Category: My Job in 5

James Carroll is a Literary Agent at Northbank Talent Management, he takes the helm of this week’s My Job in 5. 1) Describe your role I’m an agent representing TV presenters and ‘book to screen’ rights. I manage Northbank’s select list of expert factual presenters and sell fiction and non-fict… Read more

India Darsley is the focal point of My Job in 5 this week, take a look at what it’s like to be Managing Editor for Pushkin Press. 1. Describe your role I am the Managing Editor at Pushkin Press, an independent publisher focusing on literature in translation. I work across all of our imprints (… Read more

The Open Library of Humanities journal publishes internationally-leading, rigorous and peer-reviewed scholarship across the humanities disciplines: from classics, theology and philosophy, to modern languages and literatures, film and media studies, anthropology, political theory and sociology. Dr. S… Read more

Hilary Delamere is a Literary Agent of Children’s Books, at The Agency (London) Ltd., she takes over this week’s My Job in 5. Describe your role:  Representing authors and illustrators of children’s books; finding, nurturing and managing talent. Being their interface with the industry – helpi… Read more

Jennifer Bone is a Librarian at Southwestern Illinois College (and former colleague of your correspondent in his former life as an American), we are honored that is at the helm of this week’s My Job in 5. Describe your role. I am a community college librarian located near St. Louis, Missour… Read more

Heather O’Connell tells us all about her role as a production consultant and trainer at Bluebird Consulting. Describe your role. I provide production expertise and advice, helping publishers review and streamline their production and ops process. These processes and workflows often evolve over time… Read more

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