Cecile Berbesi

Supervising the production stages of 9 journals published on weekly, monthly and bi-annually bases, online and on print
ensuring the production of academic articles is progressing smoothly by updating the online the submission system (JAMS)
Outsourcing and briefing suppliers (copyeditors, proofreaders, typesetters) to ensure that each article adheres to its journal style guidelines (APA, CMos, Orcola)
reporting to the Journal Manager and Production Manager

overseeing the efficient operation of peer review for the London Review of Education and Research for All for UCL Press, from the point of submission to acceptance/rejection (e.g. tracking manuscripts, monitoring schedules, blinding papers, contacting reviewers, chasing reviewers and editors)
assessing initial submissions to determine suitability for the journal, leading to either rejection without review or assignment of manuscripts to the Editors-in-Chief
acting as the main point of liaison with the Editors-in-Chief, Guest Editors and Associate Editors on all day-to-day aspects of running their journals, and reporting to the Journals Manager
navigating and operating the online submission system (JAMS) and IT platforms to understand and appraise the manuscripts' workflow
preparing accepted papers for production (e.g. checking that permission for image reproduction has been granted, papers adhere to the journal style, ethics and other declarations have been obtained, and plagiarism is avoided by producing iThenticate reports).

Controlling quality of 150 titles/year: ensuring content is standard to and in tone with house style/industry standard, checking for plagiarism, copyediting and proofreading all 150 books (Adobe Acrobat Pro and on paper)
Budgeting: tracking variance to budget performance, negotiating suppliers' fees, monitoring suppliers' payments and follow-ups
Scheduling: implementing production planning spreadsheet, updating internal project management database
Managing workforce and authors: briefing every project, outsourcing UK and Indian-based suppliers, tracking the production planner and chasing-up when delays, mediating between the supplier and the author, recruiting new suppliers, answering authors and suppliers’ queries
Designing: typesetting ebooks and layouts (Adobe InDesign), enhancing pictures quality (Adobe Photoshop), drawing book series logos and internal maps (Adobe Illustrator)

Company Description

I.B.Tauris is a publishing company founded in 1983 whose strategy is to publish serious but accessible works in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Company website

http://www.ibtauris.com

John Wiley and Sons

October 2007 to September 2010

Full-time

London

United Kingdom

Building up publisher's list of titles on 3-year forecast
Reading and evaluating book proposals and manuscripts submitted by authors and agents, and assessing their suitability for the list
Contracting electronic and book publication rights
Releasing up to 10 packaging and text handovers/month to production: assessing manuscript content and image quality control, liaising with external suppliers and authors
Preparing marketing materials: selecting cover images, writing blurbs, securing endorsements, designing flyers and yearly catalogue

Company Description

A global publishing company that specialises in academic non-fictions, especially in the Science Technical and Medical subject area

Formatting all 50 book layouts using templates or as per briefing
Compiling contents and making indexes from scratch
Redrawing formulas using MathMagic (Adobe InDesign) and MathType (Word 2007)
Designing ratios, charts, graphs and maps in Adobe Illustrator
Assessing technical content of PDF files and tweaking final PDF files using PitStop

Company Description

ISTE Ltd is a privately-owned IT & Engineering Sciences and Technology publisher based in London and founded in 2005.

Company website

http://www.iste.co.uk

Freelance Content and Publishing Services