Luke Barrett

Experience

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  Pines and Needles

  Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

  Sales Assistant
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  Applied Information Group

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Finance Administrative Assistant and User Research

  • Organising, managing and inspecting invoices, credit card statements and employee expenditure for three international branches of the company.• Recording company transactions accurately using finance software Sage.• Assisting finance director, general manager and other departmental managers with essential tasks in an office setting, such as filing and timesheet organisation.• Conducting on the ground research for future company projects, including surveying and route analysis through effective interaction with the public. Show less

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  Springer Nature Group

  Jun 2017 - Nov 2018

  • Maintaining and developing both press officer and journalist databases, and keeping my team informed of any key updates.• Building and uploading press release content for the Nature Research press website.• Generating pro forma emails to authors and their institutions to notify them of upcomingscientific papers in relevant journals.• Monitoring the media coverage of recently press released research, both in UK nationalnewspapers and international news outlets online using media monitoring software.• Creating and distributing a daily newsletter detailing recent news in the academic publishingsector.• Ensuring that the press team operates seamlessly and that all requests are dealt with in anefficient, professional manner. Show less • Working within the publishing team to ensure efficient allocation of manuscripts to Editorial Board Members within relevant fields of study.• Communicating effectively with Board Members to expedite manuscripts through the peer review process within set deadlines.• Managing and curating content for the Journal’s Facebook page by copy-editing and scheduling posts that include summaries of published articles with public appeal.• Assisting in the development of the peer review process and the growth of the Editorial Board within the journal through involvement in projects.• Responding to queries from authors, reviewers and Board Members in a professional and timely manner.• Ensuring that the journal’s editorial criteria is consistently applied to each manuscript under consideration.• Training new colleagues to ensure that they are competent in all aspects of their workflow, as well as feel comfortable within their role. Show less

  • Press Assistant

    May 2018 - Nov 2018

  • Publishing Assistant

    Jun 2017 - May 2018
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  Hindawi Publishing

  Nov 2018 - Oct 2023

  Responsible for building and maintaining dashboards from the company’s internal database using business intelligence software, as well as providing periodic commentary and interpretation based on these dashboards to key stakeholders—supporting efficient running of the business.

  • Insights Analyst

    Jun 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Head of Content Development

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Content Development Manager

    Dec 2019 - Jul 2021

  • Publishing Editor

    Nov 2018 - Dec 2019
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  Wiley

  Sept 2023 - now

  • Director of Data & Publishing Insights

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Business Insight & Analytics Manager

    Sept 2023 - Dec 2023