Experience

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  Joules

  Feb 2010 - Nov 2010

  Assistant manager

  Assisting the store manager in professionally managing and training the Joules team; promoting a positive company image; delivering outstanding personalised customer service.

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  Centro chileno canadiense

  Jan 2011 - May 2012

  Efl teacher

  Teaching English as a foreign language to working professionals including members of the Canadian Embassy; planning lessons to a professional standard in keeping with the institute’s policies.

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  Polyglot-mitford

  Jan 2011 - May 2012

  Efl teacher

  Teaching English as a foreign language to working professionals including members of Banco Bice; planning lessons to a professional standard in keeping with the institute’s policies.

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  Bath spa university

  Sept 2012 - May 2015

  Publishing; editor of milk. magazine

  Modules taken include:Digital Publishing: New product development; developed multimedia content for social media: Bath Digital Festival, TEDxYouth; developed case study digital template and creative content for the social enterprise organisation Creativity Works. Copywriting and Text Editing: Grounding in core skills; worked on MA Creative Writing anthologies and academic journals.Food Writing and Editing: Worked with experienced UK food book editors to gain understanding of a range of food writing and editing forms across a range of platforms (blogs, books, magazines).Literature in the Digital Age: Explored the concept of digital humanities and literary adaptations; designed a literary companion app using Mag+.University roles: Editor of milk. magazine, 2015.Directed a management team of 13 and over 70 contributors; produced a print issue; published over 180 online articles. Deputy editor, 2014.Proofreading; liaising with printers; point of contact between management and contributors. Show less

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  Ef education first

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2013

  Academic manager

  Training and managing a team of over twenty EFL teachers; planning academic schedules; staff recruitment.

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  Taylor & francis group

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2016

  Production editor, routledge

  Role summary:Produce Law and Major Works’ books – from the submitted manuscript through to the published hardback/paperback.Effectively manage relationships with authors, suppliers and colleagues.Key accountabilities:Manage a demanding workload to deliver books on time and on budget to standard.Manage the quality of the work: problem-solving and providing feedback.Maintain up-to-date reports.Check and code invoices against budgets.Implement new processes and comply with production workflows.Support team members.Support the Deputy Production Manager and Production Manager to ensure efficient and effective teamwork and workflow.Manage my progress: identify and develop skills gaps.Skills:Project managementQuality managementSupplier managementStakeholder managementWorkload and time managementIndustry and market awarenessPrint/manufacturing knowledgeCopy-editing and proofreadingProblem solving and decision-makingMulti-taskingCommunicationDatabase management and reporting Show less

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  Self employed

  Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  Freelance editor

  Quality Assessments; proof collations; copy-editing; proofreading; typesetting.Working with Apex CoVantage and Bath Spa University.

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  Apex covantage

  Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

  Project manager (routledge books)

  Role summary:Managing the production of books from original manuscripts through to the delivery of final products.Liaising with publishers, authors, and internal production staff (based in the US, UK and India) to ensure the completion of projects.Key accountabilities:Manage a demanding workload to deliver books on time and on budget.Manage the quality of work: problem-solving and providing feedback.Communicate, multi-task, and organise to the highest standard.Implement new processes, learn new technologies and comply with production workflows.Support colleagues to ensure efficient and effective teamwork and workflow.Maintain up-to-date schedules and reports.Skills:Excellent communication, organisation, and problem-solving skills. Strong knowledge of production processes, and management of art programmes and composition.Strong background in project management, editorial knowledge and book production.Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently, monitoring project schedules and budgets, through project life cycles.Project, quality, supplier and stakeholder management.Workload and time management.Industry and market awareness.Print/manufacturing knowledge.Copy-editing and proofreading.Problem-solving and decision-making.Multi-tasking.Communication.Attention to detail.Database management and reporting. Experience with STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Math) publications.Experience with publishing processes.Strong Microsoft Office skills.Strong Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, XML/HTML skills. Show less

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  Whm fresh spa and crown fruit ltd.

  Nov 2022 - now

  Content manager

  Role summary:Producing all content (words, images, videos) for the website and social media platforms (Instagram; LinkedIn).Liaising with the commercial, operations, legal, procurement, and field technical departments as well as external suppliers and clients to produce timely, engaging content for the website and social media platforms.