Helen Nicholson

Experience

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  Macmillan

  May 2007 - Jan 2012

  Project manager in the publishing team at the weekly science journal Nature.Project manage Outlooks (www.nature.com/outlooks), sponsored supplements to the weekly journal Nature. Schedule when the Outlooks are published and create deadlines for sponsorship, editorial, marketing, web and print production. Coordinate with all these departments to ensure that deadlines were met.Manage and update the journal homepage on a weekly basis www.nature.com/natureProject manage ad hoc publishing projects for sponsorship clients. Show less Manage 7 members of the manuscript administration team to ensure that the editorial office runs smoothly.Duties included:Recruitment, training and supervision of the manuscript administration team for Nature.Ensuring manuscript workload is distributed evenly and completed to deadlines.Ensuring that correct working procedures are followed.Reviewing working procedures to ensure that maximum efficiency is attained.Manuscript tracking system administrator.Maintenance of Nature library. Show less Assistant to the editors of Nature, the weekly science journal. In May 2008 I was promoted to Senior Editorial Assistant.Duties included: Prepare manuscripts for review by the editors, and ensure that they are suitable submissions.Provide procedural and administrative support to the editors, authors, and reviewers during the peer review process.Prepare manuscripts for production and publication. Ensure that they are in the correct format, prepare statistics on length, and check that authors have fulfilled all requirements. Show less

  • Publishing Project Manager

    Jul 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Editorial Administration Supervisor

    Jul 2008 - Jan 2012

  • Editorial Assistant

    May 2007 - Jun 2008
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  Newgen KnowledgeWorks Pvt Ltd

  Sept 2016 - Mar 2021

  Freelance Editorial Project Manager

  Managing the production process for academic and trade books for Oxford University Press.Duties include:Setting and managing the schedule for production.Engaging and managing freelancers.Liaise between OUP editorial, authors, freelancers, and internal production to ensure adherence to the schedule and adjust as necessary.Quality control checks on all freelance work.Collating, verifying, and delivering files to authors, freelancers, and internal production team.Completing copyedit clean-up, ensuring all proof corrections are incorporated, and responsibility for final sign-off of all internal and cover files for print. Show less

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  Newgen Publishing UK

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2023

  Production Editor
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  NEWGEN NORTH AMERICA, INC

  Oct 2023 - now

  Composition Manager