Month: April 2025

Meet Helen Bugler, who is a lead publishing coach at LDN Apprenticeships. Describe your role I am a lead publishing skills coach at LDN Apprenticeships. Following 30 years at Macmillan, latterly as Editorial Director for textbooks, I switched to coaching and I love it! I coach, mentor, and support… Read more

Meet Karen Ball. Author, Head of sales for Working Partners and Director for Speckled Pen, publishing consultancy. Describe your role(s) Multi-faceted, including writing, editing, and liaising with the publishing industry. I work part-time as head of sales for the book packager Working Partners. T… Read more

Meet Vicky Barker, art director at b small publishing and award-winning illustrator. Describe your role As art director, my role is to look after the creative side of the business with a particular focus on the books we produce. Sometimes I come up with book concepts then design and illustrate the… Read more

Lynda Cooper, Lecturer in Publishing, is at the helm of this week’s My Job in 5 detailing her role working with students at the University of Plymouth. Describe your role As Lecturer in Publishing at the University of Plymouth, I work across our BA and MA Publishing degrees. Apart from giving lect… Read more

PR and Marketing officer Kim Osborne shares what it’s like to oversee the digital presence at the Roald Dahl Museum. 1. Describe your role. I look after the Museum’s digital presence, including our website and social channels, creating content to promote all aspects of the Museum’s activity. … Read more

Andrea Philpots is highlighted this week and details a bit about her role as Art Director at Egmont Publishing. 1. Describe your role As Art Director, I head up a team of designers specialising in creating books for gaming and licensed brands (Star Wars, Minecraft, Roblox, Halo). I ensure we produc… Read more

Suzanne Kennedy has the spotlight this week as she details what it’s like to be Deputy Sales & Marketing Director at Floris Books. Describe your role. I manage a cracking team of three marketers and am currently recruiting for a Marketing Manager. I oversee their campaign work, head up t… Read more

Doorman Filipe Teixeira from Porto’s most beautiful bookshop Livraria Lello takes over My Job in 5 this week. I provide a warm welcome to all the visitors that pass by the world’s most beautiful bookshop. Our team also provides entry vouchers that deliver our customer’s discount on bo… Read more

Francesca Baker, Marketing Communications Manager from Spread the Word takes the helm of My Job in 5 this week, sharing with The Bookseller what it is like to provide well-rounded support to London’s burgeoning writing community. 1. Describe your role As Marketing Communications Manager at Spread t… Read more

Kate Beal, MD and Publisher of Muswell Press, takes the reins of My Job in 5 this week. 1. Describe your role I am the joint MD and Publisher with my sister Sarah Beal at Muswell Press. After many years of working for some of the best and biggest independent publishing companies in the UK we decide… Read more