My CV

Profile: International Publishing ~ Multilingual
Motivated and flexible MA graduate, with a solid liberal arts background and three years of experience in publishing, involving: traditional & electronic copyediting in SGML, project management and title development skills. Communication talents include: fluency in Italian (mother tongue), English, German, Spanish and French.

Career Objectives
To cultivate my role of Commissioning/Publishing Editor within an international publishing company, possibly in the Arts & Humanities sector.

Professional Experience

Thomson Legal and Regulatory Europe, London
Senior Publishing Editor (Mar 2008 - present)

Responsible for a five year contract with JCT worth £10m and for the construction list (£2m).

Thomson Legal and Regulatory Europe, London
Publishing Editor (Mar 2006 - Feb 2008)

Responsible for the competition/antitrust list

Accomplishments:

• Commissioned and published a 3000-page translation from German of complex legal commentary.
• Launched a brand new journal on Global Competition Litigation.
• Overhauled an annual Handbook to map the new generation approach to EC competition law.
  

Thomson Legal and Regulatory Europe, London
Senior Editor (Oct 2002 – March 2006)

Accomplishments:
~ Promoted from part-time Editorial Assistant to full-time Assistant Editor upon completion of my master’s degree
~ Promotion, after six months, from Assistant Editor to House Editor
~ Promoted to Senior Editor in May 2005
~ Responsible for various subscription and front-list titles, a newsletter, and two wall-charts, which have been operating according to schedule, budget, and page extents
~ Support Editor to the White Book Service, the highest profile product offered by the company
~ Successful management of two charts, previously designed by an out-of-house agency
~ Responsible for my team’s 2005 and 2006 business plans
~ Update of department’s training manual
~ Responsible for mentoring work-placement students, editorial assistants and new employees

Career Enhancements:
~ Completed several attachments with the Legal Business Unit to explore the decision-making process and to further enhance market segment awareness and business strategies
~ Training courses: three-day SMART seminar; two-day Author Care seminar; two-day Personal Effectiveness seminar

Search Partners (a recruiting company), London
Italian Tutor (Sept – Nov 2002)

International Student House, London
Receptionist (May – Aug 2002)

La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Press & Advertising Assistant (Jan – Jul 2001)

Responsibilities:
~ Project management of the 2001 Dance, Music & Theatre Programmes
~ Commission of new artistic creations through contractual agreements with artists
~ Editorial duties and customer care
~ English-to-Italian and German-to-Italian translations

Education

Diploma, Art History
Birkbeck, University of London ~ Evening course from Oct 2004
Modules: Modernism and Beyond

Master of Arts, Publishing
London College of Communication ~ 2002/03
Modules: Marketing Strategies, Editing & Commissioning, International Issues, Copyright Law, Project Management, Business Planning, among others

Vocational Training Certificate, General Business
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy ~ 2000/01 ~ 1000-hour course
Modules: Marketing, Human Resources Management & Development, Writing and Communication, Business Management & Administration

First Honours Degree with Distinction, Foreign Language & Literature
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy ~ 1995/96 & 2000/01
Addition Major: Linguistics and Language Teaching (English & German)

Awards and Language Training

• AHRB Award—MA at London College of Communication (2002/03)
• CRUI Award—General Business Course at University of Perugia (2001/02)
• Austrian Cultural Ministry Scholarship—Universitaet Wien, Austria (2001)
• Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship—Universitaet Potsdam, Germany (1999)
• German Language Certificate—Universitaet Potsdam, Germany (Jul 1999)
• German Language Certificate—Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany (Aug 1998)
• English Language Summer Courses in England and Ireland (1993 & 1994)

Computer Skills
Microsoft Office, Explorer; Windows; Photoshop; SMART (tagging SGML work in Adept); QuarkXpress; and Dreamweaver.

Personal Interests
Currently attending an intermediate Spanish course; supporter of Plan UK; writing literature and art reviews; contemporary arts; photography; and yoga.