Samantha Rigby (Née Crockford) Email & Phone Number

Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Managing the editorial team creating all books and Character Design Quarterly magazine. Setting and overseeing book and magazine schedules for the whole publishing team. Managing creation and supply of sales materials. Presenting titles to external distributors. Commissioning contributing artists. Planning new book lists with Studio Manager and Company.

Bath, United Kingdom

Set up a publishing imprint for gift books including titles for Aardman (Wallace & Gromit) and Buzzfeed. Managed a team of four designers and editors as the head of editorial, design and production. Set up all project-management processes and established the creative style for the publishing list and marketing for the brand. Commissioned external writers.

Greater New York City Area

A 6-month contract to manage, train and develop the newly established US publishing team in support of the Publisher. Managing operations to ensure the team delivered a list of book and gifting products (own-brand and licensed) according to sales needs, meeting KPIs and maintaining quality standards. Guiding project-management and editorial creative.

Bath, United Kingdom

Starting here as Editor and being promoted through Senior and Group Editor, I became Managing Editor for my final year and managed the busy, award-winning Licensed Publishing team (25-30 staff) along with the Design Manager and Creative Editorial Manager. Line-managing 12 group, senior and junior editors, plus administration staff. Overseeing the costing.

Bath, United Kingdom

As Group Editor I line-managed two Editors and also managed the challenging Disney and Pixar movie publishing lists for the Licensed team of editors and designers. This involved scheduling a list of very time-sensitive titles and leading the team in creating them on time and liaising with the licensors to ensure approval.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Deputising for the magazine’s Editor, seeing each edition through from planning to completion in print and digital format. Writing copy for reviews and marketing content for the printed guide and website. Developing the voice of the Food & Drink brand and its prominence in the eating-out industry. Ensuring top-quality writing, editing and proofreading in.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Independently managing the UK warehouse operations for this US-based company. Processing customer orders and queries, and regulating stock. Writing detailed reports for sales and ops reviews. Attending meetings with key UK account holders alongside sales colleagues. Daily communication with sales, marketing and management teams in the US.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Researching, writing and editing features and articles. Several features I researched and wrote were published in the magazine.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Creative Writing & English, 2.1

High School, A Levels: English Literature, Spanish, Information & Communication Technology, B, B, C