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Marketing Manager Jenn Thompson talks us through some of the ins and outs of her role at Turnaround publishing services. 1. Describe your role I’m a marketing manager, but my role involves so many things! I manage an awesome team of five people and our core job is to produce a monthly sales kit for… Read more

Jean Lui tells us all about her role as head of product at Altmetric. Describe your role I’m head of product at Altmetric, a London-based data company that tracks and analyses online activity around scholarly research outputs. I serve as the bridge between the commercial and engineering parts of ou… Read more

Jo Fenn is the HR Director of Imagine That Publishing and the star of this week’s My Job in 5. 1. Describe your role. As HR director, my role is extremely varied and often changes on a daily basis! Alongside general office management, I work closely with the leadership team on projects and st… Read more

Kay Farrell works as an Assistant Publisher for Sandstone Press and is our spotlight for this week’s My Job in 5. 1. Describe your role. As Assistant Publisher I manage production processes for the whole list and work hard to keep production on schedule. I also edit five or six books a year a… Read more

Leena Normington tells us all about her role as Social Media Producer at Vintage. Describe your role I’m a producer, so essentially, I create content that suits our social platforms. On any given day you’ll find me editing a podcast, creating a YouTube video, plotting a thread of tweets or building… Read more

Amy Fitzgerald is a Literary Agent at The Blair Partnership, she’s at the helm of this week’s My Job in 5. 1. Describe your role. As an agent at TBP my main role is to find talented new writers, nurture and grow their career and ensure that their work reaches the widest possible audienc… Read more

Amy Stewart tells us all about her role as publicity assistant at Princeton University Press. Describe your role. I provide publicity assistance for two publicists as well as working on our academic classics list and trade paperbacks for Princeton University Press’ European office. Most of my day i… Read more

Caoimhe Fox holds down two jobs! She’s the head of publicity and marketing for New Island Books in Dublin as well as a development and marketing professional for Books Ireland magazine. She’s My Job in 5‘s subject for our Irish Focus edition this week. Describe your role. I actual… Read more

Chie Nakano is the Foreign Rights Manager for Eddison Books, she’s at the helm of this week’s My Job in 5. Describe your role. I sell translation rights of our books to foreign publishers so they can publish them in their local language. As we are an illustrated book publisher, most a… Read more

Paul Smith, Press Officer from SelfMadeHero, takes the reins of this week’s My Job in 5. 1. Describe your role as press officer I’m the publicist at SelfMadeHero, and my role is to create an awareness of our books by liaising across all national media, whether that’s in print, through broadca… Read more