Category Archives: Portfolio
HarperCollins UK
HarperCollins UK is one of the top book publishing groups. I worked in editorial and production for Harper Non-Fiction which publishes an impressive selection of titles from block-busting celebrity memoirs, biographies, popular science, history and sport.
www.harpercollins.co.uk
C.Hurst & Co. (Publishers)
Hurst is a London-based scholarly publisher specialising in history, politics, sociology and religion. I have edited work with a focus on cultural studies.
www.hurstpub.co.uk
New Holland Publishers
New Holland is a publisher of quality non-fiction. Its list encompasses biography, true crime, travel, sport, gardening and food.
www.newholland.com.au
Doubleday Book & Music Clubs
Established in 1963, Doubleday is the largest book and music club in Australia. My role at Doubleday was to write for the company’s website and magazines on topics including fiction, music, lifestyle, MBS and science fiction.
www.doubleday.com.au
Reader’s Digest
Reader’s Digest is one of the world’s most pre-eminent publishers.
I edited popular fiction and non-fiction for the Select Editions and Encounters volumes. Each condensed book required me to work in Quark which included styling and working with images.
Verso
Verso is the largest radical publisher in the English-language world. Based in London, Verso’s list crosses academic and trade markets with key authors in the social sciences and humanities, with particular strength in politics, cultural studies, history, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.
At Verso I was both the production manager and an editor. I managed [...]
Metia
Metia is an international communications agency with its head office in London. The company provides a structured and programmatic approach to designing communications, marketing strategies and programmes for corporate clients. The industries Metia specifically targets include banking, finance and IT.
I edited and wrote copy for company brochures, websites, electronic newsletters, case studies and magazine articles.
www.metia.com
Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley is an international publishing company specialising in the creation of high quality, illustrated information books.
I edited on-screen in Quark illustrated guidebooks ranging a variety of subjects, including health and lifestyle.
www.dk.com.au
The Ink Group
The Ink Group is an internationally recognised leader in the card, calendar and diary markets.
I project managed the fine art programme of calendars and diaries. This involved working on projects with galleries and museums such as the Tate, V&A Museum and the Smithsonian Institution. Copywriting was a major part of my role which included [...]
Random House Australia