About me

Senior Editor and Writer with 10 years of experience across books, magazines, newspapers and websites

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Projects

• The Guardian/Boursin Partnership AdvertorialWriting five recipes and a long feature about the product, ensuring the copy was in keeping with the newspaper's tone: https://www.theguardian.com/festive-food-ideas/2018/dec/07/quick-and-easy-roast-chicken-with-a-twist

Work history

Senior EditorPhaidon
Sep 2016London, United KingdomFull Time
• Commissioning cookery titles across the Phaidon food list • Negotiating contracts, developing budgets and writing proposals for new titles • Project managing cookery and architecture titles from concept stage • Writing text and developing content for chefs • Creating press releases and back cover copy for new titles • Presenting new titles at sales conferences
EditorBloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oct 2014 - Sep 2016London, United KingdomFull Time
• Writing website content, including weekly newsletters • Commissioning and managing freelance writers and editors • Interviewing chefs, food writers and food producers for features • Liaising with authors to negotiate coverage on the website • Building relationships with key PR and marketing companies to develop and promote the brand • Advising on social media and marketing campaigns to ensure continuity • Negotiating contracts with new authors signing up to the website • Uploading all content to website via CMS platform, including knowledge of basic coding and HTML

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Skills

• Copywriting
• Sub-editing
• Content and Media Writing
• Editorial
• Feature Writing
• Brand Storytelling
• Journalism
• Blog Writing
• Recipe Development
• Ghostwriting

Education

MA in English LiteratureKing's College London
Sep 2006 - Jul 2007London, United Kingdom
BA in English LiteratureUniversity of Leeds
Sep 2003 - Jul 2006Leeds, United Kingdom
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