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Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson

Copy-editor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Actor/copy-editor

  • Education

    • Arts Educational Schools

      2001 - 2002
      Diploma in Professional Acting

    • University College London

      1985 - 1988
      Ph.D. Medieval history

    • Cambridge University

      1979 - 1983
      MA (Hons.) English, Theology

  • Experience

    • Bull Publishing Ltd

      Jan 1989 - Jan 1990
      Copy-editor

      Editorial research, copy-writing and graphic design on a variety of projects, from partworks to encyclopaedias.

    • Chronicle Communications Ltd

      Jan 1990 - Jan 1992
      Copy-editor

      Copy-writer and -editor, and graphic designer for mass-market history titles.

    • Media Eye Publishing

      Jan 1992 - Jan 1994
      Production controller

      Production control of illustrated books for mass market, including editorial and picture research.

    • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

      Jan 1994 - Jan 2001
      Production and editorial controller

      Overseeing publication of HR titles from receipt of typescript through to printed book.

    • Freelance

      Jan 2002 - now
      Actor

      Stage name = Chris CourtenayStage work includes: Prince Escalus in Romeo and Juliet; Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night; Egeus/Starveling/Mustardseed in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Dr William Chester Minor in Lullabies of Broadmoor (Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Finborough); Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Trafalgar Studios); Baron of the Cinque Ports in Henry VIII (Shakespeare's Globe); Lord Montague in Romeo and Juliet (Jermyn Street); Fred Sterroll in Fallen Angels (Vienna's English Theatre); and Koroviov in The Master and Margherita (Menier).Film and TV work includes: Grass Roots (London Live); Big UK (BBC); The Furred Man (Channel 4); Royal Mistresses (BBC); Crimewatch (BBC); Credo (Alto Films)Voiceovers: regular reader of audio books for the RNIB (fiction and history titles) Show less

    • Cambridge University Press, Bloomsbury Publishing, Routledge, CIPD, Kingsway, Sutton Publishing

      Jan 2003 - now
      Copy-editor

      Freelance copy-editor on academic titles within the humanities, esp. history, drama, literature, and theology.

    • Crescent Management

      Jan 2004 - now
      Agent

      Actor/agent (stage name = Chris Courtenay) within a co-operative theatrical agency.Putting fellow actors up for work.Liaising with casting directors.Negotiating contracts.Website management.Office administration.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certificate in Community Interpreting (English-Italian)

      Institute of Linguists

    • Diploma in Bilingual Interpreting (English-Italian)

      Institute of Linguists