About me

I’m an experienced production and editorial professional based in London. I am currently Operations Manager across the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine brand at Immediate Media. Freelance projects have included: Whispers (an app for Rolls-Royce owners); Monocle magazine; From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (pamphlet); An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts: The US Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection (book); John Cage – A Mycological Foray (book), The Gourmand magazine. Previously, I have been Content and production manager at BBC Good Food, Chief sub/production editor and writer at Olive magazine, and Sub-editor and writer at Restaurant magazine, where I contributed to the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants lists. I have been working in food and consumer magazines for 19 years and in journalism since 2001.

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Projects credited in

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  Jenny van Sommers - The GourmandNew cover shoot for The Gourmand magazine by Jenny van Sommers. Art direction - David Lane
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  Jenny van Sommers, The Gourmand

Work history

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Freelance Sub-editorLonely Planet magazine
Aug 2018London, United KingdomFreelance
Sub-editing articles and recipes to house style using Adobe Indesign, writing headlines, sells, captions and bylines. I liaise with the editor, section editors, contributors, art team, and photo researchers.
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Freelance Sub-editorThe Gourmand magazine
Jun 2016London, United KingdomFreelance
Sub-editing issues eight to twelve of the luxury food culture journal.

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Skills

• Copywriting
• Copyediting
• Proofreading
• Editing
• Sub-editing
• Scheduling
• Adobe Indesign
• Article Writing
• Journalism
• Content and Media Writing

Education

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Post-Graduate Diploma in Information and Library StudiesThe Robert Gordon University
Sep 1997 - Jul 1998Aberdeen, United Kingdom
MA (Hons) English Literature 2:1University of Dundee
Sep 1992 - Jul 1996Dundee, United Kingdom