Rising stars developing specialist skills

Grace reads pretty much everything she comes across and has developed a love of writing and creating content for magazines. She knew her passion lay in journalism and even attempted to start her own high school newspaper. Having completed a Publishing Master’s at Edinburgh Napier University, she is currently the Editorial Assistant at DC Thomson’s Beano comic. She is committed and enthusiastic about developing her skills to adapt to the changing social and publishing landscape.

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The thrill of a newly printed book in her hands never diminishes for Hetty, who enjoys the collaborative nature of publishing and working with academics all around the world in her role as a junior desk editor at Edward Elgar, an academic publisher focusing on social sciences, law, and economics. She loves working with language and learning new things so now plans to study proofreading and copy editing to develop her skills in the sector.

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Prior to landing her current role working for Bauer Media’s Take a Break Puzzles Department, Jordan worked as an editorial assistant at the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), producing and editing exam papers for trainee surgeons. She has always been passionate about all matters language, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and has an English BA (Hons). She enjoys the satisfaction of refining a text and now wants to achieve her dream of being a freelance copy editor.

Shabnom’s passion for publishing and literature was stoked during her degree in English Language and Literature at Oxford. She enjoys every aspect of print and publishing, from proposal and submission to editing and final proofreading. The feel of a completed book, script or academic article in her hands is unbeatable. Her freelance work as a submissions pile reader for competitions such as The Sunday Times Short Story Award has encouraged her to pursue a fiction editing career.

An editorial assistant at mental health and wellbeing publisher, Trigger, Cleo has loved writing since scribbling her first stories and poems as a five-year-old. A finalist in the search for Nottingham’s Young Poet Laureate, she won a full scholarship to fund her creative writing MA, graduating with distinction. She believes in writing’s therapeutic value and has found her purpose working in publishing, giving people a voice so that their stories can be heard.

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Catherine was drawn to scientific publishing as it provides open access science to readers across the globe and represents a network of academic researchers striving to improve lives. As an editorial production editor at Hindawi, she oversees the journal operations process from submission to publication and enjoys the opportunity to make the peer review and production process as seamless and straightforward as possible for authors. She is also a freelance copywriter, bringing websites to life for businesses.

Victoria has worked in publishing for almost two years and is currently a marketing executive at Epigeum, part of Oxford University Press (OUP), where she plans, coordinates, and leads all marketing campaigns for its portfolio of Support and Wellbeing online courses. She loves working in publishing and during her time at Epigeum, she has constantly looked for innovative ways to reach wider audiences, broadening her marketing skills, and scoping out key areas for personal development.

As a lifelong bookworm, Phoebe was drawn to the world of publishing and the idea of making books happen. As The Bookseller’s Marketing and Sales Executive she has discovered a real interest in marketing and aims to pursue this within the publishing industry. She enjoys the dynamic nature of the weekly magazine and enjoys the contrast of being at the forefront of an industry with a long and varied history.

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Saffron loves working in publishing, particularly academic publishing, because she can play a small part in providing academic resources to students and researchers who are shaping our knowledge of the world around us. A marketing assistant at Oxford University Press (OUP), she has discovered that the business side of publishing really interests her and she enjoys writing marketing copy. It is the perfect marriage between the two industries she has always aspired to work in.