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Skills and ExpertiseProject management• Extensive experience, digital and print: research, initiation, budgeting, scheduling, team recruitment, team management, problem-solving, quality control, deliveryDigital projects• Editorial lead on online projects: planning, technical liaison, specification development, process development, content creation, content testing, platform testing, quality control, deliveryContent development• Significant experience developing a range of digital content: research, concept development, planning, briefing, quality control, content delivery Content editing• Extensive experience, digital and print: copy-editing, proofreading

Senior manager in the digital ELT publishing division of Macmillan Publishers, publishing a suite of subscription websites including Macmillan English Campus and onestopenglish.Key skills and responsibilities:• Managing the creation and development of material for publication• Publishing planning and development• Project management• Budget management• Team management • Supplier liaison

Manager in the digital ELT publishing division of Macmillan Publishers, publishing a suite of subscription websites including Macmillan English Campus and onestopenglish.

Working for Arnold, the academic division of Hodder Education, developing and project managing product in the health sciences, particularly highly illustrated medical reference books and websites.

Working in the major reference division, project managing illustrated multi- and single-volume reference works, primarily in the social sciences.

Working for Collins Cobuild, the ELT dictionaries division of HarperCollins group, publishing a range of dictionaries, exercise-based workbooks and allied texts for learners of English. Writing and editing dictionary entries, and editing and project managing exercise-based workbooks.