Category: My Job in 5

Gabby De Matteis, Brand Editorial Manager of Doctor Who (this My Job in 5 was written in 2018) shares how she strengthens the publishing brand of BBC’s most famous Doctor. Describe your role. I work with the BBC’s licensees, looking after all the Doctor Who stories told in different med… Read more

Bookomi founder Richard Kilgarriff takes the helm of My Job in 5 this week to explain how he and his team are successfully connecting authors to the world’s most influential clubs and companies. Describe your role. I’m the founder and editorial director of Bookomi, a community of leade… Read more

Lucy Pearson tells us all about her role as a Blogger at The Literary Edit. Describe your role The role of a book blogger is a many and varied thing—my day-to-day tasks can vary enormously. One day, I might be reading and reviewing a book and the next I might be taking and editing photos for a soci… Read more

Louise Dickie tells us about her role as Penguin Random House UK Children’s publicity assistant. Describe your role. My role involves supporting the publicity team with general administration, providing support on large campaigns, and looking after some campaigns of my own. Part of my job is … Read more

Wayne Brookes tells us about his role as Associate publisher—Fiction at Pan Macmillan. Describe your role. I’m the associate publisher in the fiction department which means I manage my own list of authors but also help oversee the fiction list as a whole. The other editors in fiction now report int… Read more

Frontiers In Publishing Journal Development Manager takes over this week’s My Job in 5. She tells us what it’s like to develop a portfolio of journals for one of the world’s most prolific online Journal producers! Describe your role The Journal Manager role at Frontiers is versatile and dive… Read more

Sue Mayer tells us all about her role as project editor at Imagine That. Describe your role I’m project editor at Willow Tree, an imprint of [Woodbridge-based independent] Imagine That. I’m responsible for developing our picture story books and chapter fiction which means I’m always on the lookout … Read more

Rachel Faulkner-Willcocks tells us all about her role as senior commissioning editor at Avon, HarperCollins. Describe your role I am one of the commissioning editors at Avon, so it’s my job to acquire and publish books that make up Avon’s frontlist. We publish a broad range of commercial fiction, s… Read more

Priscila Heathcote tells us all about her role as Head of Global Operations at Maths – No Problem!. Describe your role. I head the operations and customer service teams both in the UK and Canada, where we have offices. The focus of my role is to ensure that the everyday business activities run smoo… Read more

Jennifer Conroy is the Library Director at Rock Hill Public Library, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA and is under our spotlight for this week’s My Job in 5. 1) Describe your role As director, I am responsible for ensuring access to information for all patrons who use the library. Living in a munic… Read more