About me
Editor and Project-Manager with over six years’ experience in developing and supervising a wide range of art publications. A naturally enthusiastic and creative worker with strong editorial judgement and the ability to develop a project in a collegial manner whilst ensuring good accuracy in deadlines and budgets. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and the ability to build and maintain working relationships with important stakeholders, co-publishers, authors, artists and commercial galleries.
Key areas of expertise:
Excellent communication skills
Complex relationship-management
Strong editorial judgement
Work history
Publishing Manager
Editing, project-managing and supervising art publications from initial proposal to launch, co-ordinating productions, content selection and development editing. Compiling and managing all budgets, schedules, fundraising and maintaining relationships with important stakeholders, co-publishers, authors, artists and commercial galleries.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing a team of two people and overseeing freelance project-managers, editors, copyeditors, proofreaders and translators
- Supervising publications from initial proposal to launch, liaising with artists, writers, designers, image reproduction houses and printers at every stage
- Development of the publication design and visual identity with designer and partners
- Balancing the maintenance of an editorial tone in line with our house style whilst keeping the author’s voice and allowing each publication to be unique to each project
- Overseeing an editorial voice across the Ridinghouse website, email-outs and social media posts, evaluating user behaviour and adapting our content and voice as appropriate
- Seeking out and commissioning new writers, editors and future publications
- Compiling and managing often fluctuating budgets, adapting as needed to ensure the best possible production within a time-scale
- Overseeing schedules, often to a tight deadline to ensure delivery for exhibition openings
- Maintaining important relationships with key stake holders, co-publishers, artists and editors
- Editing and proofreading texts and interviews; liaising with authors and artists for approval to ensure that all parties are in agreement
- Responsibility for clearing copyright for all third-party material
Publishing Assistant
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- Assisting the editorial process including collating captions, biographies, bibliographies, photo and collection credits
- Writing sales material and managing the Ridinghouse printed catalogue, website and social media
- Assisting with the organisation of book signings, talks and panel discussions to coincide with publication launches – often in conjunction with an exhibition or book fair – at locations including Central Saint Martins, London; Science Museum, London; MoMA PS1, New York and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles
- Managing stock and liaising with distributors in North America and Europe
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Skills
- Contemporary art
- Project Budget Management
- Client Liaising
- Editing Proofreading
- Copyright and Rights Issues
- Production and Development
- Schedule Management
- Image Production
- Relationship Building and Management
- Rights Management
Education
Art History and Visual Studies
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Awards
Editor and Project-Manager, 'Anwar Jalal Shemza'
I edited and supervised the production, content selection and design of 'Anwar Jalal Shemza' (2015; monograph; 216pp).
http://ridinghouse.co.uk/publications/138Editor and Project-Manager, 'Stockwell Depot: 1967
I edited and supervised the production, content selection and design of 'Stockwell Depot: 1967+ Show more