Imogen Fallows

e: imogenfallows@hotmail.com t: 07747 378146

An intuitive and organised team-worker, with five years experience of editorial/project management in book publishing, and a strong academic background. In Whos Who of Youngest Directors, 2009 and 2010 SKILLS o o o o Able to work on budget and on schedule Commercially aware and design-literate Excellent presentation, networking and people skills Strong team-player EDUCATION 2011-Present: University of Plymouth MA Publishing 2010-2011: Birkbeck College, University of London Post-graduate (1st year of MA) 60 Credits: Childrens Literature and Writing (taught by Michael Rosen), Distinction 2001 2005: The University of Edinburgh MA (Hons) English Literature, Class 2.1 1993 2000: The Kings School, Ottery St Mary A-Levels: English Literature, grade A; History, grade A; Art, grade A and General Studies, grade D GCSEs: Nine, including English and Mathematics, grades A/A* MA PUBLISHING, PLYMOUTH Two modules in 2011: * Publishing: Product and Business * Professional Practice: Work Placement

Work placement at Hodder & Stoughton (20th Feb-2nd Mar 2012), including checking eBook files Represented University of Plymouth Press and Triarchy Press at London Book Fair, 16-18 April 2012 International Festival at University of Plymouth: book launch; panel discussion; author care; book selling Case study evaluating specific publishing house: interview; report; presentation; seminar paper Also covered: proofreading and copyediting; picture sourcing; production scheduling; project editing; group work EMPLOYMENT

Aug 2006 Present Triarchy Press Ltd, Devon Editor/Marketing Coordinator (Part-time since 2010) Part of a small team, my role includes: o Project management: coordination of editorial, production and communications processes o o o o Marketing and publicity: copywriting for variety of media; press relationships; digital marketing campaigns Editorial: manuscripts; copyediting and proofreading; diplomatic negotiation on editorial content Liaison: representing employer to authors, partner businesses and academic clients IT: InDesign; Apple; Microsoft and Powerpoint

See overleaf for more details of my activities and responsibilities. Oct 2011 Present Claro Learning Enabler Supporting Higher Education students with disabilities

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT Jan Jul 2006 Transport Scotland Temporary Administration Assistant Administration support for a busy contracts branch, including file maintenance, implementing electronic records management systems and informing relevant parties of new regulations. Oct 2000 Jan 2006 Various Part- and Full-Time Work in Sales and Customer Service General administration Staff supervision Set and met sales targets Excellent customer care

PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE TO DATE Project management Preparing and monitoring project schedules, working to deadlines, acting incisively Negotiating/liaising with printers, designers, authors, editors Author liaison / Editorial Communicating with authors and the academic community Discussing and monitoring progress on specific mss Attention to detail: responsible for overall consistency and accuracy of titles Communications Coordinating marketing and promotion strategies for 15 titles Building relationships with appropriate press, reviewers and publications Copywriting; contacts/database management; electronic mail-outs; social media Design/Typesetting Typesetting books ; cover design; converting PDFs to ebooks; updating websites Systems Writing and reviewing in-house editorial systems, including publication scheduling and production processing Compiling Triarchys house Style Guide INTERESTS & EXTRAS Address: 76 Frogmore Avenue, Plymouth, PL6 5RT DOB: 19.10.1981 Full, clean driving licence Member of the Food Group of Sustainable Ottery (part of the Transition Towns network), which aims to ensure that the local community has access to fresh, nutritious, affordable food, despite global challenges Organising a new Art and Philosophy Reading Group in Plymouth Film (Imperfect Cinema and history of film), food and cooking REFERENCES Andrew Carey Director Triarchy Press Ltd. Station Offices Axminster. EX13 5PF t: 01297 560037 e: andrew@triarchypress.com Paul Honeywill Course Coodinator, MA Publishing Formation Zone, Roland Levinsky Building University of Plymouth Drake Circus Plymouth. PL4 8AA t: 01752 202301 e: P.Honeywill@plymouth.ac.uk