Pädagögische Mitarbeier | English Educator, ASC Göttingen von 1846 e.V.

2022 - 2023

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• Facilitating as part of the ASC's Leinebergschule aftercare program.

• Providing English courses for ASC colleagues and conducting English workshops.

 

Editor, Jonathan Ball Publisher

2021- 2022

 

• Editing and proofreading.

• Project managing books from manuscript to print
  Writing and editing blurbs and other book-related material.

• Reading and reporting on manuscript submissions.

• Commissioning and checking e-books.

• Liaising with authors.

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Publicity Planner, NB Publishers

2021 - 2021

 

• Preparing and implementing publicity and marketing plans for the group’s Afrikaans and English Children and Youth titles.

• Liaising with the media to obtain maximum positive publicity for titles in all forms including newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, digital and social media as well as point-of-sale material.

• Building and maintaining relationships with authors, media, booksellers and schools.

• Arranging author tours and events at schools, other institutions and booksellers.

• Writing and coordinating marketing information for use in, among others, media releases, newsletters, internet marketing, social media, and internal communication.

 

English Teacher, School Librarian and School Aftercare Facilitator

2019 - 2020

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• 7th-year English teacher (two classes).

• 10th-year Cambridge Preliminary English Test teacher (one class).

• Running the school library, assisting teachers and students with their library needs at the school.

• Facilitating the school's aftercare program.

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Publisher, LightSail Education

2019 - 2020

 

• Project Manager and Publisher for LightSail's Antares series of books for younger readers.

• Commissioning illustrators.

• Editing and proofreading manuscripts.

• Typesetting EPUBs.

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Community Manager (Contract), Sea Monster Entertainment

2019 - 2019

 

• Coordinating with Marketing, PR and Communications teams to ensure Sea Monster and their clients' brand consistency.

• Building relationships with the online community.

 

English Teacher and Supervisor, ALPADIA Language Schools

2019 - 2019

 

• Teaching English as a foreign language to young students.

• Supervising the activities and excursions organized by ALPADIA.

• Supervising various theme evenings.

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Proof Editor, Instructional Coach & Blogger, LightSail Education

2018 - 2019

 

 

• Proofreader and Editor of LightSail's Apollo and Antares series school books.

• Blogger and social media manager.

• Instructional Coach for the LightSail reading platform in Cape Town schools.

 

Contributor, BizCommunity.com

2012 - 2021

 

Contributing articles and reviews for BizLounge, Bizcommunity.com's entertainment section.

 

• I contributed to their #YouthMonth2016, #YouthMonth2017, #YouthMonth2018, #BizTrends2017,#BizTrends2018, #BizTrends2019, #BizTrends2020 and #YouthMonth2020 articles.

• I wrote reviews of the majority of superhero film reviews to date.

• I covered music events for them from 2016 - 2017.

 

English Teacher and Supervisor, ALPADIA Language Schools

2018 - 2018

 

• Teaching English as a foreign language to young students.

• Supervising the activities and excursions organized by ALPADIA.

• Supervising various theme evenings.

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Stand Assistant (Frankfurt Buchmesse), NB Publishers

2017 - 2017

 

• Managed all visitor traffic.

• Answered visitor queries in a friendly and informative manner.

• Completed the required paperwork.

• Maintained a clean and neat stand workspace.

• Performed various opening and closing duties.

 

Junior Editor, NB Publishers

2015 - 2017

 

• Digital Publisher of the children and youth department's EPUBs and MOBIs (20 titles a year on average).

• Followed up on publishing queries in a friendly and professional manner.

• Provided extra assistance in all stages of the publication of books.

  • I was the co-organiser of the prestigious Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature in 2014 and 2017

• In my role as a project manager, I liaised with other in-house teams, writers, photographers, printers, designers, and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the publishing process.

• Managed and produced the titles of the publishing programme for Tafelberg and Human & Rousseau to meet turnover, gross profit, cost budget, deadline, and quality goals.

• Managed a list of overseas co-production titles:

  • Liaising with overseas publishers regarding new projects

    • 20 - 30 projects a year

  • Receiving and quality control of files for translations

  • Arranging for translation, page design and proofreading of files

  • Managed shipping process

• Read and evaluated (or sent out for evaluation) manuscripts, book proposals and other materials submitted for publication by authors, and assessed these manuscripts for suitability for the list (based on either merit or consumer trends).

• Made publication decisions in collaboration with the publisher and marketing team.

 

I worked for the Children and Youth division, splitting my attention between the two imprints, Human & Rousseau and Tafelberg. I managed the digital publications and assisted with admin and project management for our print books. I co-managed our co-production list of titles that we sourced from the Bologna Children's Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair every year. I maintain working relationships with publishing partners in the UK and Belgium.

 

Editorial Assistant, NB Publishers

2013 - 2015

 

• Entered new books on our database.

  • I worked as a bug tester and trained other staff members on the use of an in-house content management system we eventually upgraded to.

• Allocated payments against budgeted expenses on the database and made sure freelancers were paid on time.

• Allocated and ensured three sets of ISBNs per book.

• Digital Publisher of the children and youth department's EPUBs and MOBIs (20 titles a year on average).

• Followed up on publishing queries in a friendly and professional manner.

• Provided extra assistance in all stages of the publication of books.

• Liaised with other in-house teams, writers, photographers, printers, designers, and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the publishing process.