Olivia West Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

A volunteer training and mentoring journey supporting the next generation of creative talent and being part of the Creative Mentor Network's mission to improve socioeconomic diversity in the creative industries.

• Sole in-house writer and editor for a global portfolio of seven restaurant brands with 80+ locations and 14 franchise partners across 21 countries• Responsible for developing, writing, and editing: brand, tone, and marketing bibles; creative brand campaigns; website copy; video scripts; press releases; menus; recipes for home cooks and restaurant chefs; packaging copy; internal and external comms and mailers; customer service email templates; ‘design & build’ copy including external hoarding and billboards, wayfinding signs, promotional screens, mural slogans and posters; training materials for restaurant staff• Conducting and analysing market research around new concepts and using data to inform writing and ideas• Collaborating closely with in-house designers and marketers on all assets• Presenting in team meetings and at partner conferences• Managing freelancers, mentoring junior colleagues, and ensuring brand guidelines are adhered to• Identifying and implementing new ways of working across all departments.Senior Editor | 11/2023-PresentRestaurants Editor | 04/2021–10/2023Junior Restaurants Editor | 04/2020–04/2021

United Kingdom

• Project managing illustrated non-fiction books• Editing, proofreading, ghost writing, digital testing• Setting and managing schedules and budgets• Adhering to and updating brand tone of voice guidelines• Briefing and managing freelance editors and authors• Working closely with designers to create internal designs• Planning and running photo and video shoots.Key achievement: project managed the MathsBeat Teacher’s Handbook which wonthe ‘5-star Award for Maths’ in the Teach Primary 2019 awardsClients: Oxford University Press, Pearson, Cambridge University Press, Kognity,Oriel Square Publishing, Haremi

Usa And Uk

Commis, de Partie, Pastry & Development• Restaurants worked for (Brighton): Murmur, Terre à Terre, Food for Friends, 1847, Youjuice café• Kitchens interned in (NYC, Bray, London): ABC Kitchen, The Fat Duck, Honey & Co., Morito, Olive Magazine• Gained a deep understanding of cooking techniques and developed recipes• Edited restaurant menus and social media.Key achievement: worked with a chef who ‘cooked by eye’ to write, edit and stylethe business’s recipes

Oxford, United Kingdom

• Edited, proofread and ghost wrote textbooks, marketing and sales materials for primary school teachers and children• Created and maintained a variety of brand’s tone of voice guidelines• Project management: maintained budgets and schedules; led photo and video shoots; chaired team meetings• Mentored junior editors and recruited, trained, and managed a team of freelancers• Built strong and successful author and freelance relations.Key achievement: led a team of authors and freelancers to produce an award-winning 9-title maths series in seven months, on schedule/budgetPrimary Maths Development Editor | 08/2014–03/2015Primary Maths Editor | 08/2012–08/2014Primary Maths Junior Editor | 07/2010–08/2012

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature, General, 2.I Hons

Chef'S Training Programme