About me
Experienced in both press and marketing and highly skilled in copywriting, social media and events planning and management. Strong media and communication professional graduated from The University of Stirling and The University of Leeds.
Work history
Editorial FreelancerHarperCollins Publishers
United KingdomFreelance
Following a successful internship with Leckie & Leckie I was hired as an editorial freelancer for Collins Learning.
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Campaigns, Publicity and Sales InternCanongate Books
- Edinburgh, United KingdomInternship
My experience with the Campaigns department was wide-ranging, from market research to web-based tasks. These included creating digital extracts of books, editing content for the website using WordPress and social media management. I created show cards and liaised with booksellers for author events and I was involved in general office administration. In Sales I prepared and assembled AI packs, order forms and press releases, in addition to PowerPoints used at the London Book Fair. Within both departments I attended a series of general and departmental company board meetings.
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Skills
- Marketing PR
- Author
- Critic
- Editing
- Journalism
- Online
- Presenting
- Creative
- Illustration
- Social Media Marketing
- Fiction
- Proofreading
- Web Content
- Office
- Word
- Event Management
- PR
- PR Campaigns
- Social Media
- Events Planning
- Events PR
- Press Advertising
- Press Copywriting
- Press Events
- Press Releases
- Press Relations
Education
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MLitt Publishing Studies Pass with DistinctionUniversity of Stirling
- Stirling, United Kingdom
MA Romantic Literature Culture Pass with MeritUniversity of Leeds
- Leeds, United Kingdom
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Awards
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Shortlisted for the APE MA Dissertation Prize London Book Fair 2016London Book Fair
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The Publishing Scotland Prize for the Best Dissertation 2014-2015, The Stirling Centre for International Publishing & CommunicationUniversity of Stirling
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