Experience

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  Bp

  Mar 1996 - Nov 1996

  Research & development chemist

  Researched and developed projects concerned with wax deposition in pipelines and rheological properties of crude oils.

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  Royal society of chemistry

  Nov 1996 - Aug 1998

  Technical editor

  Edited, proof-read, co-ordinated and produced fortnightly chemistry and materials science primary research journals. Liaised with editors, editorial boards, typesetters and printers.

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  Wolters kluwer

  Aug 1998 - Aug 2000

  Production supervisor

  Managed the co-ordination and production of four medical primary research journals ensuring publication on schedule and within budget at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Supervised production editors and external suppliers such as copy-editors, typesetters and printers. Maintained regular communication and good working relationships with societies, academic institutions and other external contributors.

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  Elsevier

  Aug 2000 - Dec 2003

  Senior editor & designer

  Edited, wrote and commissioned articles for The Alchemist, an online chemistry magazine at ChemWeb. Articles were HTML/XML coded and published daily using a CMS. Designed online material such as HTML mailers and satellite web pages using Dreamweaver MX and Flash MX, and the print version of The Alchemist using QuarkXpress. Images were created and manipulated using Photoshop and Illustrator.

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  Haymarket media group

  Jan 2004 - Nov 2005

  Team leader, design & production

  Designed and project managed all ENDS’ (Environmental Data Services) print and online material from conception to final output (brochures, direct mailers, exhibition stands, corporate stationery, recruitment and house adverts, banner ads). Produced the monthly ENDS Report for print and online publication. Supervised the workflow of a production officer, a production controller and freelancers. Liaised with internal departments and external suppliers.

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  Freelancer

  Feb 2005 - Oct 2006

  Freelance designer

  Designed ad hoc material, for Social Care Institute for Excellence, a charity promoting knowledge about good practice in social care.

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  Nature publishing group

  Nov 2006 - Apr 2018

  • Manage a team of web production editors (five at present but up to ten previously) to ensure publication of content kept to schedules.• Liaise with publishers, editorial teams, technology teams, suppliers and outsourced teams in India. • Involved in setting up workflows, integrating legacy tools to process content using new technologies and launching new research and academic journals on legacy and new publishing platforms.• Work with stakeholders to migrate content from archive platforms to the new publishing platform for Springer Nature.• Troubleshoot problems with XML mark-up, publishing tools including MarkLogic ingestion failures and third party indexers.• Work on platform-wide projects such as ealert templates and production schedules. Show less

  • Web Production Manager

    May 2012 - Apr 2018

  • Deputy Web Production Manager, Senior Web Production Editor, Web Production Editor

    Nov 2006 - May 2012
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  Springer nature

  May 2018 - now

  Senior product manager