Managing Editor at American Society for Microbiology (ASM) (2024-03 – Present)
Manage editorial operations and development activity across a portfolio of leading microbiology journals, partnering with Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Boards and internal teams to improve journal performance, strengthen researcher engagement and deliver strategic publishing initiatives.
- Drive editorial performance across peer review and production by analysing submission, decision and publication metrics, identifying bottlenecks and implementing targeted workflow improvements.
- Manage the end-to-end editorial operation for assigned journals, resolving complex manuscript, policy, production and system issues while maintaining editorial standards and publication timelines.
- Build and manage relationships with senior academic stakeholders, partnering with Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Boards on journal priorities, editor recruitment, onboarding, engagement and succession.
- Develop and deliver journal-growth initiatives, including Calls for Papers, special content programmes, commissioned content and researcher-engagement campaigns.
- Lead delivery of emerging-researcher programmes, coordinating nomination and application campaigns, editorial assessment, web content and cross-functional promotion. Recent recruitment activity generated 158 application-page visits and 85 completed applications, resulting in 80 unique candidates.
- Turn portfolio data into actionable recommendations, producing performance reporting for Editors-in-Chief and publishing leadership and using trends in submissions, turnaround times and editorial activity to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Optimise editorial systems and workflows, coordinating testing, configuration and process changes with systems teams, vendors and editorial colleagues.
- Plan and deliver Editorial Board meetings and journal presentations, translating performance data, publishing initiatives and strategic priorities into clear recommendations for senior academic audiences.
- Coordinate projects across editorial, marketing, production and publishing teams, taking initiatives from concept and stakeholder alignment through implementation and promotion.
- Contribute to department-wide pilots and programme improvements, sharing publishing best practice and identifying opportunities to strengthen operational consistency across the journals portfolio.
Journals Publishing Manager at Wiley Blackwell and Sons (2021-01 – 2024-12)
Oversaw the strategic development and financial performance of a portfolio of high-impact journals in Industrial Engineering and Pure and Applied Mathematics.
- Developed targeted campaigns to grow submissions, acceptances and article output, and commissioned and curated special issues to support portfolio growth.
- Presented journal financial and performance information and managed relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
Associate Managing Editor at Wiley Blackwell and Sons (2021-01 – 2022-12)
Managed a portfolio of 20–30 proprietary and society journals through submission and peer review, monitoring journal performance, turnaround times and submission/acceptance trends.
- Reviewed journal workflows and implemented efficiency improvements while maintaining relationships with editors, authors, societies and other stakeholders.
- Managed editorial assistants and support staff and developed expertise in publishing ethics through Wiley's Ethics Working Group and Integrity in Publishing Group.
Assistant Commissioning Editor at Oxford University Press (2018-01 – 2022-12)
Project-managed approximately 40 frontlist and pipeline titles across Physical Sciences and Mathematics, including monographs, textbooks and general-interest science books.
- Commissioned new titles, negotiated contractual terms, coordinated proposal peer review and worked with authors from acquisition through manuscript delivery and publication.
- Oversaw cover design and marketing activity, including SEO and launch copy, and represented OUP at international conferences.
Editorial Assistant at Oxford University Press (2018-01 – 2018-12)
- Supported editorial workflows across formats, coordinating peer review, acquisition paperwork and title metadata, and producing regular frontlist and backlist financial reports.
Group Editorial & eBook Marketing Assistant at Troubador Publishing / The Book Guild / Indie-Go
- Coordinated editorial services and a large freelance editor network, quality-assessed acquisitions, completed structural copyediting and proofreading, and trained freelance editors.
- Supported eBook acquisition, production and publication, created marketing copy and targeted social-media campaigns, and delivered editorial workshops at the Self-Publishing Conference.
