites (Leeds, the Tower of London and Fort Nelson), maximising revenue through frontlist and backlist.
• A senior role publishing illustrated non-fiction titles (trade, specialist, exhibition catalogues, guidebooks and scholarly journals) in conjunction with in-house/freelance writers, designers and editors.
• Strategic planning, commissioning, budgeting, contract negotiation, project management, editorial, production, vendor management, line management, pricing, sales, marketing and distribution, with a bit of writing.

Bristol, United Kingdom

ThinkWrite is an training and development association that delivers courses at Europe's most prestigious academic institutions. As an Associate Trainer, I run day-long seminars on journals publishing, designed to ensure that postgrads and faculty have the best possible chance of publishing in their chosen journal.

Kaunas, Lithuania

The BMDA groups together business schools and companies mainly in the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As a member of the Board, I contribute to the policy of the organisation, introduce new members, and find contributors to annual meetings. I also teach competence seminars on such areas as international publishing and research.

United Kingdom

• Responsible for the financial performance and strategic development of top-ranked journals and serials
• Building and sustaining numerous close relationships with senior academics, learned societies and module leaders worldwide.
• Organising and leading training events worldwide on writing, publishing and research ethics.
• Contributing extensive research and negotiation skills to the launch and acquisition of new products.
• Effectively balancing external needs with company goals while renewing and renegotiating complex contracts.
• Leading Emerald’s relationships with Thomson Reuters and the Chartered ABS.

Work on several academic monographs, including projects for Cambridge University Press, Yale University Press, IB Tauris and Boydell & Brewer.

Phd, History

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Merit

Ma, History

Ba, History, First